Patent ID: 6665170
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: H01L,H05K

Abstract:
A light emitting diode illumination system including the economic and convenient fabrication of variable length illumination segments separable from a common printed circuit board comprising, in combination:a printed circuit board in a rectangular configuration having a front face and a back face and equally spaced longitudinal score lines with opposing V-shaped cross sections to allow the board to be broken into segments by a user to fit a particular application and variably spaced lateral score lines with opposing V-shaped cross sections to allow the board to be broken into segments by a user to fit a particular application; short printed circuit board segments with electrical elements coupled to the front face, the electrical elements including two light emitting diodes and a plurality of resistors and a zener diode 34 with an associated capacitor and a plurality of associated rectifying diode for converting AC to DC and two pair of electrical contacts either pair capable of coupling the electrical elements to a source of electrical potential and electrical leads on the back face coupling the electrical elements to illuminate the light emitting diodes with minimum current while generating minimum heat; intermediate short printed circuit board segments with electrical elements coupled to the front face, the electrical elements including four light emitting diodes and a plurality of resistors and a zener diode with an associated capacitor and a plurality of rectifying diodes for converting AC to DC and two pair of electrical contacts either pair capable of coupling the electrical elements to a source of electrical potential and electrical leads on the back face coupling the electrical elements to illuminate the light emitting diodes with minimum current while generating minimum heat; and long printed circuit board segments with electrical elements coupled to the front face, the electrical elements including six light emitting diodes and a plurality of resistors and a zener diode with an associated capacitor and a plurality of rectifying diodes for converting AC to DC and two pair of electrical contacts either pair capable of coupling the electrical elements to a source of electrical potential and electrical leads on the back face coupling the electrical elements to illuminate the light emitting diodes with minimum current while generating minimum heat.