Patent ID: 7812550

Claim:
An LED replacement for low voltage lamps, comprising: a housing; a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed in the housing; a translucent, reflective lens disposed on the housing, the translucent, reflective lens focusing light emissions from the light emitting diodes away from the housing; lamp-energizing electrical contacts disposed at the back of the housing; voltage rectification-voltage regulation LED driver circuitry, the voltage rectification-voltage regulation LED driver circuitry accepting as input a low voltage alternating current from a transformer and producing a constant current regulated voltage responsive thereto as output to the LEDs; a ceramic capacitor electrically connected across the low voltage alternating current input, the ceramic capacitor providing an adequate load to the transformer to cause the transformer to energize the input; thermal protection circuitry connected to the voltage rectification-voltage regulation LED driver circuitry, the thermal protection circuitry throttling back power to the light emitting diodes as the LED lamp exceeds a predetermined threshold temperature; and a pair of zener diodes in parallel with the ceramic capacitor at the low voltage alternating current input, the zener diodes having their respective anodes connected together and their respective cathodes connected to respective terminals of the low voltage alternating current input.