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Title: Blue-green phosphor for fluorescent lighting applications

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1175278

A fluorescent lamp including a phosphor layer including Sr.sub.4 Al.sub.14 O.sub.25 :Eu.sup.2+ (SAE) and at least one of each of a red, green and blue emitting phosphor. The phosphor layer can optionally include an additional, deep red phosphor and a yellow emitting phosphor. The resulting lamp will exhibit a white light having a color rendering index of 90 or higher with a correlated color temperature of from 2500 to 10000 Kelvin. The use of SAE in phosphor blends of lamps results in high CRI light sources with increased stability and acceptable lumen maintenance over, the course of the lamp life.

Research Organization:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-99FT40632
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
Patent Number(s):
6,867,536
Application Number:
10/317,372
OSTI ID:
1175278
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English