Patent ID: 7679099

Claim:
A light source comprising: a circuit carrier comprising top and bottom conducting layers sandwiching an insulating substrate, said bottom conducting layer having a top surface, a bottom surface, and first and second electrodes that are electrically isolated from each other, wherein a first portion of said top surface of said bottom conducting layer is adjacent to said insulating substrate, and a second portion of said top surface of said bottom conducting layer comprises a die bonding region in which said top conducting layer and said insulating substrate are absent, thereby exposing said top surface of said bottom conducting layer; and a die comprising a wire-bonded LED, said die comprising a bottom surface that is bonded to said top surface of said bottom conducting layer in said die bonding region, said die comprising first and second contacts extending therefrom for powering said LED, said first and second contacts being electrically connected to said first and second electrodes of said bottom conducting layer.