Thermal management system for L.E.D. arrays
First Claim
1. A method of manufacturing an electrically driven L.E.D. lamp assembly (10) comprising the steps of;
- disposing an electrically insulating coating (16) of less than one thousand microns thickness over an electrically and thermally conductive and entirely metal heat sink (12),printing circuit traces (18) on the coating (16) to establish discrete and electrically conductive paths for electrically interconnecting light emitting diodes (20), andadhesively securing light emitting diodes (20) to the circuit traces (18) with an electrically and thermally conductive adhesive (26).
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an electrically driven L.E.D. lamp assembly (10) comprising the steps of screen printing an electrically insulating coating (16) which can be of less than two hundred microns thickness over an electrically and thermally conductive heat sink, i.e., aluminum, and printing circuit traces 18 of a resin with metal dispersed therein in end to end relationship on the routes of insulating coating 16 to establish discrete and electrically conductive paths for electrically interconnecting light emitting diodes 20. The light emitting diodes 20 are adhesively secured to the ends of adjacent circuit traces 18 with an electrically conductive adhesive 26 comprising an organic polymeric material compounded with a metal.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of manufacturing an electrically driven L.E.D. lamp assembly (10) comprising the steps of;
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disposing an electrically insulating coating (16) of less than one thousand microns thickness over an electrically and thermally conductive and entirely metal heat sink (12), printing circuit traces (18) on the coating (16) to establish discrete and electrically conductive paths for electrically interconnecting light emitting diodes (20), and adhesively securing light emitting diodes (20) to the circuit traces (18) with an electrically and thermally conductive adhesive (26). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of manufacturing an electrically driven L.E.D. lamp assembly (10) comprising the steps of;
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screen printing an electrically insulating coating (16) of less than three hundred microns thickness over an electrically and thermally conductive and a homogenous aluminum heat sink (12), printing circuit traces (18) with a phenolic resin compounded with one of copper, silver and nickel on the coating (16) to establish discrete and electrically conductive paths for electrically interconnecting light emitting diodes (20), and adhesively securing light emitting diodes (20) to the circuit traces (18) with an electrically and thermally conductive adhesive (26) comprising an organic polymeric material compounded with a metal.
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21. An electrically driven L.E.D. lamp assembly comprising:
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an electrically and thermally conductive and entirely metal heat sink (12); an electrically insulating coating (16) over said electrically and thermally conductive heat sink (12), and being less than one thousand microns in thickness;
circuit traces (18) disposed in predetermined spaced lengths along said coating (16) to prevent electrical conduction between said traces (18) and from said traces (18) to said heat sink (12);a plurality of light emitting diodes (20) having electrical leads; and an electrically conductive adhesive (26) securing said leads of said light emitting diodes (20) to adjacent ones of said circuit traces (18). - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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