Lighting emitting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9590149-B2
Application number	US-201514624383-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2015
Priority date	Oct 10, 2014
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

A light emitting device is disclosed. The light emitting device includes: a light emitting diode emitting light having a peak wavelength in the range of 415 nm to 435 nm; and a wavelength conversion unit disposed on the light emitting diode, wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes cyan phosphors emitting light having a peak wavelength in a cyan light wavelength band and red phosphors emitting light having a peak wavelength in a red light wavelength band, and a ratio of an output of light having a wavelength in the range of 435 nm to 465 nm to a total output of light emitted from the light emitting device is approximately equal to or less than 3%.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A light emitting device comprising:
a light emitting diode emitting light having a peak wavelength in the range of 415 nm to 435 nm; and
a wavelength conversion unit disposed over the light emitting diode, the wavelength conversion unit configured to convert a wavelength of the light emitted from the light emitting diode and emit the light with the converted wavelength,
wherein the wavelength conversion unit includes cyan phosphors emitting the light with the converted wavelength having a peak wavelength in a cyan light wavelength band and red phosphors emitting the light with the converted wavelength having a peak wavelength in a red light wavelength band, and
wherein the light emitting device is configured to emit an output light such that approximately equal to or less than 3% of the output light have a wavelength in the range of 435 nm to 465 nm.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the cyan phosphors include at least one of LuAG, YAG, nitride, or silicate-based phosphors.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the red phosphors include at least one of CASN, CASON, or SCASN phosphors.

4. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the cyan phosphors emit the light with the converted wavelength having a peak wavelength in the cyan light wavelength band including a range of 500 nm to 540 nm, and the red phosphors include first red phosphors emitting the light with the converted wavelength having a peak wavelength in the red light wavelength band including a range of 610 nm to 630 nm and second red phosphors emitting the light with the converted wavelength having a peak wavelength in the red light wavelength band including a range of 640 nm to 650 nm.

5. The light emitting device of claim 4 , wherein the cyan phosphors include phosphors represented by Lu x Al y O z :Ce, the first red phosphors include phosphors represented by (Sr,Ca) x Al y Si z N w :Eu, and the second red phosphors include phosphors represented by Ca x Al y Si z N w :Eu.

6. The light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the light emitting device emits the output light having a CRI of 90 or more, and a mass ratio of the cyan phosphors to the red phosphors in the wavelength conversion unit is (from 7 to 24):1 (cyan phosphors:red phosphors).

7. The light emitting device of claim 6 , wherein, in the red phosphors, a mass ratio of the first red phosphor to the second red phosphor is (from 0.5 to 9): 1 (first red phosphors:second red phosphor).

8. The light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the light emitting device emits light having a CRI of 95 or more, and a mass ratio of the cyan phosphors to the red phosphors in the wavelength conversion unit is (from 3 to 13):1 (cyan phosphors:red phosphors).

9. The light emitting device of claim 8 , wherein, in the red phosphors, a mass ratio of the first red phosphors to the second red phosphors is 1:(from 2 to 4) (first red phosphors:second red phosphors).

10. The light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the cyan phosphors include phosphors represented by Lu 3 Al 5 O 12 :Ce, the first red phosphors include phosphors represented by (Sr,Ca) 1 Al 1 Si 1 N 3 :Eu, and the second red phosphors include phosphors represented by Ca 1 Al 1 Si 1 N 3 :Eu.

11. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein approximately equal to or less than 2% of the output light emitted by the light emitting device have a wavelength in the range of 435 nm to 465 nm.

12. The light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the wavelength conversion unit further includes blue phosphors emitting the light with the converted wavelength having a peak wavelength in a blue light wavelength band.

13. The light emitting device of claim 12 , wherein the blue phosphors emit the light with the converted wavelength having a peak wavelength in the blue light wavelength band including a range of 450 nm to 480 nm, the cyan phosphors emit the light with the converted wavelength having a peak wavelength in the cyan light wavelength band including a range of 500 nm to 540 nm, and the red phosphors emit the light with the converted wavelength having a peak wavelength in the red light wavelength band including a range of 610 nm to 630 nm.

14. The light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein the blue phosphors include phosphors represented by (Sr,Ba) x (PO y ) z Cl w :Eu, the cyan phosphors include phosphors represented by Lu x Al y O z :Ce, and the red phosphors include phosphors represented by (Sr,Ca) x Al y Si z N w :Eu.

15. The light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the light emitting device emits the output light having a CRI of 90 or more, and the phosphors in the wavelength conversion unit have a mass ratio satisfying ((Sr,Ba) x (PO y ) z Cl w :Eu):(Lu x Al y O z :Ce and/or Lu x (Al,Ga) y O z :Ce)):((Sr,Ca) x Al y Si z N w :Eu)=(from 1 to 4):(from 6 to 9):(from 0.2 to 1).

16. The light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the light emitting device emits the light having a CRI of 95 or more, and the phosphors in the wavelength conversion unit have a mass ratio satisfying ((Sr,Ba) x (PO y ) z Cl w :Eu):((Lu x Al y O z :Ce and/or Lu x (Al,Ga) y O z :Ce)):(Ca x Al y Si z (ON) w :Eu)=(from 1 to 6):(from 2 to 7):(from 0.5 to 4).

17. The light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the blue phosphors include phosphors represented by (Sr,Ba) 10 (PO 4 ) 6 Cl 2 :Eu, the cyan phosphors include phosphors represented by Lu 3 Al 5 O 12 :Ce and/or Lu 3 (Al,Ga) 5 O 12 :Ce, and the red phosphors include phosphors represented by Ca 1 Al 1 Si 1 (ON) 3 :Eu.

Assignees

• Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lim Michael
• Choi Hyuck Jung
• Oh Kwang Yong
• Kim Myung Jin
• Nam Ki Bum
• Park Sang Shin
• Oh Ji Youn

Classifications

• C09K11/77348

  Silicon Aluminium Nitrides or Silicon Aluminium Oxynitrides · CPC title

• C09K11/7774

  Aluminates · CPC title

• C09K11/7739

  with halogens · CPC title

• H01L33/504 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L33/502

  Electricity · mapped topic