Abstract:
A solid-state lamp comprises: one or more solid-state light emitting devices (typically LEDs); a thermally conductive body; at least one duct; and a photoluminescence wavelength conversion component remote to the one or more LEDs. The lamp is configured such that the duct extends through the photoluminescence wavelength conversion component and defines a pathway for thermal airflow through the thermally conductive body to thereby provide cooling of the body and the one or more LEDs.
Abstract:
A lighting arrangement (20) comprises: a radiation source, LED chip, (22) configured to emit radiation having a first wavelength range; a phosphor, photoluminescent material, (30) configured to absorb at least a portion of said first wavelength range radiation and emit radiation having a second wavelength range; and an optical component, lens, (26) through which at least said first wavelength range radiation passes. The LED is characterized in that the phosphor is provided on a surface (28) of the optical component.
Abstract:
Novel phosphor systems for a white LED are disclosed. The phosphor systems are excited by a non-visible to near-UV radiation source having an excitation wavelength ranging from about 250 to 420 nm. The phosphor system may comprise one phosphor, two phosphors, and may include optionally a third and even a fourth phosphor. In one embodiment of the present invention, the phosphor is a two phosphor system having a blue phosphor and a yellow phosphor, wherein the long wavelength end of the blue phosphor is substantially the same wavelength as the short wavelength end of the yellow phosphor. Alternatively, there may be a wavelength gap between the yellow and blue phosphors. The yellow phosphor may be phosphate or silicate-based, and the blue phosphor may be silicate or aluminate-based. Single phosphor systems excited by non-visible radiation are also disclosed. In other embodiments of present invention, a single phosphor is used to produce white light illumination, the single phosphor having a broad emission spectrum with a peak intensity ranging from about 520 to 560 nm.
Abstract:
Phosphors comprising a nitride-based composition represented by the chemical formula: M (x/v) (M' a M" b )Si (c-x) A1 x N d :RE, wherein: M is a divalent or trivalent metal with valence v; M' is at least one divalent metal; M" is at least one trivalent metal; 2a + 3b + 4c = 3d; and RE is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb. Furthermore, the nitride-based composition may have the general crystalline structure of M' a M" b Si c N d , where A1 substitutes for Si within the crystalline structure and M is located within the crystalline structure substantially at the interstitial sites.
Abstract translation:包含由化学式M(x / v)(M'aM“b)Si(cx)Al x N d:RE表示的氮化物基组合物的荧光体,其中:M是价数v的二价或三价金属; M' 至少一种二价金属; M“是至少一种三价金属; 2a + 3b + 4c = 3d; RE为选自Eu,Ce,Pr,Nd,Sm,Gd,Tb,Dy,Ho,Er,Tm,Yb中的至少一种元素。 此外,基于氮化物的组合物可以具有M'aM“bSicNd”的一般结晶结构,其中A1代替晶体结构内的Si,并且M基本上位于间隙位置的晶体结构内。
Abstract:
A nitride-based deep red phosphor having at least one of the following features: 1) an oxygen content less than about 2 percent by weight, and 2) a halogen content. Such phosphors are useful in the white light illumination industry, which utilizes the so-called "white LED." The selection and use of a rare earth halide as a raw material source of not only the activator for the phosphor, but also the halogen, is a feature of the present embodiments. The phosphors have the general formula MaMbBc(N,D):Eu2+, where Ma is a divalent alkaline earth metal such as Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba; Mb is a trivalent metal such as Al, Ga, Bi, Y, La, and Sm; and Mc is a tetravalent element such as Si, Ge, P, and B; N is nitrogen, and D is a halogen such as F, Cl, or Br. An exemplary compound is CaAlSi(N1-xFx): Eu2+.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention are directed toward white light illumination systems (so called 'white LEDs') that comprise a multi-chip excitation source and a phosphor package. In a two-chip source, the two LEDs may be UV-emitting and blue emitting, or blue-emitting and green-emitting. The phosphor package is configured to emit photoluminescence in wavelengths ranging from about 440 nm to about 700 nm upon co-excitation from the first and second radiation sources. The photoluminescence emitted by the phosphors is at least 40 percent of the total power in the white light illumination, and the portion of the total power in the white light illumination contributed by the first and second radiation sources (LEDs) is less than about 60 percent. This ratio can vary in alternative embodiments, and includes 50/50, 60/40, 70/30, and 80/20, respectively. The white light illumination emitted by the system has in one embodiment a color rendering index (CRI) greater than about 90.
Abstract:
Novel aluminate-based green phosphors are disclosed having the formula M 1-x Eu x AlyO 1+3y/2 , where M is at least one of a divalent metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg, Mn, Zu, Cu, Cd, Sm, and Tm; 0.1
Abstract:
Novel phosphor systems are disclosed having the formula A 2 SiO 4 :Eu 2+ D, where A is at least one of a divalent metal selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba, Mg, Zn, and Cd; and D is a dopant selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, P, S and N. In one embodiment, the novel phosphor has the formula (Sr 1-x-y Ba x M y ) 2 SiO 4 : Eu 2+ F (where M is one of Ca, Mg, Zn, or Cd in an amount ranging from 0