Achieving superwide-color-gamut display by using narrow-band green-emitting γ-AlON:Mn,Mg phosphor

The display backlight generated using sharp β-sialon:Eu (green) and K2SiF6:Mn (red) phosphors shows a very wide color gamut that mostly covers the whole National Television System Committee (NTSC) triangle. In this work, an alternative green phosphor is investigated to further improve the display color gamut. γ-AlON:Mn,Mg is a green phosphor that shows a shorter and narrower emission spectrum than sharp β-silaon:Eu. The display color gamut in the blue-green region is thus widened greatly by substituting γ-AlON:Mn,Mg for sharp β-sialon:Eu. The color gamut of displays with γ-AlON:Mn,Mg and K2SiF6:Mn exceeds 100% of the NTSC standard both in the CIE 1931 and the CIE 1976 color spaces. Furthermore, the white LEDs with γ-AlON:Mn,Mg have excellent stability that is comparable to those of LEDs with sharp β-sialon:Eu.