Extended life LED fixture
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1. An LED driver, comprising:
- circuitry for driving an LED lamp, wherein the LED lamp includes a plurality of LEDs; and
a controller for activating and deactivating the circuitry, wherein the controller monitors an operating parameter of the LED driver and once the operating parameter of the LED driver satisfies a predetermined value, then the controller deactivates the circuitry and sends a signal to a second LED driver that causes the second LED driver to activate a second LED lamp associated with the second LED driver,wherein the LED driver, the second LED driver, the LED lamp and the second LED lamp are within a single light fixture.
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Abstract
An LED fixture includes multiple LED drivers and multiple LED lamps so that the lifetime of the fixture is a multiple of the lifetime of a conventional fixture that uses only a single LED driver. A distributed controller activates and deactivates the LED drivers so that the different LED lamps are driven sequentially. An optional multi-lamp LED driver concurrently drives multiple LED lamps that have been previously driven by the LED drivers.
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1. An LED driver, comprising:
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circuitry for driving an LED lamp, wherein the LED lamp includes a plurality of LEDs; and a controller for activating and deactivating the circuitry, wherein the controller monitors an operating parameter of the LED driver and once the operating parameter of the LED driver satisfies a predetermined value, then the controller deactivates the circuitry and sends a signal to a second LED driver that causes the second LED driver to activate a second LED lamp associated with the second LED driver, wherein the LED driver, the second LED driver, the LED lamp and the second LED lamp are within a single light fixture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A single light fixture, comprising:
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a plurality of LED drivers, wherein each LED driver includes a controller and at least one of the LED drivers is connected to at least one other LED driver; and a plurality of LED lamps, wherein each LED lamp includes a plurality of LEDs and each LED lamp is connected to a distinct LED driver; wherein each of the controllers of the at least one LED driver is operable to; in response to a received signal, activate its corresponding LED driver so that the LED lamp associated with the LED driver is activated; monitor an operating parameter of the LED driver to determine when the operating parameter satisfies a predetermined value; and once the LED driver satisfies the predetermined value, deactivate the LED driver so that the LED lamp associated with the LED driver is deactivated and transmit a signal to the other LED driver. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for controlling a plurality of LED drivers within a single light fixture, comprising:
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activating, by a first LED driver, a first LED lamp, wherein the first LED lamp comprises a plurality of LEDs; monitoring, by a first LED controller associated with the first LED driver, an operating parameter of the first LED driver; once the operating parameter satisfies a predetermined value, deactivating the first LED driver and the first LED lamp and transmitting, by the first LED controller, a signal to a second LED controller associated with a second LED driver; in response to receiving the signal, activating, by the second LED driver, a second LED lamp, wherein the second LED lamp comprises a second plurality of LEDs, wherein the first LED driver is distinct from the second LED driver, the first LED lamp is distinct from the second LED lamp, and the first LED controller is distinct from the second LED controller; and wherein the first LED driver, the first LED lamp, the second LED driver, and the second LED lamp are within the single light fixture. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for controlling a plurality of LED drivers within a single light fixture, comprising:
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activating, by a first LED driver, a first LED lamp, wherein the first LED lamp comprises a plurality of LEDs; monitoring, by a first LED controller associated with the first LED driver, light intensity output by the first LED lamp; once the light intensity output by the first LED lamp satisfies a predetermined value, deactivating the first LED driver and the first LED lamp and transmitting, by the first LED controller, a signal to a second LED controller associated with a second LED driver; in response to receiving the signal, activating, by the second LED driver, a second LED lamp, wherein the second LED lamp comprises a second plurality of LEDs, wherein the first LED driver is distinct from the second LED driver, the first LED lamp is distinct from the second LED lamp, and the first LED controller is distinct from the second LED controller; and wherein the first LED driver, the first LED lamp, the second LED driver, and the second LED lamp are within the single light fixture. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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