Patents Represented by Attorney Gregory Thorne
  • Patent number: 8310144
    Abstract: A luminair and a display device including a light emitting diode, a light exit window and a luminescent layer arranged between the light emitting diode and the light exit window. The light emitting diode emits light of a first primary color. The luminescent layer is arranged between the light emitting diode and the light exit window for converting part of the light emitted by the light emitting diode into light of a second primary color. The luminescent layer includes a garnet luminescent material of one of at least Lutetium, Cerium, Silicon and Nitrogen, or a combination of a garnet luminescent material of at least Lutetium and Cerium and a garnet luminescent material of at least Cerium and at least one of Yttrium and Gadolinium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Gerard August Hoelen, Rene Theodorus Wegh, Jan Broere, Ludo Haenen