Patent ID: 11953167
Assignee: LYNK LABS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H | IPC F  H

Claim 0:
1. A lighting system comprising:
a driver integrated circuit,
wherein the driver integrated circuit has a load sensor, and
wherein the driver integrated circuit provides a DC output;

at least one LED circuit having at least two LEDs,
wherein the at least one LED circuit is electrically configured so that a first LED in the at least one LED circuit is electrically connected to and forward biased by the driver integrated circuit and a second LED in the at least one LED circuit is electrically connected to and reverse biased by the driver integrated circuit, and
wherein the load sensor is configured to detect when the first LED fails to provide a voltage output while being forward biased by the driver integrated circuit; and

a switching circuit capable of switching the DC output of the driver integrated circuit to forward bias the second LED in the at least one LED circuit,
wherein the driver integrated circuit is configured to cause the switching circuit, without intervention from a user, to switch the DC output to forward bias the second LED and reverse bias the first LED after the load sensor detects the first LED is not operating.