Optoelectronic Semiconductor Component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017200869-A1
Application number	US-201515314084-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 10, 2015
Priority date	Jun 11, 2014
Publication date	Jul 13, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

An optoelectronic semiconductor component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the semiconductor component includes at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip for generating primary radiation in a near-ultraviolet or in a visible spectral range, at least one phosphor for partial or complete conversion of the primary radiation into a longer-waved secondary radiation which is in the visible spectral range and at least one filter substance for partial absorption of the secondary radiation, wherein the phosphor and the filter substance are closely connected to the semiconductor chip.

First claim

1 - 14 . (canceled)

15 . An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising:
at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip for generating primary radiation in a near-ultraviolet or in a visible spectral range; at least one phosphor for partial or complete conversion of the primary radiation into a longer-waved secondary radiation that is in the visible spectral range; and at least one filter substance for partial absorption of the secondary radiation, wherein the phosphor and the filter substance are closely connected to the semiconductor chip, wherein the filter substance is permeable to the primary radiation and does not or not significantly absorb the primary radiation, wherein the filter substance s spectrally absorbs in a narrow-band type manner in a wavelength range greater than at least 530 nm with a spectral full width at half maximum of at most 20 nm,
wherein the phosphor and the filter substance are randomly mixed through with one another so that no phase separation between the phosphor and the filter substance is present and the phosphor and the filter substance each are present in a homogenously distributed manner, and
wherein a color rendering index and a feeling of contrast index of a mixed radiation, comprising the primary radiation and the secondary radiation and emitted by the optoelectronic semiconductor component, are increased by the filter substance.

16 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 15 , wherein the filter substance absorbs spectrally in a narrow-band type manner in the wavelength range greater than at least 530 nm and at most 550 nm with a spectral full width at half maximum of at most 10 nm, wherein the filter substance absorbs at least 2% and at most 20% of the entire secondary radiation.

17 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 15 , wherein the phosphor and the filter substance are present as particles and the particles of the phosphor and the filter substance are mixed-through, and wherein the filter substance is adapted to generate a tertiary radiation from the secondary radiation, the tertiary radiation being in a near-infrared spectral range.

18 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 17 , wherein the particles of the phosphor and of the filter substance are each embedded in a matrix material, and wherein the matrix material is a silicone or a silicone epoxy hybrid material.

19 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 17 , wherein the particles of the phosphor and of the filter substance are present in a molded body which is formed directly around the semiconductor chip, or in a plate which is bonded to the semiconductor chip.

20 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 17 , wherein at least the particles of the filter substance are scattering particles having a medium diameter between including 0.5 μm and 30 μm.

21 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 17 , wherein the particles of the filter substance are formed by semiconducting quantum dots and/or by at least one organic filter material.

22 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 15 , wherein the optoelectronic semiconductor component is adapted to generate warm-white light having a correlated color temperature between including 2200 K and 5500 K, and wherein a color location of an overall radiation generated by the optoelectronic semiconductor component has a distance of at most 0.03 units to a blackbody curve in a CIE standard color table.

23 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 15 , wherein the filter substance is inorganic and comprises one of the following elements: Er, Ho, Nd, Pm, Pr, or Sm.

24 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 23 , wherein the filter substance has a structure of an aluminate, a glass, a garnet or belongs to one of these substance classes.

25 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 15 , wherein the filter substance absorbs between including 0.5% and 10% of the secondary radiation.

26 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 15 , wherein the phosphor is a mixture of (Lu,Ce) 3 (Al,Ga) 5 O 12 and (Ca,Sr,Ba) 2 Si 5 N 8 :Eu, wherein the filter substance comprises Y 3 Al 5 O 12 :Nd, and wherein a quotient of a weight of the phosphor and a weight of the filter substance is between including 1.5 and 1.

27 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 15 , wherein the phosphor and the filter substance are embedded in a common matrix material,
wherein the filter substance comprises (Y 1-x Nd x ) 3 Al 5 O 12 with 0.06≦x≦0.3, wherein a weight proportion of Nd in a mixture of the phosphor, the filter substance and the matrix material is between including 1.5% and 6.5% and a weight proportion of (Y 1-x Nd x ) 3 Al 5 O 12 is between including 20% and 80%, and wherein the matrix material is in direct contact with the semiconductor chip and covers the semiconductor chip entirely in a plan view.

28 . The optoelectronic semiconductor component according to claim 15 , wherein an absolute intensity maximum of the secondary radiation emitted by the optoelectronic semiconductor component is between including 590 nm and 630 nm, and wherein an absolute intensity maximum of the primary radiation is between including 420 nm and 470 nm.

29 . An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising:
at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip for generating primary radiation in a near-ultraviolet or in a visible spectral range; at least one phosphor for partial or complete conversion of the primary radiation into a longer-waved secondary radiation which is in the visible spectral range; and at least one filter substance for partial absorption of the secondary radiation, wherein the phosphor and the filter substance are closely connected to the semiconductor chip.

Assignees

• Osram Opto Semiconductors Gmbh

Inventors

• Lange Stefan
• Stöppelkamp Vera
• Jermann Frank
• Biebersdorf Andreas
• Wirth Ralph

Classifications

• H10W90/756

  between a chip and a stacked lead frame, conducting package substrate or heat sink · CPC title

• H10W72/5363

  the connected ends being wedge-shaped · CPC title

• H10W72/536

  the connected ends being ball-shaped · CPC title

• H01L33/62

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L33/505

  Electricity · mapped topic