Apparatus and Method for a Light-Emitting Diode Lamp that Simulates a Filament Lamp
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a circuit assembly comprising a light-emitting diode (LED) load in combination with a filament bulb simulation circuit, the filament bulb simulation circuit being configured to simulate a load that would be presented to a monitoring system by a filament bulb.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a circuit assembly comprising a light-emitting diode (LED) load in combination with a filament bulb simulation circuit, the filament bulb simulation circuit being configured to simulate a load that would be presented to a monitoring system by a filament bulb. In this manner, a filament bulb can be effectively replaced with one or more LEDs and thereby achieve power consumption savings. Also disclosed is a method for monitoring an LED circuit assembly with a monitoring system to determine whether the LED circuit assembly is deemed operational.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a circuit assembly comprising a light-emitting diode (LED) load in combination with a filament bulb simulation circuit, the filament bulb simulation circuit being configured to simulate a load that would be presented to a monitoring system by a filament bulb. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An apparatus for replacing a filament bulb, the apparatus comprising:
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a light-emitting diode (LED) load; and a capacitor in parallel with the LED load, wherein the capacitor is sized such that the apparatus exhibits at least one of the group consisting of an equivalent series resistance and a capacitive reactance that an operational filament bulb would have exhibited, thereby creating a simulation of the filament bulb for a monitoring system that is configured to monitor whether the LED load is operational. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An apparatus comprising:
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a light-emitting diode (LED) load; a capacitor in parallel with the LED load, wherein the capacitor is sized such that the apparatus exhibits an equivalent series resistance that an operational filament bulb would have exhibited, thereby creating a simulation of the filament bulb for a monitoring system that is configured to monitor whether the LED load is operational; a rectifier bridge circuit in parallel with the LED load and the capacitor, wherein the rectifier bridge circuit is connected between the LED load and the capacitor; and at least one load resistor connected between the capacitor and the rectifier bridge circuit.
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54. An apparatus comprising:
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a light-emitting diode (LED) load; a capacitor in parallel with the LED load, wherein the capacitor is sized such that the apparatus exhibits a capacitive reactance that an operational filament bulb would have exhibited, thereby creating a simulation of the filament bulb for a monitoring system that is configured to monitor whether the LED load is operational; a rectifier bridge circuit in parallel with the LED load and the capacitor, wherein the rectifier bridge circuit is connected between the LED load and the capacitor; and at least one load resistor connected between the rectifier bridge circuit and the LED load.
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55. A method comprising:
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monitoring a light-emitting diode (LED) circuit assembly through a monitoring system, the LED circuit assembly comprising an LED load and a filament bulb simulation circuit in parallel with the LED load, wherein the filament bulb simulation circuit is configured such that the LED circuit assembly simulates an operational filament bulb for the monitoring system; automatically determining, via the monitoring system and in response to the monitoring step, an operational status for the LED circuit assembly; and permitting illumination of the LED load in response to a positive determined operational status for the LED circuit assembly. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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