LED light string with open circuit protection
US8907574B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B20/30
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An LED light string with open circuit protection has a first end for receiving a first voltage, a second end for receiving a second voltage, and multiple LED units connected in series between the first end and the second end. Each of the LED units has multiple LEDs and at least one by-pass resistor connected in parallel. Even when the LEDs of the same LED unit all fail, a current from the first end to the second end can still flow through all the LED units via the by-pass resistors to drive the remaining normal LED units.
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