Methods of making laminated LED array and/or products including the same

A method of making a window for a vehicle, the method comprising:

• providing a polymer-based deformable backbone supporting a plurality of LED devices, the LED devices being connected to one another via flexible wires;
• positioning the deformable polymer-based backbone with the LED devices thereon between first and second glass substrates;
• and
• wherein the backbone is shaped so as to comprise a plurality of steps that support respective LED devices of the plurality of LED devices;
• providing an optical coupling material proximate the steps so as to be located between the steps and laminating material;
• laminating together the first and second substrates with the deformable backbone therebetween using the laminating material;
• wherein the backbone, when laminated between first and second substrates, has a shape so that the LED devices are angled relative to the first and second substrates so that light to be emitted from the LED devices is emitted at an angle that is neither perpendicular nor parallel to an elongated direction of the first and second substrates, with the shape configured to match an angle at which the window is to be disposed in the vehicle and so that the LED devices, when powered, emit light primarily in a direction parallel to a surface on which the vehicle is located, and wherein the window is a rear windshield of the vehicle.