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US 2011/0298378 A1Published application
Light-emitting diode (LED) protection structure
AssigneeUnity Opto Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsYi-Yu Tsai, Yi-Hua Li
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Abstract
A light-emitting diode (LED) protection structure includes an LED portion and a protection portion. The protection portion includes a fuse and a Zener diode connected in series. The protection portion is electrically connected to the LED portion in parallel but opposite in direction. As such, the LED protection structure can effectively protect the LEDs and the Zener diode from being damaged to thereby reduce costs.
Claims4
A light-emitting diode (LED) protection structure, comprising:
- an LED portion;
- and
- a protection portion, which comprises a fuse and a Zener diode electrically connected to each other in series, the protection portion being electrically connected to the LED portion in parallel but in opposite direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.