Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.

Nichia Corporation

Naoki Sako

Naoto Kijima

Takashi Hase

Byungchul Hong

Masahiko Yoshino

Kentarou Horibe

Fumiko Yoyasu

Shin Kawana

Hideaki Kaneda

Takayuki Hisamune

Noriko Endou

Reiji Ootsuka

To provide a semiconductor light emitting device which is capable of accomplishing a broad color reproducibility for an entire image without losing brightness of the entire image. A light source provided on a backlight for a color image display device has a semiconductor light emitting device comprising a solid light emitting device to emit light in a blue or deep blue region or in an ultraviolet region and phosphors, in combination. The phosphors comprise a green emitting phosphor and a red emitting phosphor. The green emitting phosphor and the red emitting phosphor are ones, of which the rate of change of the emission peak intensity at 100° C. to the emission intensity at 25° C., when the wavelength of the excitation light is 400 nm or 455 nm, is at most 40%.

Light emitting device

To provide a semiconductor light emitting device which is capable of accomplishing a broad color reproducibility for an entire image without losing brightness of the entire image. A light source provided on a backlight for a color image display device has a semiconductor light emitting device comprising a solid light emitting device to emit light in a blue or deep blue region or in an ultraviolet region and phosphors, in combination. The phosphors comprise a green emitting phosphor and a red emitting phosphor. The green emitting phosphor and the red emitting phosphor are ones, of which the rate of change of the emission peak intensity at 100&#xb0; C. to the emission intensity at 25&#xb0; C., when the wavelength of the excitation light is 400 nm or 455 nm, is at most 40%.

Illumination device

To provide a semiconductor light emitting device which is capable of accomplishing a broad color reproducibility for an entire image without losing brightness of the entire image. A light source provided on a backlight for a color image display device has a semiconductor light emitting device comprising a solid light emitting device to emit light in a blue or deep blue region or in an ultraviolet region and phosphors, in combination. The phosphors comprise a green emitting phosphor and a red emitting phosphor. The green emitting phosphor and the red emitting phosphor are ones, of which the rate of change of the emission peak intensity at 1000 C to the emission intensity at 25&#xb0; C., when the wavelength of the excitation light is 400 nm or 455 nm, is at most 40%.

Semiconductor light emitting device, backlight, color image display device and phosphor to be used for them

To attain a high color reproducibility as a whole image without impairing the brightness of the entire image. A color image display device comprising a combination of light shutters, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination, wherein a light source to be used for the backlight comprises a combination of a blue or deep blue LED and a phosphor, and the relationship between the NTSC ratio W as a color reproduction range of the color image display element and the light use efficiency Y is represented Y&#x2267;&#x2212;0.38 W+51 (wherein W&#x2267;87).

Color image display device

The invention relates to a color liquid crystal display device with a combination of light shutters that utilize a liquid crystal, a color filter having color elements of at least three colors of red, green and blue corresponding to the light shutters, and a backlight for transmission illumination.

Color liquid crystal display devices

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Yokohama, Japan

Naoki Sako