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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Makoto Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Kazunori Annen, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Kazunori Annen, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/63 (2006.01); B23P 17/04 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element that emits primary light and a wavelength conversion unit that absorbs part of the primary light and emits secondary light. In the light emitting device, the wavelength conversion unit includes a plurality of types of phosphors that emit secondary light having wavelengths different from each other, and at least one of the phosphors is a covered phosphor covered with a surface film that reflects secondary light emitted from a phosphor other than the covered phosphor.