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Phosphor, manufacturing method of phosphor sheet and phosphor, and light emitting device using the phosphor

US8303847B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 2007
Grant dateNov 6, 2012
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Expiry dateApr 10, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09K11/0883
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

To provide a phosphor given by a general composition formula expressed by MmAaBbOoNn:Z, (wherein element M is one or more kinds of elements having bivalent valency, element A is one or more kinds of elements having tervalent valency, element B is one or more kinds of elements having tetravalent valency, O is oxygen, N is nitrogen, and element Z is one or more kind of activating agent, satisfying m>0, a>0, b>0, o≧0, and n>0), with a change rate of a ratio of element B atoms to the total numbers of atoms being smaller by 10% or the change rate of oxygen atoms to the total numbers of atoms being smaller by 40% in a range from a particle surface up to depth 2000 nm, having a broad emission spectrum in a range of blue color, having a broad flat excitation band in a range of near ultraviolet/ultraviolet, and having excellent emission efficiency, emission intensity, and luminance.

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