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Old 11-22-2011, 11:59 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by Longhorn248 View Post
Why can't they just use multiple LEDs with narrow viewing angles to focus light into a lense? I'm not very up to date with the high wattage LEDs, most of the work I've done with them involve the small low powered ones and surface mount stuff.
That is basically whats being done, but LED's naturally are wide output light sources. They output in all directions, so like I said the newer ones are using micro-reflectors built into the LED's themselves to create narrow angle output, which they can then use to focus the light.
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