WIDE COLOR GAMUT LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT

Abstract

A light emitting device including a housing including walls defining a cavity having one side thereof opened, a light emitter to emit light having a peak wavelength in a blue wavelength band and including first and second light emitting chips, a reflective region in the housing to reflect light, and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitter and including a first wavelength converter and a second wavelength converter to emit light having different peak wavelengths from each other, in which the first wavelength converter has a first excitation peak wavelength and the second wavelength converter has a second excitation peak wavelength, and the second wavelength converter includes a fluoride-based red phosphor represented by A.sub.2MF.sub.6:Mn.sup.4+, where A is one of Li, Na, K, Ba, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Se, and Zn, and M is one of Ti, Si, Zr, Sn, and Ge.

Claims

1. A light emitting device comprising: a housing including a plurality of walls defining a cavity having one side thereof opened; a light emitter disposed in the cavity and configured to emit light having a peak wavelength in a blue wavelength band, the light emitter including a first light emitting chip and a second light emitting chip spaced apart from each other; a reflective region disposed in the housing and configured to reflect light emitted from the light emitter; and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitter and including a first wavelength converter and a second wavelength converter configured to emit light having different peak wavelengths from each other, wherein the first wavelength converter has a first excitation peak wavelength and the second wavelength converter has a second excitation peak wavelength different from the first excitation peak wavelength, and wherein the second wavelength converter comprises a fluoride-based red phosphor is represented by A.sub.2MF.sub.6:Mn.sup.4+, wherein A is one of Li, Na, K, Ba, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Se, and Zn, and M is one of Ti, Si, Zr, Sn, and Ge.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the first excitation peak wavelength is less than the second excitation peak wavelength.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the second excitation peak wavelength is about 450 nm.

4. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the first wavelength converter is configured to convert a primary light emitted from the light emitter to a secondary light having a peak wavelength in a green wavelength band.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the second wavelength converter is configured to convert a primary light emitted from the light emitter to a third light having a peak wavelength in a red wavelength band.

6. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the second wavelength converter is disposed on the light emitter and disposed on a different region of the housing with respect to the first wavelength converter.

7. The light emitting device of claim 6, wherein at least a region of the second wavelength converter directly contacts the first wavelength converter.

8. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the housing has a white color and comprises an opaque silicone resin including a mixture of phenyl silicone resin and a methyl silicon resin.

9. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein light emitted from the light emitting device is a combination of light emitted from the first and second light emitting chips, light emitted from the first wavelength converter, and light emitted from the second wavelength converter.

10. The light emitting device of claim 9,wherein the light emitted from the light emitting device has a color coordinate that is disposed in a triangle represented by R(x 0.677, y 0.3), G(x 0.151, y 0.737), and B(x 0.154, y 0.047) in the CIE xy coordinate system.

11. A light emitting device comprising: a housing including a plurality of walls defining a cavity having one side thereof opened; a light emitter disposed in the cavity and configured to emit light having a peak wavelength in a blue wavelength band; a reflective region disposed in the housing and configured to reflect light emitted from the light emitter; and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitter and including a first wavelength converter and a second wavelength converter configured to emit light having different peak wavelengths from each other, wherein the first wavelength converter has a first excitation peak wavelength and the second wavelength converter has a second excitation peak wavelength different from the first excitation peak wavelength, and wherein the light emitting device is configured to emit light having a color coordinate that is disposed in a triangle represented by R(x 0.677, y 0.3), G(x 0.151, y 0.737) and B(x 0.154, y 0.047) in the CIE xy coordinate system.

12. The light emitting device of claim 11, wherein the second wavelength converter is disposed on the light emitter, and the first excitation peak wavelength is less than the second excitation peak wavelength.

13. The light emitting device of claim 12, wherein the second wavelength converter has a region directly contacting the first wavelength converter.

14. The light emitting device of claim 13, wherein the second wavelength converter has a region directly contacting the light emitter.

15. The light emitting device of claim 11, wherein light emitted from the light emitting device is a combination of light emitted from the light emitter, light emitted from the first wavelength converter, and light emitted from the second wavelength converter.

16. The light emitting device of claim 11, wherein the second wavelength converter comprises a fluoride-based red phosphor represented by A.sub.2MF.sub.6:Mn.sup.4+, wherein A is one of Li, Na, K, Ba, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Se, and Zn, and M is one of Ti, Si, Zr, Sn, and Ge.

17. A light emitting device comprising: a housing including a plurality of walls defining a cavity having one side thereof opened; a light emitter disposed in the cavity and configured to emit light having a peak wavelength in a blue wavelength band; a reflective region disposed in the housing and configured to reflect light emitted from the light emitter; and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitter and including a first wavelength converter and a second wavelength converter configured to emit light having different peak wavelengths from each other, wherein the first wavelength converter has a first excitation peak wavelength and the second wavelength converter has a second excitation peak wavelength different from the first excitation peak wavelength, and wherein the second wavelength converter includes a first region and a second region, the first region directly contacting the first wavelength converter, and the second region directly contacting the light emitter and having a less thickness than the first region.

18. The light emitting device of claim 17, wherein light emitted from the light emitting device is a combination of light emitted from the light emitter, light emitted from the first wavelength converter, and light emitted from the second wavelength converter.

19. The light emitting device of claim 18, wherein the light emitted from the light emitting device comprises a color coordinate that is disposed in a triangle represented by R(x 0.677, y 0.3), G(x 0.151, y 0.737) and B(x 0.154, y 0.047) in the CIE xy coordinate system.

20. The light emitting device of claim 17, wherein the housing has a white color and comprises an opaque silicone resin including a mixture of phenyl silicone resin and a methyl silicone resin.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0032] The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the inventive concepts.

[0033] FIG. 1 is a graph depicting spectral distribution characteristics of light emitted from a light emitting element, in which yellow phosphors are applied to a conventional blue light emitting diode chip.

[0034] FIG. 2 is a graph comparing a color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element, in which yellow phosphors are applied to a conventional blue light emitting diode chip with a color gamut of the HDTV standard.

[0035] FIG. 3 is a graph comparing a color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element, in which yellow phosphors are applied to a conventional blue light emitting diode chip with a color gamut of the Adobe standard.

[0036] FIG. 4 is a graph comparing a color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element, in which yellow phosphors are applied to a conventional blue light emitting diode chip with a color gamut of the D-Cinema standard.

[0037] FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0038] FIG. 6 is a graph depicting spectral distribution characteristics of light emitted from the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0039] FIG. 7 is a graph comparing a color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment with the color gamut of the HDTV standard.

[0040] FIG. 8 is a graph comparing the color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment with the color gamut of the Adobe standard.

[0041] FIG. 9 is a graph comparing the color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment with the color gamut of the D-Cinema standard.

[0042] FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B show light excitation spectra of a green phosphor and a red phosphor according to exemplary embodiments.

[0043] FIG. 11 is a graph depicting a relationship between luminous intensity and wavelength of an excitation source for the green phosphor according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0044] FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B are graphs comparing luminous intensity of light emitted from the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0045] FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a light emitting element according to another exemplary embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0046] Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0047] A light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a first light emitting diode chip emitting light having a peak wavelength in the range of 350 nm to 420 nm; a second light emitting diode chip separated from the first light emitting diode chip and s emitting light having a peak wavelength in the range of 430 nm to 470 nm; a green phosphor formed on the first light emitting diode chip; and a red phosphor formed on the second light emitting diode chip, in which the green phosphor includes a BAM-based green phosphor.

[0048] The BAM-based green phosphor may include a single kind of phosphor. For example, the BAM-based green phosphor may include (Ba,Sr,Ca)MgAl.sub.10O.sub.17:Mn.sup.2+,Eu.sup.2+ or BaMgAl.sub.10O.sub.17:Mn.sup.2+.

[0049] The red phosphor may be a nitride-based red phosphor or a fluoride-based red phosphor. The nitride-based red phosphor may include at least one of phosphors represented by MSiN.sub.2, MSiON.sub.2, and M.sub.2Si.sub.5N.sub.8, where M is one of Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Mg, and Eu. In addition, the fluoride-based red phosphor may be a phosphor represented by A.sub.2MF.sub.6:Mn.sup.4+, where A is one of is Li, Na, K, Ba, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Se, and Zn, and M is one of Ti, Si, Zr, Sn, and Ge.

[0050] Light emitted from the light emitting element may be produced by combination of light emitted from the first and second light emitting diode chips, light emitted from the green phosphor, and light emitted from the red phosphor, and a color gamut of the light may have an NTSC value of 100% or more.

[0051] The red phosphor may be formed to cover the green phosphor. In some exemplary embodiments, the green phosphor may be mixed with the red phosphor and disposed on the first and second light emitting diode chips. The red phosphor may be separated from the green phosphor.

[0052] The light emitting element may further include a housing having a cavity defined therein, such that the first and second light emitting diode chips are received in the cavity. The housing may include a plurality of cavities, and the first light emitting diode chip and the second light emitting diode chip may be received in different cavities, respectively.

[0053] A light emitting element according to another exemplary embodiment includes: a first light emitting diode chip emitting light having a peak wavelength in the range of 350 nm to 420 nm; a second light emitting diode chip separated from the first light emitting diode chip and emitting light having a peak wavelength in the range of 430 nm to 470 nm; a green phosphor formed on the first light emitting diode chip; and a red phosphor formed on the second light emitting diode chip, in which the green phosphor has a full width at half-maximum of 30 nm or less.

[0054] Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0055] FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0056] Referring to FIG. 5, a light emitting element 100 according to an exemplary embodiment includes a housing 110, a first light emitting diode chip 122, a second light emitting diode chip 124, a green phosphor 132, and a red phosphor 134.

[0057] The housing 110 has a cavity 112 defined therein, which is opened at one side thereof. First and second leads may be formed inside the housing 110 and supply external power to the first and second light emitting diode chips 122 and 124 therethrough. The housing 110 may be formed to cover a portion of the first and second leads. The cavity 112 may have a vertical wall or an inclined wall having a predetermined inclination as needed.

[0058] The housing 110 may be formed of an opaque silicone resin including a mixture of a phenyl silicone resin and a methyl silicone resin, and may have a white color. The wall defining the cavity 112 of the housing 110 may include a reflective facet capable of reflecting light emitted from the first and second light emitting diode chips 122 and 124.

[0059] The first and second light emitting diode chips 122 and 124 are received in the cavity 112 of the housing 110 and electrically connected to the first and second leads formed inside the housing 110. The first and second light emitting diode chips 122 and 124 may be connected in parallel or in series to each other, and electrically connected to the first and second leads, respectively.

[0060] Light emitted from the first light emitting diode chip 122 may be near-ultraviolet light having a peak wavelength in the range of about 350 nm to about 420 nm, specifically about 360 nm to 410 nm. Light emitted from the second light emitting diode chip 124 may be blue light having a peak wavelength in the range of 430 nm to 470 nm, specifically about 440 nm to 460 nm.

[0061] Each of the first and second light emitting diode chips 122 and 124 includes an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer to generate light through recombination of electrons and holes. In addition, an active layer may be interposed between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer. With this structure, the first and second light emitting diode chips 122 and 124 may be a horizontal type, vertical type, or flip-chip type light emitting diode chip.

[0062] As shown in FIG. 5, the green phosphor 132 is formed to cover the first light emitting diode chip 122. The green phosphor 132 may be formed as a film and disposed on the first light emitting diode chip 122, or may be mixed with a transparent resin and deposited onto the first light emitting diode chip 122. Alternatively, the green phosphor 132 may be directly coated onto the first light emitting diode chip 122.

[0063] In one exemplary embodiment, the green phosphor 132 may be a BAM-based green phosphor. For example, the BAM-based green phosphor may be (Ba,Sr,Ca)MgAl.sub.10O.sub.17:Mn.sup.2+,Eu.sup.2+ or BaMgAl.sub.10O.sub.17:Mn.sup.2+. The green phosphor 132 is formed to cover the first light emitting diode chip 122 in the cavity 112 of the housing 110 and may convert wavelengths of near UV light emitted from the first light emitting diode chip 122 into green light. The green phosphor 132 may cover the second light emitting diode chip 124. However, since the green phosphor exhibits poor efficiency in converting wavelength of light emitted from the second light emitting diode chip 124, the green phosphor 132 may be separated from the second light emitting diode chip 124 in order to prevent light loss.

[0064] As shown in FIG. 5, the red phosphor 134 may be formed to cover substantially the entire cavity 112 of the housing 110. Thus, the red phosphor 134 may be formed to directly contact the second light emitting diode chip 124, while covering the green phosphor 132 that covers the first light emitting diode chip 122. The red phosphor 134 may be a nitride or fluoride-based red phosphor. The nitride-based red phosphor may include at least one of phosphors represented by MSiN.sub.2, MSiON.sub.2, and M.sub.2Si.sub.5N.sub.8, where M is one of Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Mg, and Eu. In addition, the fluoride-based red phosphor may be represented by A.sub.2MF.sub.6:Mn.sup.4+, where A is one of Li, Na, K, Ba, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Se, and Zn, and M is one of Ti, Si, Zr, Sn, and Ge.

[0065] FIG. 6 is a graph depicting spectral distribution characteristics of light emitted from the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0066] Referring to FIG. 6, in the light emitting element 100 according to an exemplary embodiment, the green phosphor 132 is formed on the first light emitting diode chip 122, which emits light in the near UV wavelength range, and the red phosphor 134 is formed on the second light emitting diode chip 124, which emits blue light. Here, light in the near UV wavelength range emitted from the first light emitting diode chip 122, light in the blue wavelength range emitted from the second light emitting diode chip 123, green light emitted from the green phosphor 132, and red light emitted from the red phosphor 133 are observed. The BAM-based green phosphor according to the illustrated exemplary embodiment has a considerably narrow full width at half-maximum of about 30 nm or less.

[0067] FIG. 7 is a graph comparing a color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment with the color gamut of the HDTV standard. FIG. 8 is a graph comparing the color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element 100 according to an exemplary embodiment with the color gamut of the Adobe standard. FIG. 9 is a graph comparing the color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element 100 according to an exemplary embodiment with the color gamut of the D-Cinema standard.

[0068] The RGB coordinates with respect to light emitted from the light emitting element 100 according to the illustrated exemplary embodiment may be represented by R(x 0.677, y 0.3), G(x 0.151, y 0.737) and B(x 0.154, y 0.047) in the CIE xy coordinate system, and by R(u′ 0.516, v′ 0.515), G(u′ 0.052, v′ 0.575) and B(u′ 0.189, v′ 0.131) in the CIE u′v′ coordinate system. Here, the RGB coordinates of light, which is produced through combination of light components emitted from the light emitting elements, can be obtained using a color filter.

[0069] As shown in FIG. 7, it can be seen that light emitted from the light emitting element 100 includes substantially an entire color gamut of the HDTV standard. In addition, it can be seen that light emitted from the light emitting element 100 includes substantially an entire color gamut of the Adobe standard, as shown in FIG. 8, and that the light emitted from the light emitting element 100 includes substantially an entire color gamut of the D-Cinema standard, as shown in FIG. 9. That is, the light emitting element 100 according to the illustrated exemplary embodiment including the first light emitting diode chip 122 emitting light in the near UV wavelength range, the BAM-based green phosphor, the second light emitting diode chip 124 emitting light in the blue wavelength range, and the nitride-based red phosphor or the fluoride-based red phosphor, realizes a color gamut having higher purity than the color gamut of the HDTV standard. Furthermore, the color gamut of light emitted from the light emitting element 100 according to the illustrated exemplary embodiment has higher purity than the color gamut of the Adobe standard or the D-Cinema standard.

[0070] As shown in Table 1, the light emitting element 100 according to the illustrated exemplary embodiment can realize a color gamut increased by about 30% or more compared to the color gamut of a conventional light emitting element.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Color gamut HDTV Adobe D-Cinema area ratio standard standard standard Conventional 116% 102%  93% Exemplary 152% 133% 122% embodiment Difference +36% +31% +28%

[0071] FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B show light excitation spectra of a green phosphor and a red phosphor according to an exemplary embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a graph depicting a relationship between luminous intensity and wavelength of an excitation source for the green phosphor 132 according to an exemplary embodiment.

[0072] Referring to FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B, it can be seen that the BAM-based green phosphor used for the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment exhibited efficient excitation at a wavelength of about 410 nm or less, and the fluoride-based red phosphor used for the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment exhibited efficient excitation at a wavelength of about 460 nm.

[0073] In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, it can be seen that the BAM-based green phosphor exhibited better efficient excitation with decreasing wavelength of light used as an excitation source. That is, it can be seen that the BAM-based green phosphor exhibited more efficient excitation when light emitted from light emitting diode chip has a peak wavelength of about 400 nm, as compared to the light emitted from the light emitting diode chip having a peak wavelength of about 450 nm. Accordingly, in the light emitting element according to an exemplary embodiment, the BAM-based green phosphor is applied to the first light emitting diode chip 122 emitting near UV light, instead of being applied to the light emitting diode chip emitting blue light, thereby further improving efficiency of the BAM-based green phosphor.

[0074] FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B are graphs comparing luminous intensity of light emitted from the light emitting element according to exemplary embodiments.

[0075] Referring to FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B, the light emitting element according to a exemplary embodiment has a structure, in which the BAM-based green phosphor is applied to the first light emitting diode chip 122 emitting near UV light and the fluoride-based red phosphor is applied to the second light emitting diode chip 124 emitting blue light. A light emitting element according to a second exemplary embodiment has a structure, in which the BAM-based green phosphor and a SiAlON-based green phosphor are applied to a light emitting diode chip emitting near UV light and a fluoride-based red phosphor is applied to a light emitting diode chip emitting blue light. Further, a light emitting element according to a third exemplary embodiment includes a structure, in which a SiAlON-based green phosphor is applied to a light emitting diode chip emitting blue light and a fluoride-based red phosphor is applied to another light emitting diode chip emitting blue light.

[0076] FIG. 12A is a graph depicting spectral distribution characteristics of the light emitting elements 100 of the first to third exemplary embodiments. As shown in FIG. 12A, it can be seen that the peak wavelength of green light emitted from the light emitting element 100 of the first exemplary embodiment had the smallest full width at half-maximum. In addition, from FIG. 12b, it can be seen that the color gamut of the light emitting element of the first exemplary embodiment is closest to the color gamut of the NTSC standard.

[0077] Table 2 shows numerical values of color gamut of the first to third exemplary embodiments.

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Initial Optical Properties Relative color gamut CIE-x CIE-y (NTSC = 100%) Third Exemplary 0.280 0.238 92.4% Embodiment Second Exemplary 0.281 0.237 96.2% Embodiment First Exemplary 0.258 0.216 105.7% Embodiments

[0078] FIG. 13 is a schematic view of a light emitting element according to another exemplary embodiment.

[0079] Referring to FIG. 13, a light emitting element 200 according to another exemplary embodiment includes a housing 210, a first light emitting diode chip 222, a second light emitting diode chip 224, a green phosphor 232, and a red phosphor 234. Detailed description of substantially the same components described above will be omitted to avoid redundancy.

[0080] The housing 210 has two cavities 212 and 214 defined therein, each of which is opened at one side thereof. In addition, the housing 210 may be formed with first and second leads to supply electric power to the first and second light emitting diode chips 222 and 224. In the illustrated exemplary embodiment, a first light emitting diode chip 222 is received in the first cavity 212 and a second light emitting diode chip 224 is received in the second cavity 214.

[0081] The green phosphor 232 may be formed to cover substantially the entire first cavity 212 while covering the first light emitting diode chip 222. Here, the green phosphor 232 may be a BAM-based green phosphor described above.

[0082] The red phosphor 234 may be formed to cover substantially the entire second cavity 214 while covering the second light emitting diode chip 224, and may include a nitride or fluoride-based red phosphor as described above.

[0083] Although some exemplary embodiments have been described herein, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are given by way of illustration only, and that various modifications, variations, and alterations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be limited only by the accompanying claims and equivalents thereof.