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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Inventor:
Liqin Ni, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 41/00 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid state lighting apparatus can include a Light Emitting Diode (LED) string that includes a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) segments that are coupled in series with one another wherein a ratio of respective numbers of LEDs in each of the segments is about equal to a ratio of respective average powers for each of the respective segments. Other configurations are also disclosed.