Patent ID: 8410705

Claim:
An LED lighting system comprising: a first LED and bypass circuit, the first LED and bypass circuit comprising: a first LED circuit portion having a first LED between a first positive and a first negative terminal; and a first bypass circuit portion provided in parallel to the first LED circuit portion, the first bypass circuit portion having: a Zener Diode, said Zener diode having an anode and a cathode, wherein said cathode is electrically coupled with a gate of a thyristor, wherein said anode of said Zener diode is electrically coupled to: an anode of said thyristor; and said positive terminal; a resistor, said resistor having a first and a second end, said first end electrically coupled to said cathode of said Zener diode and said second end electrically coupled to: a cathode of said thyristor; and said negative terminal.