Patent ID: 7621655

Claim:
An LED light unit comprising: a tile; a plurality of discrete LED light sources that are on and dispersed across a major surface of the tile and are electrically connected to electrical pads along an edge region of the tile; and an edge connector comprising a plurality of contacts that are connected to a plurality of flexible wires extending away from the edge connector, the edge connector is configured to releasably connect to an edge of the tile so that the contacts directly connect to the pads and electrically connect the wires of the edge connector to the LED light sources, wherein the edge connector comprises a body with a plurality of recessed channels defined therein, each of the recessed channels being configured to guide a portion of one of the flexible wires away from the tile, wherein each one of the LED light sources comprises at least first and second LED chips, the first and second LED chips of the LED light sources are respective electrically connected to first and second tile pads, and the edge connector is configured to respective electrically connect first and second pairs of the plurality of wires to the first and second LED chips via the first and second tile pads.