Patent number: 7931826
Abstract: The invention provides a white light illumination device including an ultraviolet excitation light source and an ultraviolet excitable aluminosilicate phosphor. The ultraviolet excitable aluminosilicate phosphor has a formula as (M1-x,Rex)aAlbSicOd:D, wherein M is Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba or combination thereof. In addition, Re is Y, La, Pr, Nd, Eu, Gd, Tb, Ce, Dy, Yb, Er, Sc, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni, Lu or combination thereof, while 0<a, b, c, d, 2a+3b+4c=2d, and 0?x?a. Furthermore, D is F, Cl, I, Br, OH, S or combinations thereof. The aluminosilicate phosphor emits blue or blue-green light under the excitation of ultraviolet light, and the aluminosilicate phosphor may further collocate with different color phosphors to provide a white light illumination device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 17, 2007
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2011
Assignee:
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Inventors:
Teng-Ming Chen, Woan-Jen Yang, Yao-Tsung Yeh, Chien-Yueh Tung, Tien-Heng Huang, Fang-Ching Chang, Yung Chi Chen, Wei-Jen Liu