Patent ID: 8399903

Claim:
An LED lamp for producing incoherent visible light comprising: an LED semiconductor structure comprising an n-layer and a p-layer overlying most of the n-layer; first and second terminals; and a plurality of spaced conductors on said LED semiconductor structure, each for energizing an associated underlying portion of said n-layer, the associated underlying portion being electrically common to neighboring light-generating portions of the semiconductor structure that are on opposite sides of the spaced conductor; said plurality of spaced conductors being connected to said first terminal; and wherein a light-generating portion of the semiconductor structure extends continuously from a vicinity of one of said spaced conductors to a vicinity of another of said spaced conductors, and wherein, for each of said plurality of spaced conductors, there is an adjacent light-generating portion of the semiconductor structure that extends from one side of the spaced conductor to an opposite side of the spaced conductor, and wherein, for each of at least two of said plurality of spaced conductors, p-layer parts of neighboring light generating portions of the semiconductor structure that are on opposite sides of the spaced conductor are connected to said second terminal.