Lighted display including led's mounted on a flexible circuit board
First Claim
1. A flexible LED display comprising flexible circuit board means having a plurality of electrical conductive paths thereon;
- a plurality of individual LED dies secured to said circuit board means in predetermined positions to mate with a desired design;
means electrically connecting said individual LED dies to appropriate conducting paths of said circuit board;
material encapsulating each individual LED die to provide physical protection for the die and act as a lens for light emitted from the die;
electronic control circuit means electrically connected to the conductive paths on said circuit board for supplying power to selected conductive paths to thereby illuminate selected LEDs;
means adapted to be connected to a power supply for supplying power to the control circuit means; and
design means substantially covering the board and having respective predetermined areas aligned with respective LED dies on the board through which light can pass when an aligned LED is illuminated.
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Abstract
An LED display particularly adapted to be used as part of a design on articles of clothing such as tee-shirts, includes a flexible circuit board to which individual LED dies are secured in desired position. The individual dies are electrically connected to traces on the circuit board and are encapsulated on the board so as to protect the individual dies and connections and so that the encapsulating material forms lenses for the dies. In most instances, the display so formed will be completely covered with a protective layer of covering material having a design thereon and having transparent or translucent means over the encapsulated LED dies so that light given off by the LEDs is transmitted through the layer. Control circuitry is provided to supply power to the LEDs, preferably in a predetermined pattern, to cause them to illuminate.
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19 Claims
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1. A flexible LED display comprising flexible circuit board means having a plurality of electrical conductive paths thereon;
- a plurality of individual LED dies secured to said circuit board means in predetermined positions to mate with a desired design;
means electrically connecting said individual LED dies to appropriate conducting paths of said circuit board;
material encapsulating each individual LED die to provide physical protection for the die and act as a lens for light emitted from the die;
electronic control circuit means electrically connected to the conductive paths on said circuit board for supplying power to selected conductive paths to thereby illuminate selected LEDs;
means adapted to be connected to a power supply for supplying power to the control circuit means; and
design means substantially covering the board and having respective predetermined areas aligned with respective LED dies on the board through which light can pass when an aligned LED is illuminated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- a plurality of individual LED dies secured to said circuit board means in predetermined positions to mate with a desired design;
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19. A flexible LED display comprising flexible circuit board means having a plurality of electrical conductive paths thereon;
- a plurality of individual LED dies secured to said circuit board means;
means electrically connecting said individual LED dies to appropriate conducting paths of said circuit board;
material encapsulating each individual LED die to provide physical protection for the die and act as a a lens for light emitted from the die;
electronic control circuit means electrically connected to the conductive paths on said circuit board for supplying power to selected conductive paths to thereby illuminate selected LEDs;
a covering material bonded to the face of the circuit board means to thereby cover and waterproof said circuit board means; and
means adapted to be connected to a power supply for supplying power to the control circuit means.
- a plurality of individual LED dies secured to said circuit board means;
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