Phosphor blends for green traffic signals

• Main Author: SETLUR ANANT ACHYUT,RADKOV EMIL VERGILOV,SRIVASTAVA ALOK MANI,WEAVER STANTON EARL,STECHER THOMAS ELLIOT,COMANZO HOLLY ANN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.10.2007
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMISTRY; DYES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; POLISHES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

There is provided a blue-green illumination system, including a semiconductor light emitter, and a luminescent material, wherein the system has an emission with CIE color coordinates located within an area of a of a pentagon on a CIE chromaticity diagram, whose corners have the following CIE color coordinates: i) x=0.0137 and y=0.4831; ii) x=0.2240 and y=0.3890; iii) x=0.2800 and y=0.4500; iv) x=0.2879 and y=0.5196; and v) x=0.0108 and y=0.7220. The luminescent material includes two or more phosphors. The illumination system may be used as the green light of a traffic light or an automotive display.