Patent ID: 8072152

Claim:
A limited flicker decorative light-emitting diode (LED) string, comprising: a power plug adapted to connect to an alternating current (AC) power source and supply AC power to the LED string; a first pair of LEDs and a second pair of LEDs; a plurality of LEDs electrically connected in series to form an LED series; a plurality of rectifying diodes, wherein the plurality of rectifying diodes are connected as follows: a. a first diode, wherein a cathode of the first diode is electrically connected to the first power terminal; b. a second diode, wherein a cathode of the second diode is electrically connected to an anode of the first diode; c. a third diode, wherein a cathode of the third diode is electrically connected to a second power terminal; d. a fourth diode, wherein a cathode of the fourth diode is electrically connected to an anode of the third diode, and an anode of the fourth diode is electrically connected to an anode of the second diode; e. a fifth diode, wherein an anode of the fifth diode is electrically connected to the first power terminal; f. a sixth diode, wherein an anode of the sixth diode is electrically connected to the cathode of the fifth diode; g. a seventh diode, wherein an anode of the seventh diode is electrically connected to the second power terminal; h. an eighth diode, wherein an anode of the eighth diode is electrically connected to a cathode of the seventh diode, and i. the cathode of the eighth diode is electrically connected to a cathode of the sixth diode; a plurality of LEDs electrically connected in series to form an LED series, wherein a first LED of the LED series is electrically connected to the second diode and to the fourth diode, and a last LED of the LED series is electrically connected to the sixth diode and the eighth diode to provide full-wave rectification of the AC power to the LED series and half-wave rectification of the AC power to the first and second pair of LEDs.