LIGHTING DEVICE UTILIZING LIGHT ACTIVE SHEET MATERIAL WITH INTEGRATED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, DISPOSED IN SEAM AND/OR IN LOW PROFILE APPLICATION

摘要

A light source includes a substrate arranged into at least two facing surfaces (3811, 3813) which form a seam therebetween; and a lighting device (3803) with light emitting diode (LED) chips embedded therein in a linear arrangement. The LED chips generate light photons. The lighting device has a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge, the light photons within the lighting device that are emitted by the LED chips from a top surface of the LED chips being output from the lighting device at the second edge of the device. The lighting device (3803) is sandwiched in the seam between the two facing surfaces (3811, 3813), the second edge of the lighting device being exposed when the seam is in an opened position.