Patent 7791261 was granted and assigned to Sumitomo Chemical on September, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An ultraviolet excited light-emitting device is disclosed. The ultraviolet excited light-emitting device comprises a phosphor having at least one selected from the group consisting of Eu and Mn as an activator and a compound represented by a formula (1):M1M2M23O6 (1)wherein M1 is at least two selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr and Ba, or Sr or Ba, M2 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg and Zn, and M3 is at least one selected from the group consisting of Si and Ge in the formula (1).