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Light emitting device having a nitride compound semiconductor and a phosphor containing a garnet fluorescent material
Assignee: Nichia Corp
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Filing: 1999-04-28
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Granted: 2000-05-30
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Expires: 2019-04-28
Abstract
Abstract The white light emitting diode comprising a light emitting component using a semiconductor as a light emitting layer and a phosphor which absorbs a part of light emitted by the light emitting component and emits light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the light emitting layer of the light emitting component is a nitride compound semiconductor and the phosphor contains garnet fluorescent material activated with cerium which contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Sc, La, Gd and Sm, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In and, and is subject to less deterioration of emission characteristic even when used with high luminance for a long period of time.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshinori Shimizu
- 👤 Kensho Sakano
- 👤 Yasunobu Noguchi
- 👤 Toshio Moriguchi
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 22:34
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10H; H10H20/00; H10H20/80; H10H20/85; H10H20/851; C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/08; C09K11/77; C09K11/7766; C09K11/7767; C09K11/7774; G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/0001; G02B6/0011; G02B6/0013; G02B6/0023; G02B6/0066; G02B6/0073; H01; H01J; H01J29/00; H01J29/02; H01J29/10; H01J29/18; H01J29/20; H05; H05B; H05B33/00; H05B33/12; H05B33/14; H10H20/8511; H10H20/8512; G02B6/0025; G02B6/0033; G02B6/005; G02B6/0051; H10H20/8513; H10H20/852; H10H20/854; H10H20/882; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W72/50; H10W72/531; H10W72/536; H10W72/5363; H10W72/551; H10W72/552; H10W72/5522; H10W72/5524; H10W72/5525; H10W72/851; H10W72/874; H10W72/884; H10W74/00; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/751; H10W90/756; Y; Y02; Y02B; Y02B20/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
72 words
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting component capable of emitting blue light, and a coating member covering said light emitting component and containing a phosphor capable of absorbing a part of blue light emitted by said light emitting component and emitting light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the color of said phosphor is yellow and said coating member is colored opal by containing a dispersant.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
72 words
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting component capable of emitting blue light, and a coating member covering said light emitting component and containing a phosphor capable of absorbing a part of blue light emitted by said light emitting component and emitting light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, wherein the color of said phosphor is yellow and said coating member is colored opal by containing a dispersant.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
83 words
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting component capable of emitting blue light, a coating member covering said light emitting component and containing a phosphor capable of absorbing a part of blue light emitted by said light emitting component and emitting light of wavelength different form that of the absorbed light, a molded member surrounding said light emitting component covered by said coating member, wherein the color of said phosphor is yellow and said molding member is colored opal by containing dispersant.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
83 words
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting component capable of emitting blue light, a coating member covering said light emitting component and containing a phosphor capable of absorbing a part of blue light emitted by said light emitting component and emitting light of wavelength different form that of the absorbed light, a molded member surrounding said light emitting component covered by said coating member, wherein the color of said phosphor is yellow and said molding member is colored opal by containing dispersant.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A light emitting device according to claim 2; wherein said molding member contains the same phosphor that said coating member contains.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A light emitting device according to claim 2; wherein said molding member and said coating member are made of the same material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A light emitting device according to claim 2; wherein said molding member are made of the material selected from the group consisting of epoxy resin, urea resin and silicon resin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A light emitting device according to claim 2; wherein said molding member is formed in a configuration of lens.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
A light emitting device according to claims 1 or 2; wherein said light emitting component has a nitride compound semiconductor and said phosphor contains a garnet fluorescent material comprising 1) at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, Lu, Se, La, Gd and Sm, and 2) at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga and In.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A light emitting device according to claims 1 or 2; wherein said dispersant is made of material selected from the group consisting of barium titanate, titanium oxide, aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide.
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