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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
GE Phosphors Technology, Llc, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Masatsugu Masuda, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Terashima, Osaka, JP;
GE PHOSPHORS TECHNOLOGY, LLC, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
There are provided a phosphor which is a divalent europium-activated oxynitride phosphor substantially represented by General formula (A): EuSiAlON, a divalent europium-activated oxynitride phosphor substantially represented by General formula (B): MIEuSiAlONor a divalent europium-activated nitride phosphor substantially represented by General formula (C): (MIIEu)MIIISiN, having a reflectance of light emission in a longer wavelength region of visible light than a peak wavelength of 95% or larger, and a method of producing such phosphor; a nitride phosphor and an oxynitride phosphor which emit light efficiently and stably by the light having a wavelength ranging from 430 to 480 nm from a semiconductor light emitting device by means of a light emitting apparatus using such phosphor, and a producing method of such phosphor; and a light emitting apparatus having stable characteristics and realizing high efficiency.