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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Nichia Corporation, Anan-shi, Tokushima, JP;

Inventors:

Naoki Saka, Tokushima, JP;

Yoshinori Murazaki, Komatsushima, JP;

Isamu Niki, Anan, JP;

Assignee:

Nichia Corporation, Anan-Shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/204 (2013.01); G02B 26/008 (2013.01); G02B 27/141 (2013.01); H04N 9/3117 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wavelength converting member includes at least a first, second, and third regions, circumferentially on a disc-shaped light-transmissive substrate. The first region includes, from a light incident direction, a first and second phosphor layers. The first phosphor layer includes a first phosphor to absorb at least part of incident light and to emit a first light having a wavelength different from the incident light. The first phosphor layer defines an indentation in a surface on the second phosphor layer side, with a depth a half or more of the thickness of a portion of the first phosphor layer absent of the indentation. The second phosphor layer includes a second phosphor to absorb at least part of the first light emitted by the first phosphor and to emit a second light having a wavelength different from the first light, and is disposed in the indentation of the first phosphor layer.


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