Back to results
US 8,947,001 B2Granted
Wiring boards for array-based electronic devices
AssigneeCooledge Lighting Inc.
InventorsMichael A. Tischler, Paul Jungwirth
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
Claims82
A lighting system comprising:
- a substantially planar lightsheet;
- disposed on the lightsheet, first and second spaced-apart power conductors each extending in a first direction;
- a plurality of light-emitting strings, each light-emitting string (i) comprising a plurality of interconnected light-emitting elements spaced along the light-emitting string, (ii) having a first end electrically coupled to the first power conductor, (iii) having a second end electrically coupled to the second power conductor, and (iv) being oriented in a second direction not parallel to the first direction, wherein the power conductors supply power to each of the light-emitting strings;
- and
- a plurality of control elements each (i) electrically connected to at least one light-emitting string and (ii) configured to utilize power supplied from the power conductors to control the current to the at least one light-emitting string to which it is electrically connected,
- wherein, for each light-emitting string, a pitch at which the light-emitting elements are spaced is (i) substantially constant and (ii) independent of a position of the control element electrically connected to the light-emitting string.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.