LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE NETWORK
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1. A light emitting diode (LED) apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of LED segments, wherein each of the plurality of LED segments comprises one or more LED branches, wherein each LED branch comprising a plurality of LED dies connected in series, wherein LED branches within a LED segment are connected in parallel;
switches configured to couple the plurality of LED segments; and
,a controller configured to operate the switches and to control a stepping current based on a input voltage to the plurality of LED segments,wherein the LED device includes no transformers, inductors, or capacitors.
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Abstract
LED devices or circuits include a number of serially connected LED segments, which may additionally include parallel branches, which are switched on or off depending on an input voltage to the LED segments. As the input voltage varies, none, different portions, or all of the LEDs are lit. The input voltage to the LED segments may be an output voltage from a bridge rectifier in response to an alternate current (AC) power. The LED devices or circuits include no inductors, transformers and electrolytic capacitors.
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1. A light emitting diode (LED) apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of LED segments, wherein each of the plurality of LED segments comprises one or more LED branches, wherein each LED branch comprising a plurality of LED dies connected in series, wherein LED branches within a LED segment are connected in parallel; switches configured to couple the plurality of LED segments; and
,a controller configured to operate the switches and to control a stepping current based on a input voltage to the plurality of LED segments, wherein the LED device includes no transformers, inductors, or capacitors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An LED circuit comprising:
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a bridge rectifier; a plurality of LED segments, wherein each of the plurality of LED segments comprises a plurality of LED junctions and each of the plurality of LED segments are on one die module; switches configured to couple the plurality of LED segments; and
,a controller configured to operate the switches based on a varying output voltage from the bridge rectifier, wherein a forward voltage for a total number of LED junctions for all LED segments is less than a maximum output voltage from the bridge rectifier, and wherein the LED device includes no transformers, inductors, or capacitors. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving a varying input voltage; switching on a first LED segment and driving the first LED segment at a first current density when the input voltage increases to a first voltage, wherein the first voltage is a forward voltage of the first LED segment at the first current density; switching on a second LED segment and driving the first and second LED segments at a second current density when the input voltage increases to a second voltage, wherein the second voltage is a forward voltage of the first and second LED segments at the second current density; switching on a third LED segment and driving the first, second, and third LED segments at a third current density when the input voltage increases to a third voltage, wherein the third voltage is a forward voltage of the first, second, and third LED segments at the third current density; and
,switching off all LED segments when the input voltage is less than the first voltage. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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