Illuminating apparatus with large view angle

A method of illumination through an LED lamp comprising:

• supplying electrical power to a plurality of LEDs through a lamp base having a live contact and a neutral contact;
• generating light through the plurality of LEDs, where the LEDs have a view angle of greater than 120 degrees and are mounted in a circle at a peripheral edge of a printed circuit board;
• dissipating heat generated by the LEDs through a heat sink coupled to the printed circuit board;
• and
• transmitting light from the LEDs through a globe, the globe having a substantially spherical wall extending greater than 90 degrees from its vertical centerline.

An LED lamp comprising:

• a housing having a base with a live contact and a neutral contact for supplying power to the LED lamp;
• a globe coupled to the housing at a circular interface, the globe having a continuous substantially spherical wall, the globe having a vertical centerline, where the substantially spherical wall extends greater than 90 degrees from the vertical centerline prior to the circular interface;
• and
• an array of LEDs having a view having a view angle of greater than 120 mounted adjacent the circular interface of the housing and globe.