FORMABLE LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD OF MAKING

摘要

A method of manufacturing a curved component of a lamp or luminaire comprising forming a sheet segment into a curved portion after forming an electrically conductive trace on the sheet segment and after placing a plurality of LEDs on the sheet segment is described. A luminaire provided by the method of manufacturing is also described herein.

主权项

1. A method of manufacturing a lamp comprising:
forming an electrically conductive trace on a sheet segment, wherein the sheet segment is a thermoformable plastic; placing a plurality of solid-state light sources on the sheet segment such that each of the solid-state light sources of the plurality of solid-state light sources is in electrical communication with the electrically conductive trace, wherein the plurality of solid-state light sources is a plurality of light-emitting diodes, and wherein the plurality of light-emitting diodes each comprise at least one light-emitting chip; and thermoforming the sheet segment into a curved portion after forming the electrically conductive trace and after placing the plurality of solid-state light sources on the sheet segment, wherein the electrically conductive trace and the plurality of solid-state light sources are located on a curved region of the curved portion.