VARIABLE-BEAM LIGHT SOURCE AND RELATED METHODS
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1. A light source producing a beam of variable divergence, comprising:
- a plurality of light-emitting devices arranged on a plane;
a concave reflecting optic having an axis of symmetry and comprising a plurality of segments, each having an aiming angle with respect to the axis of symmetry, for redirecting light emitted thereon, light emitted by the light-emitting devices and reflected by the optic forming a light beam; and
driver circuitry for controlling drive currents to the light-emitting devices individually or in groups thereof to thereby variably control a divergence of the light beam;
wherein at least some of the segments have different aiming angles depending on their distances from the plane of the light-emitting devices.
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Abstract
Light sources with arrangements of multiple LEDs (or other light-emitting devices) disposed at or near the focus of a reflecting optic having multiple segments facilitate varying the angular distribution of the light beam (e.g., the beam divergence) via the drive currents supplied to the LEDs.
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55 Claims
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1. A light source producing a beam of variable divergence, comprising:
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a plurality of light-emitting devices arranged on a plane; a concave reflecting optic having an axis of symmetry and comprising a plurality of segments, each having an aiming angle with respect to the axis of symmetry, for redirecting light emitted thereon, light emitted by the light-emitting devices and reflected by the optic forming a light beam; and driver circuitry for controlling drive currents to the light-emitting devices individually or in groups thereof to thereby variably control a divergence of the light beam; wherein at least some of the segments have different aiming angles depending on their distances from the plane of the light-emitting devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of varying a divergence of a light source comprising (i) a plurality of light-emitting devices arranged on a plane and in a pattern having a center region and an outer region outside the center region, and (ii) a concave reflecting optic having an axis of symmetry and comprising a plurality of segments, each segment having an aiming angle with respect to the axis of symmetry for redirecting light emitted thereon, at least some of the segments having different aiming angles depending on their distances from the plane of the light-emitting devices, the method comprising:
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driving the light-emitting devices to create a light beam emerging from the reflecting optic; and controlling drive currents to the light-emitting devices, individually or in groups thereof, based on distances of the devices from center region so that the beam has a divergence variably determined by, at least in part, the controlled drive currents. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A light system comprising:
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a single substrate having a plurality of electric contacts; disposed on the substrate, a light-emitting array comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs); and a plurality of conducting traces, each connecting one of the LEDs to one of the electric contacts, wherein at least one of the contacts is embedded within the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of fabricating a light system comprising:
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forming a plurality of electric contacts on a substrate, at least one of the contacts being embedded therewithin; forming a plurality of LED dies on the substrate; and interconnecting the LED dies with the electric contacts to form a light-emitting array. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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