Hybrid illuminator
First Claim
1. An illuminator apparatus comprising a circuit board, at least one LED, at least one current-limiting converter, and at least one cooling element, wherein the LED and the current-limiting converter are mounted and coupled in a thermally conductive manner to the circuit board, and the cooling element serves as a frame part of the illuminator and is integrated into the circuit board in a thermally conductive manner in order to transfer heat generated by the LED and the current-limiting converter away from the circuit board and to other structures of the illuminator and to an ambient environment such that the LED and the current-limiting converter are cooled with the cooling element being common.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an illuminator apparatus comprising one or more LEDs and one or more current control components and/or other illuminator components coupled in a thermally conductive manner to a circuit board. The circuit board, in turn, is in a thermally conductive manner integrated into a cooling element which serves as a frame part of the illuminator in order to transfer heat generated by the LEDs and the current control components and/or the other components through the circuit board to the cooling element and therefrom further to other structures of the illuminator and to an ambient environment.
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- 1. An illuminator apparatus comprising a circuit board, at least one LED, at least one current-limiting converter, and at least one cooling element, wherein the LED and the current-limiting converter are mounted and coupled in a thermally conductive manner to the circuit board, and the cooling element serves as a frame part of the illuminator and is integrated into the circuit board in a thermally conductive manner in order to transfer heat generated by the LED and the current-limiting converter away from the circuit board and to other structures of the illuminator and to an ambient environment such that the LED and the current-limiting converter are cooled with the cooling element being common.
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