Patent ID: 7956544

Claim:
A light source module, comprising: a light sources supporting substrate having a light-sourcing first area and a second area outside the first area; a plurality of light source blocks disposed on the light sources supporting substrate and in the light-sourcing first area thereof, each of the light source blocks including at least one light source; a currents control element disposed on the light sources supporting substrate and substantially in the second area thereof, the currents control element having a plurality of channel terminals connected for individually controlling a plurality of respective driving currents passing respectively through at least two of said light source blocks, the respective driving currents being for driving and thus causing corresponding light sources of the respective at least two light source blocks to output light, where the plurality of channel terminals are electrically connected to respective ones of the at least two light source blocks; and a light source driving connector disposed on the light sources supporting substrate and electrically connected to provide control signals via plural wirings to the currents control element, where the provided control signals are for controlling light intensities of the corresponding light sources of the at least two light source blocks and where the number of said plural wirings that respectively provide respective ones of the control signals is less than the number of light sources controlled by the control signals.