Abstract:
A light emitting diode (LED) light fixture may include a heat sink, at least one LED for outputting light in a Lambertian optical pattern, and a first optical structure configured to internally reflect light received from the at least one LED. The first optical structure may disperse the received light through the first optical structure to give the appearance that the first optical structure is uniformly outputting light and output the received light in a non-Lambertian optical pattern.
Abstract:
A light source is provided including a heat sink and a printed circuit board (PCB) with a driver and lamps disposed in the central cavity of the heat sink. Each lamp is a semi-spherical solid state lamp, and multiple optical structures in operable registration with lamps. The PCB may further have two heat conducting strips proximate opposing edges of the PCB. The optical structures emit substantially shadowless, substantially homogeneous, and substantially monochromatic light. The optical structure includes an optical element for each lamp that substantially collimates the lamp's light and an optical element receiving a portion of the substantially collimated beam and provides multiple optical images of the collimated beam with a focal point that is practically infinite.