US 11,950,337 B2
Wiring boards for array-based electronic devices
Paul Palfreyman, Vancouver (CA); Michael A. Tischler, Vancouver (CA); Philippe M. Schick, Vancouver (CA); and Paul Jungwirth, Burnaby (CA)
Assigned to Cooledge Lighting Inc., Richmond (CA)
Filed by Paul Palfreyman, Vancouver (CA); Michael A. Tischler, Vancouver (CA); Philippe M. Schick, Vancouver (CA); and Paul Jungwirth, Burnaby (CA)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/750,030.
Application 16/750,030 is a continuation of application No. 15/349,465, filed on Nov. 11, 2016, granted, now 10,578,259.
Application 15/349,465 is a continuation of application No. 14/499,887, filed on Sep. 29, 2014, granted, now 9,526,132, issued on Dec. 20, 2016.
Application 14/499,887 is a continuation of application No. 14/195,175, filed on Mar. 3, 2014, granted, now 8,884,534, issued on Nov. 11, 2014.
Application 14/195,175 is a continuation of application No. 13/970,027, filed on Aug. 19, 2013, granted, now 8,704,448, issued on Apr. 22, 2014.
Application 13/970,027 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/799,807, filed on Mar. 13, 2013, granted, now 8,947,001, issued on Feb. 3, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/697,411, filed on Sep. 6, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0263844 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. F21S 4/22 (2016.01); F21S 2/00 (2016.01); F21V 21/14 (2006.01); F21V 23/02 (2006.01); F21V 23/06 (2006.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/40 (2020.01); H05B 45/44 (2020.01); H05B 45/46 (2020.01); H05K 1/00 (2006.01); F21V 21/005 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21Y 105/10 (2016.01); F21Y 105/12 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC H05B 45/40 (2020.01) [F21S 2/00 (2013.01); F21S 4/22 (2016.01); F21V 21/14 (2013.01); F21V 23/02 (2013.01); F21V 23/06 (2013.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/44 (2020.01); H05B 45/46 (2020.01); H05K 1/00 (2013.01); F21V 21/005 (2013.01); F21V 23/005 (2013.01); F21Y 2105/10 (2016.08); F21Y 2105/12 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); H01L 2224/16225 (2013.01); H01L 2224/32225 (2013.01); H01L 2224/73204 (2013.01); H01L 2224/92125 (2013.01)] 65 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting system comprising:
a lightsheet comprising:
a substrate;
disposed on the substrate, (i) first and second spaced-apart power conductors and (ii) a plurality of conductive traces;
a plurality of light-emitting strings, each light-emitting string (i) comprising a plurality of interconnected light-emitting elements spaced along the light-emitting string, (ii) having a first end electrically coupled to the first power conductor, and (iii) having a second end electrically coupled to the second power conductor, wherein the power conductors supply power to the light-emitting strings; and
a plurality of control elements each configured to control current to one or more of the light-emitting strings,
wherein:
each control element comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a first resistor, and a second resistor,
each control element is associated with one of the light-emitting strings,
the light-emitting elements each have an anode and a cathode,
each light-emitting string comprises a first light-emitting element and a last light-emitting element,
in each light-emitting string, the anode of the first light-emitting element is electrically coupled to the first power conductor,
the light-emitting elements in each light-emitting string are electrically coupled in series cathode to anode,
in each light-emitting string, the cathode of the last light-emitting element is electrically coupled to a first end of the first resistor and to a collector of the first transistor of the control element associated with the light-emitting string, and
for each control element, (i) a second end of the first resistor is electrically coupled to a base of the first transistor and a collector of the second transistor, (ii) an emitter of the first transistor is electrically coupled to a first end of the second resistor and a base of the second transistor, and (iii) an emitter of the second transistor is electrically coupled to a second end of the second resistor and to the second power conductor.