AC light emitting diode and AC LED drive methods and apparatus
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1. A lighting system comprising:
- two or more LED circuits each LED circuit having at least two diodes connected to each other in opposing parallel relation, at least one of which such diodes is an LED;
at least one capacitor being connected to and being part of each opposing parallel LED circuit, the capacitor having only one end connected to the opposing parallel LEDs;
a driver connected to the one or more LED circuits, the driver providing AC voltage and current to the one or more LED circuits, the driver and the LED circuits forming a driven circuit and the driver and the LED circuits being configured such that LED circuits may be added to or subtracted from the driven circuit;
(a) without significantly affecting the pre-determined desired output range of light from any individual LED; and
, (b) without the need to;
(i) change the value of any discrete component;
or, (ii) to add or subtract any discrete components, of any of the pre-existing driven circuit components which remain after the change.
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Abstract
An AC LED package and circuits are disclosed along with an AC LED driver. The AC LED circuit may include as few as one LED or an array of anti-parallel LEDs driven with AC power sources and AC LED drivers at various voltages and frequencies. The AC LEDs are pre-packaged in various forms and materials and designed for mains or high frequency coupling in various forms to AC power sources, inverter type drivers or packages. The AC LED driver is a fixed frequency driver that provides a relatively constant voltage output to different size loads within the wattage limitation of the driver and in some cases is a direct mains power source.
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42 Claims
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1. A lighting system comprising:
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two or more LED circuits each LED circuit having at least two diodes connected to each other in opposing parallel relation, at least one of which such diodes is an LED;
at least one capacitor being connected to and being part of each opposing parallel LED circuit, the capacitor having only one end connected to the opposing parallel LEDs;
a driver connected to the one or more LED circuits, the driver providing AC voltage and current to the one or more LED circuits, the driver and the LED circuits forming a driven circuit and the driver and the LED circuits being configured such that LED circuits may be added to or subtracted from the driven circuit;
(a) without significantly affecting the pre-determined desired output range of light from any individual LED; and
,(b) without the need to;
(i) change the value of any discrete component;
or, (ii) to add or subtract any discrete components, of any of the pre-existing driven circuit components which remain after the change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An LED device for use with an AC voltage power source comprising:
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a first set of two LEDs connected together opposing parallel of each other and forming two connected junctions at opposing ends of the two opposing parallel LEDs, a capacitor having a first end connected to a first connected junction of the two opposing parallel LEDs, a first power connection lead connected to the second end of the capacitor connected to the first opposing parallel LED junction, a second power connection lead connected directly to the second connected junction of the two opposing parallel LEDs, the entire assembly two opposing parallel LEDs including capacitor and power connection leads formed on an insulating substrate material, and;
the insulating substrate integrated within a single LED package that provides electrical connectivity to the LED circuit power connection leads on the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An LED driver comprising;
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one or more capacitors;
one or more resistors;
two or more LED circuits each LED circuit having at least two diodes connected to each other in opposing parallel relation, at least one of which such diodes is an LED, the one or more capacitors and the one or more resistors connected in series between the two or more LED circuits.
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41. The one or more capacitors and the one or more resistors of claim a being integrated into a package providing means of connectivity to an LED circuit and a power source.
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42. A method of operating an LED lighting system comprising:
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providing opposing parallel LEDs in a circuit;
providing a driver to output high frequency AC current and voltage to the circuit;
adjusting the driver in response to a change in the load presented by the number of LEDs present or operational at a given time during operation to provide a relatively constant voltage and frequency to the circuit.
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