Extended life LED fixture with central controller and multi-chip LEDs
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1. A method for controlling a plurality of LED drivers within a single light fixture using a central controller, comprising:
- activating a first LED driver so that it drives a first subset of LEDs within at least one multi-chip LED package;
monitoring the first LED driver;
once an operating parameter of the first LED driver satisfies a predetermined value, deactivating the first LED driver and the first subset of LEDs; and
activating a second LED driver so that it drives a second subset of LEDs within the at least one multi-chip LED package,wherein the first LED driver is distinct from the second LED driver and the first subset of LEDs is distinct from the second subset of LEDs, andwherein the first LED driver, the second LED driver, and the at least one multi-chip LED package are within the single light fixture.
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Abstract
An LED fixture includes multiple LED drivers and a multi-chip LED package 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 central controller activates and deactivates the LED drivers so that different subsets of LEDs within the LED package are driven sequentially. An optional multi-chip LED driver concurrently drives multiple subsets of LEDs that were previously driven by the LED drivers.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a plurality of LED drivers within a single light fixture using a central controller, comprising:
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activating a first LED driver so that it drives a first subset of LEDs within at least one multi-chip LED package; monitoring the first LED driver; once an operating parameter of the first LED driver satisfies a predetermined value, deactivating the first LED driver and the first subset of LEDs; and activating a second LED driver so that it drives a second subset of LEDs within the at least one multi-chip LED package, wherein the first LED driver is distinct from the second LED driver and the first subset of LEDs is distinct from the second subset of LEDs, and wherein the first LED driver, the second LED driver, and the at least one multi-chip LED package are within the 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; a plurality of subsets of LEDs, wherein each subset of LEDs includes a plurality of LEDs within at least one multi-chip LED package and each subset of LEDs is connected to a distinct LED driver; and a central controller, connected to each of the LED drivers, wherein the controller is operable to; activate a first one of the LED drivers so that a first subset of LEDs associated with the first LED driver is activated; monitor the first LED driver to determine when an operating parameter of the first LED driver satisfies a predetermined value; and once the first LED driver satisfies the predetermined value, deactivate the first LED driver and activate a second one of the LED drivers so that the first subset of LEDs is deactivated and a second subset of LEDs associated with the second LED driver is activated. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A single light fixture, comprising:
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a plurality of LED drivers; a plurality of subsets of LEDs, wherein each subset of LEDs includes a plurality of LEDs within at least one multi-chip LED package and each subset of LEDs is connected to a distinct LED driver; a multi-chip LED driver, wherein the multi-chip LED driver is connected to at least two of the subsets of LEDs; and a central controller, connected to each of the LED drivers and the multi-chip LED driver, wherein the controller is operable to; activate a first one of the LED drivers so that a first subset of LEDs associated with the first LED driver is activated; monitor the first LED driver to determine when an operating parameter of the first LED driver satisfies a predetermined value; once the first LED driver satisfies the predetermined value, deactivate the first LED driver and activate a second one of the LED drivers so that the first subset of LEDs is deactivated and a second subset of LEDs associated with the second LED driver is activated; monitor the second LED driver to determine when a second operating parameter of the second LED driver satisfies a second predetermined value; once the second LED driver satisfies the second predetermined value, deactivate the second LED driver and activate the multi-chip LED driver so that the multi-chip LED driver concurrently activates the first subset of LEDs and the second subset of LEDs. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for controlling a plurality of LED drivers within a single light fixture using a central controller, comprising:
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activating a first LED driver so that it drives a first subset of LEDs within at least one multi-chip LED package; monitoring light intensity output by the first subset of LEDs; once the light intensity output by the first subset of LEDs satisfies a predetermined value, deactivating the first LED driver and the first subset of LEDs; and activating a second LED driver so that it drives a second subset of LEDs within the at least one multi-chip LED package, wherein the first LED driver is distinct from the second LED driver and the first subset of LEDs is distinct from the second subset of LEDs, and wherein the first LED driver, the second LED driver, and the at least one multi-chip LED package are within the single light fixture. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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