TRIDONIC GMBH & CO. KG. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160105121 | Module Having Measurement Signal Feedback Via A Galvanically Isolated Converter - The invention relates to a module for operating at least one illuminant, preferably at least one LED, said module having at least one electrically insulating barrier, which separates a primary side that can be supplied, originating from a mains voltage, from a secondary side of the module, from which the at least one illuminant can preferably be supplied. A secondary-side passive circuit is provided, which is connected in a supply path to a primary-side control circuit across the barrier via a galvanically isolated converter. The primary-side control circuit is designed to apply a test signal with predetermined temporal development to the secondary-side passive circuit (via the converter) and simultaneously to monitor a measurement signal generated thereby on the secondary side and fed back into the supply path, more particularly to monitor an increase of current in the converter. | 04-14-2016 |
20160029462 | METHOD FOR THE RELATIVE ACTIVATION OF A LUMINAIRE, CONTROL UNIT AND LIGHTING SYSTEM - For the relative activation of a luminaire, actuation of an actuating element, particularly of a pushbutton, is detected. During actuation of the actuating element, the following steps are performed cyclically: ascertainment of a target control point (P | 01-28-2016 |
20150373811 | DETECTION OF AN LED MODULE - The invention relates to an LED module ( | 12-24-2015 |
20150351186 | DEVICE FOR LED OPERATION - The invention relates to a method for operating LEDs ( | 12-03-2015 |
20150351173 | DEVICE FOR OPERATING LEDS - The invention relates to a device for operating LEDs, comprising a driver module and an LED module ( | 12-03-2015 |
20150342009 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT FOR SIGNAL TRANSMISSION - The invention relates to an interface circuit ( | 11-26-2015 |
20150334797 | OPERATION OF AN ILLUMINANT BY MEANS OF A RESONANT CONVERTER - The invention relates to an operating device for loads in the form of lighting means, particularly for LEDs, comprising: a clocked converter (B) having a switching element ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150334793 | MASTER-SLAVE SYSTEM ON THE SECONDARY SIDE OF A GALVANIC ISOLATION BARRIER (SELV BARRIER) OF AN OPERATING UNIT - The invention relates to an operating unit in which dimming information can be fed to a secondary side in respect of a galvanic isolator ( | 11-19-2015 |
20150316244 | LIGHT-EMITTING MEANS, IN PARTICULAR LED MODULE - Light-emitting means, in particular LED module ( | 11-05-2015 |
20150312986 | LIGHTING MEANS INSERTION DETECTION - In a first aspect, the invention provides an LED converter, comprising: a resonant converter with a switching regulator, preferably a clocked half-bridge converter, a galvanic barrier, the primary side of which being supplied by the switching regulator and the secondary side of which being arranged for providing directly or indirectly power to terminals for connecting one or more LEDs, a control circuit on the primary side of the galvanic barrier of the resonant converter, a sensing means on the secondary side of the galvanic barrier sensing a secondary side electric parameter indicative of an LED load, when connected to said terminals, a feedback path from the sensing means to the control circuit adapted to feedback the secondary side electric parameter from the secondary side of the galvanic barrier to the primary side of the galvanic barrier, wherein in case no LED string is connected to the LED converter, the control unit is adapted to cyclically control a switching frequency of switching regulator switches, in particular switches of the clocked half-bridge, from a high frequency to a lower frequency, and to monitor whether the secondary side electric parameter reaches a predetermined threshold value, and to, in case the predetermined threshold value is reached, deactivate the switching regulator switches and to activate a voltage protection switch to pull the secondary side electric parameter to ground. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312979 | RADIO TRANSMISSION BETWEEN MODULES IN A POTENTIAL-SEPARATED LED CONVERTER - The invention relates to an operating unit ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150305112 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR ILLUMINANT - An operating device ( | 10-22-2015 |
20150287944 | LIGHTING MODULE WITH OPTIMISED CONTACTING - A lighting module or an organic solar cell, including two plate-type electrodes and an active material located between the two electrodes. In the module, one of the two electrodes includes a transparent material and is provided with a grid structure with at least one metallic conductor track running on the surface or in the material of the electrode, only some sections of the conductor track being connected to the electrode material | 10-08-2015 |
20150282281 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIGHTING SYSTEM USING POWER CONSUMPTION FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION - A lighting control system includes a master unit and a plurality of slave units. The slave units are respectively designed to consume power by operating lighting means, are supplied by a common power supply unit, can be provided with commands from the master unit, and are respectively provided with a control unit which modulates the power consumption of the associated slave unit according to a defined protocol. The master unit is designed to measure the power consumed by all slave units. | 10-01-2015 |
20150282272 | SPOTLIGHT LED MODULE AND LIGHT MODULE - A spotlight LED module (SLE) and a light module with at least one LED is provided. The SLE includes a light emitting surface and a reflector or a reflector connection surrounding the light emitting surface. The SLE also includes an integrated antenna for radar motion sensing. A light module including at least one LED and a radar-based motion sensor is thereby achieved. A coverage of the radar-based motion sensor corresponds essentially to the light coverage of the light module. | 10-01-2015 |
20150280782 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA VIA A LOAD LINE AND LIGHTING SYSTEM - A data transmission from a control device ( | 10-01-2015 |
20150237702 | CONTROL LOOP WITH A VARIABLE TIME CONSTANT FOR POWER FACTOR CORRECTION FOR A LOAD CIRCUIT COMPRISING LIGHT-EMITTING MEANS - The invention proposes a method for operating an actively clocked PFC circuit ( | 08-20-2015 |
20150194745 | CONNECTION OR CONNECTING TERMINAL COMPRISING A PUSHBUTTON FOR ACTUATING A SPRING ELEMENT - The invention relates to a contacting or connection terminal for electrically connecting at least one conductor ( | 07-09-2015 |
20150123548 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGULATING AN ILLUMINANCE USING AN ADAPTIVE CONTROL LOOP FACTOR - In order to regulate an illuminance, an actual value of a sensor ( | 05-07-2015 |
20150084544 | OPERATING CIRCUIT FOR LEDS, HAVING DIMMING SIGNAL COMPRISING HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULATED PULSE PACKET SIGNAL WITH HARMONIZED FREQUENCIES - The invention relates to a method for activating at least one LED, which is supplied with a direct current voltage or a rectified alternating current voltage and which by means of a coil (L | 03-26-2015 |
20150077003 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN LLC RESONANT CONVERTER FOR A LIGHT-EMITTING MEANS, CONVERTER, AND LED CONVERTER DEVICE - An LLC resonant transformer ( | 03-19-2015 |
20150054421 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT, POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND OPERATING DEVICE FOR AN ILLUMINANT - For the purpose of power factor correction, an inductance ( | 02-26-2015 |
20150042237 | OPERATING CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - The invention relates to a method for the operation of at least one light emitting diode ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150028761 | TRANSFORMER FOR A LAMP, LED CONVERTER, AND TRANSFORMER OPERATION METHOD - A galvanically isolated transformer ( | 01-29-2015 |
20140368122 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING LIGHT-EMITTING MEANS, WITH BEAT AVOIDANCE - The invention relates to an operating circuit for illuminants, in particular one or more LED sections ( | 12-18-2014 |
20140361707 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR OPERATING LIGHT-EMITTING MEANS WITH A SUDDEN LOAD VARIATION - An operating circuit for light-emitting means ( | 12-11-2014 |
20140361698 | LED CONVERTER INCLUDING A RESONANT CONVERTOR - The invention relates to an LED converter for operating a load comprising at least one LED series that includes at least one LED, preferably multiple LEDs. On the primary side, the LED converter comprises a resonant converter supplied with a direct current voltage. The resonant converter has a half-bridge that is constructed of two reciprocally clocked switches and that provides a supply voltage for the LED series through a serial/parallel resonance circuit connected to the midpoint of said half-bridge. To regulate the power transferred by the LED converter to the LED series as a feedback factor in each switch-on cycle, a control unit is designed to directly or indirectly determine a peak value of the feedback factor through the lower-potential switch of the half-bridge and to adjust the clocking of the half-bridge, i.e. the frequency and/or the duty factor, as a control factor. | 12-11-2014 |
20140327364 | CONFIGURATION OF OPERATING DEVICES FOR LIGHTING MEANS - The invention relates to a mobile device ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140312804 | OPERATION OF A LAMP WITH AN AUTONOMOUS ENERGY STORE - An operating device ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140264406 | LED MODULE - The invention relates to a light-emitting diode arrangement having the following: a preferably heat-conductive substrate ( | 09-18-2014 |
20140142731 | ADDRESSING METHOD FOR A LIGHTING MEANS - The invention relates to an LED illumination system (BA), with at least one lighting means, the lighting means being controlled by at least one operating device ( | 05-22-2014 |
20140125247 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR A LAMP HAVING A POWER CORRECTION CIRCUIT - For the purpose of power factor correction of an operating device for a lamp, an inductor ( | 05-08-2014 |
20140103834 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHTING DEVICE - A device is provided for controlling an illumination device ( | 04-17-2014 |
20140092608 | DEVICE FOR FASTENING AND CONTACTING A LIGHTING MEANS AND/OR A LIGHTING MODULE, AND LAMP - A device is provided for fastening and contacting a lighting means and/or a lighting module, the device including at least one socket housing. The lighting means and/or lighting module is arranged in the socket housing of the device. The lighting means and/or lighting module includes at least two contacting elements, which are arranged separately from each other on the lighting means and/or lighting module and which are each electrically contacted by means of a respective individual contact of the socket housing. The device includes an adapter element having at least one collective contact point, wherein at least one electrical connection is present. An individual contact of the socket housing and a contact of a collective contact point are connected by means of an electrical connection. A lamp including the device is also presented. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092607 | DEVICE FOR FASTENING AND CONTACTING A LIGHTING MEANS AND/OR A LIGHTING MODULE, AND LAMP - A device is provided for fastening and contacting a lighting means and/or a lighting module, the device including at least one socket housing. The lighting means and/or lighting module is arranged in the socket housing of the device. The lighting means and/or lighting module has at least two contacting elements, which are arranged separately from each other on the lighting means and/or lighting module and which are each electrically contacted by means of a respective individual contact of the socket housing. The device includes an adapter element having at least one collective contact point, having at least one electrical connection. An individual contact of the socket housing and a contact of a collective contact point are connected by means of an electrical connection. Also provided is a lamp having such a device. | 04-03-2014 |
20140049993 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION - A power factor correction circuit includes an inductor L1, a diode D1, a switch Q3 and a controller | 02-20-2014 |
20140049181 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION - A power factor correction circuit includes an inductor L | 02-20-2014 |
20130313959 | Porous Heat Sink LED Lamps - The present invention relates to a heat sink ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130313008 | CONDUCTOR FUSE - The invention relates to a conductor fuse ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130293132 | INTERFERENCE-FREE LIGHT-EMITTING MEANS CONTROL - An operating device ( | 11-07-2013 |
20130207549 | DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING TEMPERATURE INFORMATION - An operating device ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130205288 | Parallel Programming and Updating of Lighting Bus Subscribers - The invention relates to a method for programming lighting bus subscribers, comprising the steps of: determining available lighting bus subscribers, e.g. sensors and/or actuators such as for example operating devices for lighting means, by a central unit connected to the lighting bus subscribers via a bus; selecting, by means of the central unit, at least one lighting bus subscriber from the available lighting bus subscribers; setting the selected lighting bus subscribers into an update mode and allocating an update identification to the lighting bus subscribers; and transferring update software, in particular firmware, provided with the update identification to the selected lighting bus subscribers. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200803 | Surge-Proof Interface Circuit - In examples of the embodiment, a surge-proof interface circuit ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130200707 | Modular LED Lighting Having an Emergency Light Function - The invention relates to a modular LED lighting unit, comprising a first module ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130193849 | Modular LED-Lighting System - The invention relates to a modular LED-light comprising a first module ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130183779 | Packaged LED Module - The invention relates to a packaged LED module ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130172012 | Method, Apparatus and System for Addressing Operating Devices for Luminaires - Method for allocating an operating address to a bus-enabled operating device for luminaires, including determining an absolute position or a relative position of the operating device by a position detection device, converting the position into an operating address, and storing the operating address for the operating device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130154501 | Control of Operational Parameters of Operational Devices for LEDs - The invention relates to a method for defining an operational parameter of an operational device for lighting means. According to the method, a voltage supply of the operational device is preferably switched on/off manually, an on/off switching is evaluated by the operational device as to whether at least one first predetermined criterion is fulfilled, for example, time constants or repetition rates, in this is the case, a continuous, preferably cyclic change of the predetermined operational parameters is switched on by the operational device, the changed operational parameter is returned to the user directly or indirectly, optically and/or acoustically, and the actual value of the changed operational parameters is maintained at a moment in time for a subsequent operation of the lighting means to which an additional on/off switching of the voltage supply fulfills at least one second criterion. | 06-20-2013 |
20130127359 | Operating Device for Light-Emitting Means for Determining an Energy or Power Consumption and Method for Detecting Same - Exemplary embodiments represent an operating device ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130074384 | METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A LIGHT BOX - A light box ( | 03-28-2013 |
20130043794 | Optical Signal Output of Operating Parameters with an LED Lighting Unit - The invention relates to a lighting arrangement with an operating device ( | 02-21-2013 |
20120242247 | Operation of an LED Luminaire Having a Variable Spectrum - The invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of an LED luminaire ( | 09-27-2012 |
20120133285 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR POWER FACTOR CORRECTION - A method and circuit for correcting a power factor in an alternating current/direct current power transformer. The circuit has an inductance fed by a rectified AC voltage, and a switch by which the inductance can be charged and discharged by closing and opening the switch, and further has a diode by which the discharge current of the inductance is fed to the output of the circuit. During the discharge phase, a voltage V | 05-31-2012 |
20110241569 | Adaptive Pfc For A Lighting Means Load Circuit, In Particular For A Load Circuit With An Led - The invention relates to a method for operation of an actively clocked PFC circuit with a directly or indirectly connected load circuit at the output of the PFC circuit, wherein the load circuit has a lighting means, in particular one or more LEDs, wherein the PFC circuit is supplied at least with a measurement signal which reflects the power consumption of the load circuit or with an external control signal which indicates the power consumption, and a control circuit adjusts the mode of operation of the PFC circuit continuously or preferably in two or more steps, depending on the control signal or measurement signal. | 10-06-2011 |
20110169494 | Method for the Operation of Illuminants - The invention relates to the operation of illuminants, in particular OLEDs. The invention relates to a method and a measuring instrument for determining the electrical properties of an OLED, the equivalent circuit diagram of which is composed of the parallel connection of an equivalent diode D | 07-14-2011 |