Company’s sixth exclusive patent enables enhanced performance, energy savings,
streamlined design and manufacturing, greater installation flexibility, dynamic power
management and lower overall cost of ownership for LED lighting.
DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA, August 6, 2020 – Amber Solutions, creator of modern hyper-
intelligent solid-state electrical architecture, today announced it has secured a patent for
advanced AC direct LED lighting architecture. According to Amber Founder and CEO
Thar Casey, the new patent, the company’s sixth, enables the creation of smaller,
lighter, brighter, longer lasting LED consumer and commercial lighting products that
have virtually no flicker and deliver full spectrum dimming with major energy savings.
“Amber’s patented solid-state technologies can now eliminate the need for traditional
LED power supplies and drivers,” Casey said today. “Our power system is 90% smaller
than existing electromechanical products,
enabling the highest shipping density
available along with simplified product design
and extended life expectancy. With greater
luminosity per watt, full spectrum dimming
capability (seamless 0 to 100%), virtually no
flicker and up to 50 percent reduction in total
commercial fixture size and weight, this
advancement vastly expands the value
delivered and installation flexibility for LED lighting.”
The embedded intelligence in Amber’s power supply can produce more than 15 percent
greater lighting efficacy, with a maximum of 200 lumens per watt, versus existing

products that are around 170 lumens per watt. Higher efficacy directly translates to
energy savings, meaning that for the same light output Amber’s AC direct LED
architecture will save 15% or more on the energy bill. This also means installations can
use fewer lamps to produce the same amount of light or produce brighter conditions
with the same number of lamps and power input.
According to Casey, while typical commercial LED power supply bricks may vary in
size, some measure 9” x 2.8” x 1.5”, a total of 37.8 cubic inches. By comparison,
Amber’s power supply is just 5” x 3” x 0.25”, for a total of 3.75 cubic inches— and it’s
only a quarter inch thick! “This reduction in size allows designers to eliminate both
weight and bulky internal spaces in commercial LED lighting fixtures, opening the door
to LED products with much slimmer profiles and more flexible installation requirements.
While in small, discrete board today, Amber’s technology has a clear path to silicon,
where the size will be even smaller,” Casey emphasized.
Amber’s digital control of electricity also enables the smallest amount of flicker currently
available for LED lights, with the highest existing ratio of on time to off time. With the
capability to utilize more wattage per square inch of lighting surface in LEDs, Amber’s
breakthroughs also add embedded protection against temperature fluctuations,
overcurrent and power surge issues. LED products using
Amber’s technology will perform better, deliver greater
reliability and are easier to install and maintain.
“This new patent further cements Amber as the leading
innovator in solid-state electrical product research and
design,” Casey added. “Combined with our five other
patents granted for various aspects of digital, solid-state electricity control, we enable
significant advantages in LED performance, particularly for the commercial market.”
Amber’s core innovation, a programmable solid-state power system that has a clear
path to an even-smaller silicon chip version, controls the flow of electricity digitally,
enabling the integration of unique intelligence into building electrical products and
infrastructure. The solution introduces the world to a much safer, more reliable and
dramatically smarter alternative to the 1970’s era electro-mechanical components that
are used in nearly all modern electrical infrastructure products. Amber’s technologies
power a significant architectural and feature upgrade to the range of electrically
powered building products, like circuit breakers, outlets, GFCIs and light switches, as
well as potentially every electrical appliance.