Solid-state light source
First Claim
1. A light source module, comprising:
- one or more light emitters of a first color forming a first color group;
one or more light emitters of a second color forming a second color group, the one or more light emitters of the second color group connected in series with the one or more light emitters of the first color group;
a second color group adjustment circuit connected in parallel with the one or more light emitters of the second color group, the second color group adjustment circuit configured to adjust color, to adjust intensity of output light, or to adjust color and intensity of output light of the second color group; and
a current source connected in series with solid-state color emitters of the first and the second color groups, wherein the second color group adjustment circuit includes a feedback mechanism configured to simultaneously provide adjusted non-zero currents to flow through the one or more light emitters of the second color group and the second color group adjustment circuit, wherein a first sensing resistor is in series with the second color group and a second sensing resistor is in series with the second color group adjustment circuit and wherein the feedback mechanism senses currents at outputs of the first sensing resistor and the second sensing resistor.
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Abstract
In one aspect, a light source module includes one or more light emitters of a first color forming a first color group, one or more light emitters of a second color forming a second color group, the one or more light emitters of the second color group connected in series to the one or more light emitters of the first color group, a second color group adjustment circuit connected in parallel to the one or more light emitters of the second color group, the second color group adjustment circuit configured to adjust one or both of color and intensity of output light of the second color group, and a current source connected in series to solid-state color emitters of the first and the second color groups.
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20 Claims
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1. A light source module, comprising:
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one or more light emitters of a first color forming a first color group; one or more light emitters of a second color forming a second color group, the one or more light emitters of the second color group connected in series with the one or more light emitters of the first color group; a second color group adjustment circuit connected in parallel with the one or more light emitters of the second color group, the second color group adjustment circuit configured to adjust color, to adjust intensity of output light, or to adjust color and intensity of output light of the second color group; and a current source connected in series with solid-state color emitters of the first and the second color groups, wherein the second color group adjustment circuit includes a feedback mechanism configured to simultaneously provide adjusted non-zero currents to flow through the one or more light emitters of the second color group and the second color group adjustment circuit, wherein a first sensing resistor is in series with the second color group and a second sensing resistor is in series with the second color group adjustment circuit and wherein the feedback mechanism senses currents at outputs of the first sensing resistor and the second sensing resistor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for producing a light of a particular color at an output of a light source module, comprising:
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providing a current flow through a series of light emitters, wherein the series of light emitters comprises one or more light emitters of a first color and one or more light emitters of a second color; and adjusting current flow through the light emitters of the second color, wherein adjusting the current flow is carried out by one or more iterations of; measuring light output of the light source module, and adjusting, based on the measured light output, a current flow through a second color adjustment circuit that is connected in parallel with the light emitters of the second color, wherein adjusted non-zero currents respectively flow through the light emitters of the second color and the color adjustment circuit to provide a combined light output of all light emitters of the first color and the second color with a particular color characteristic, wherein a first sensing resistor is in series with the second color group and a second sensing resistor is in series with the second color group adjustment circuit and wherein the feedback mechanism senses currents at outputs of the first sensing resistor and the second sensing resistor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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