Fluorescent wheel for projectors and light-emitting device for projectors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016274353-A1
Application number	US-201415030124-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	Nov 13, 2013
Publication date	Sep 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a fluorescent wheel for a projector capable of increasing the luminescence intensity and a light-emitting device for a projector using the same. The fluorescent wheel for a projector includes: an annular transparent substrate ( 11 ) including a first principal surface ( 11 a ) located on a side where excitation light ( 1 ) enters and a second principal surface ( 11 b ) located on a side where the excitation light ( 1 ) exits; a phosphor layer ( 12 ) provided on the second principal surface ( 11 b ) of the transparent substrate ( 11 ) and including an inorganic binder and a phosphor dispersed in the inorganic binder; and a filter layer ( 13 ) provided on the first principal surface ( 11 a ) of the transparent substrate ( 11 ) or between the second principal surface ( 11 b ) of the transparent substrate ( 11 ) and the phosphor layer ( 12 ) and configured to transmit the excitation light ( 1 ) and reflect fluorescence ( 2 ) emitted from the phosphor layer ( 12 ).

First claim

1 . A fluorescent wheel for a projector comprising:
an annular transparent substrate including a first principal surface located on a side where excitation light enters and a second principal surface located on a side where the excitation light exits; a phosphor layer provided on the second principal surface of the transparent substrate and including an inorganic binder and a phosphor dispersed in the inorganic binder; and a filter layer provided on the first principal surface of the transparent substrate or between the second principal surface of the transparent substrate and the phosphor layer and configured to transmit the excitation light and reflect fluorescence emitted from the phosphor layer.

2 . The fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer is provided in an annular shape.

3 . The fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent substrate has a thickness of 2.0 mm or less.

4 . The fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer has, in a circumferential direction, a width equal to or more than six times a spot diameter of the excitation light.

5 . The fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 1 , wherein the excitation light is blue light.

6 . The fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 1 , wherein the fluorescence is green light, yellow light or red light.

7 . The fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 5 , wherein the filter layer is a bandpass filter capable of transmitting 95% or more of light in a wavelength range of 410 to 450 nm and reflecting 95% or more of light in a wavelength range of 500 to 750 nm.

8 . The fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic binder is glass.

9 . The fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 1 , wherein a difference in refractive index between the transparent substrate and the inorganic binder is 0.4 or less.

10 . The fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor layer is divided into a plurality of regions along a circumferential direction thereof and the plurality of regions contain different types of phosphors.

11 . A light-emitting device for a projector comprising:
the fluorescent wheel for a projector according to claim 1 ; and a light source capable of irradiating the phosphor layer of the fluorescent wheel with the excitation light.

Assignees

• Nippon Electric Glass Co

Inventors

• Ando Tamio
• Furuyama Tadahito
• Fujita Shunsuke

Classifications

• C03C17/007

  containing a dispersed phase, e.g. particles, fibres or flakes, in a continuous phase · CPC title

• C09K11/02

  Use of particular materials as binders, particle coatings or suspension media therefor · CPC title

• G03B21/204

  using secondary light emission, e.g. luminescence or fluorescence (using different colours G03B33/00; if related to video signals H04N9/3197) · CPC title

• C03C2218/365

  Coating different sides of a glass substrate · CPC title

• C03C4/12

  for luminescent glass; for fluorescent glass · CPC title