Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Nxp B.v.

Signify Holding B.v.

Chimei Innolux Corporation

Tpo Displays Corporation

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Philips Intellectual Property & Standards Gmbh

Philips Deutschland Gmbh

Adrianus Sempel

Eberhard Waffenschmidt

Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar

Dave Willem Van Goor

Mark Thomas Johnson

Henricus Theodorus Van Der Zanden

Edward Willem Albert Young

Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen

Pieter Jacob Snijder

Remco Los

Harald Josef Günther Radermacher

David Andrew Fish

Andrea Giraldo

Hugo Veenstra

Bob Bernardus Anthonius Theunissen

Gerben Johan Hekstra

Iain M Hunter

Matthias Wendt

Philip Steven Newton

Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen

Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn

Tim Dekker

Anthonie Hendrik Bergman

Siebe Tjerk De Zwart

Declan Patrick Kelly

Bart Kroon

Bart Andre Salters

Alan G Knapp

Herbert Friedrich Boerner

Markus Heinrich Klein

Franciscus Petrus Widdershoven

Marc Andre De Samber

Paul Van Der Sluis

Johannes Henricus Maria Korst

Coen Theodorus Hubertus Fransiscus Liedenbaum

Georg Sauerländer

Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks

Murray Fulton Gillies

Christian Hattrup

Daniel Willem Elisabeth Schobben

Jurgen Jean Louis Hoppenbrouwers

Johannes Franciscus Maria Cillessen

Egbertus Reinier Jacobs

Petrus Johannes Gerardus Van Lieshout

Esther Anna Wilhelmina Gerarda Janssen

Ivar Jacco Boerefijn

Johannes Nicolaas Huiberts

Boudewijn Ruben De Jong

Thomas Caspar Kraan

Hans-Juergen Reumerman

Lars Rene Christian Waumans

Anna-Maria Janner

Joseph Franciscus Raymond Eijsermans

Guy Louis Paul De Bondt

Nicolas De Jong

Rogier Winters

Cornelia Titia Staats

Michael Buchel

Henricus Franciscus Bonekamp

Edward W A Young

Lieven Raf Roger Desmet

Joseph F R Eijsermans

Pieter Johannes Engelaar

Andrew Alexander Tokmakoff

Antonius Wilhelmus Maria De Laat

Olaf Gielkens

Cornelis Titia Staats

Gerrit Jan Teije Huijgen

Piet Antonis

Onno Van Tertholen

Piet Snijder

Douwe Thomas De Jong

Serge Leon Gerard Toussaint

Ronald Van Der Werf

Henricus Theorodus Van Der Zanden

Coen Theorodus Hubertus Fransiscus Liedenbaum

Coen Theodorus Hurbertus Fransiscus Liedenbaum

Esther Anna Wilhelminia Gerarda Janssen

Alan G Kanpp

Michael Büchel

Georg SAUERLÄNDER

Harald Josef Guenther Radermacher

Theodorus J P Van Den Biggelaar

Andrew A Tokmakoff

Lars R C Waumans

Gerrit J T Huijgen

Ivar J Boerefijn

A capacitive contactless powering system () comprises a pair of receiver electrodes () connected to a load () through a first inductor (), wherein the first inductor is coupled to the load to resonate the system; a pair of transmitter electrodes () connected to a driver (); an insulating layer () having a first side and a second side opposite each other, wherein the pair of transmitter electrodes are coupled to the first side of the insulating layer and the pair of receiver electrodes are decoupled from the second side of the insulating layer, such that a capacitive impedance is formed between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of receiver electrodes, wherein a power signal generated by the driver is wirelessly transferred from the pair of transmitter electrodes to the pair of receiver electrodes to power the load when a frequency of the power signal matches a series-resonance frequency of the first inductor and the capacitive impedance.

Capacitive contactless powering system

A lighting device () and a method of manufacturing a lighting device, wherein the lighting device comprises at least one light source () arranged to generate light. The lighting device further comprises a light-transmissive envelope () enclosing the at least one light source and being arranged to transmit the light generated from the light source. The lighting device further comprises a driver unit () arranged for electrical supply to the at least one light source, the driver unit comprising a primary driver circuit () connectable to an electric energy source, at least one secondary driver circuit () connected to the at least one light source, and a transformer () arranged to transfer electrical energy between the primary driver circuit and the at least one secondary driver circuit, wherein at least the transformer and the at least one secondary driver circuit driver unit are arranged within the envelope.

Lighting device comprising a driver unit and method of manufacturing the same

A power receiver device including: a pair of receiver electrodes () for capacitively coupling with the pair of transmitter electrodes () placed on one side of a surface; and a deformable transfer layer () placed between each of the pair of the receiver electrodes and another side of the surface. A power signal generated by the power driver () is wirelessly transferred from the pair of transmitter electrodes () to the pair of receiver electrodes () to power a load () in the power receiver device.

Transfer layer for wireless capacitive power

The invention provides an anti-fouling lighting system () configured for preventing or reducing biofouling on a fouling surface () of an object () that during use is at least temporarily exposed to a liquid, by providing an anti-fouling light () to said fouling surface (), the anti-fouling lighting system () comprising: &#x2014;a lighting module () comprising a light source () configured to generate an anti-fouling light (); and &#x2014;an energy system () configured to locally harvest energy and configured to provide electrical power to said light lighting module (), wherein the energy system () comprises (i) a sacrificial electrode (), and (ii) a second energy system electrode (), wherein the energy system () is configured to provide electrical power to the lighting module () when the sacrificial electrode () and the second energy system electrode () are in electrical contact with the liquid.

Anti-fouling system using energy harvested from salt water

An article of manufacture for supplying a power to a load connected in a capacitive power transfer system comprises a sheet () of a non-conductive material; and a plurality of conductive stripes (), each two adjacent conductive stripes being electrically insulated from each other, wherein the sheet forms an insulating layer of the capacitive power transfer system and the plurality of conductive stripes form at least a pair of transmitter electrodes of the capacitive power transfer system.

Conductive layer of a large surface for distribution of power using capacitive power transfer

Various receiver electrodes for supplying power to a load connected in a capacitive power transfer system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the receiver electrodes include a first conductive plate () connected to a first sphere-shaped hinge (), wherein the first sphere-shaped hinge is coupled to a first receiver electrode (); and a second conductive plate () connected to a second sphere-shaped hinge (), wherein the second sphere-shaped hinge is coupled to a second receiver electrode (), the second receiver electrode being connected to an inductor of the capacitive power transfer system and the first receiver electrode being connected to the load, the inductor being connected to the load to resonate the capacitive power transfer system.

Receiver electrodes of a capacitive wireless powering system

An autostereoscopic display device comprises a display arrangement such as an emissive display arrangement or an reflective display arrangement, with an array of spaced pixels. A light guiding arrangement has an array of light guide columns, with one column over each display pixel or over a group (such as a column) of pixels. The light guide columns comprise aside wall which tapers outwardly to define a funnel shape with the pixel at the smaller base of the funnel. The funnel provides collimation to reduce cross talk in the display, which is particularly problematic for 3D autostereoscopic displays.

Autostereoscopic display device

A capacitive driving system () comprises:&#x2014;a supply device () having a set of transmission electrodes () located at a top surface (), and a power generator () adapted to generate alternating electrical power;&#x2014;load devices () each having two receiver electrodes () at a lower surface () and at least one load member () coupled to said receiver electrodes. In an energy transfer position, the lower surface of the load device is directed to the top surface of the supply device and at least one of said transmission electrodes together with a corresponding one of said receiver electrodes defines a first transfer capacitor (). Resonant energy transfer takes place from the supply device to the load member. The load device can be rotated for enabling amendment of the capacitance value of said first transfer capacitor.

Illumination system comprising an array of LEDs

A direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC) wireless converter apparatus () for supplying power to a load connected in a capacitive power transfer system. The apparatus comprises at least two connectors () enabling a galvanic contact to at least two supply lines () of a DC grid; a driver () coupled to the connectors () and configured to generate an AC power signal from an input DC signal fed by the at least two connectors, wherein a frequency of the AC power signal substantially matches a series-resonance frequency of the capacitive power transfer system; and at least a pair of transmitter electrodes () connected to an output of the driver.

Wireless power converter utilized as a capacitive power transfer system

A capacitive driving system (100) comprises:

System for capacitively driving a load

An apparatus () for supplying power to a load in a capacitive power transfer system comprises a power generator () operating at a first frequency; a transmitter comprising a plurality of first electrodes () connected to a first terminal of the power generator () and a plurality of second electrodes () connected to a second terminal of the power generator () of a transmitter portion of the apparatus (); and a plurality of inductors (), wherein each inductor of the plurality of inductors is connected between a pair of a first electrode and a second electrode of the plurality of first and second electrodes, wherein each inductor comprises, together with a parasitic capacitor () formed between each pair of the first electrode and the second electrode, a resonant circuit at the first frequency in order to compensate for current loss due to parasitic capacitances.

A resonant matching circuit () for matching a resonant frequency of a wireless power transfer system to a frequency of a power signal comprises a switch () connected in parallel with a resonant element () of the wireless power transfer system; and a controller () connected to the switch () and configured to detect a zero-voltage level crossing of a signal flowing through the resonant element () and to close the switch () for a predefined amount of time upon detection of the zero-voltage level crossing, wherein closing the switch () for the predefined amount of time adds any one of an inductive value and a capacitive value to the resonant frequency of a wireless power transfer system.

Dynamic resonant matching circuit for wireless power receivers

A transparent capacitive powering system () is disclosed. The system comprises a pair of receiver electrodes () connected to a load () through an inductor (), wherein the inductor is coupled to the load to resonate the system; and a transparent infrastructure () having at least a first layer () of a non-conductive transparent material and a second layer () of a conductive transparent material coupled to each other, wherein the second layer is arranged to form a pair of transmitter electrodes (), wherein the pair of receiver electrodes are decoupled from the second layer, thereby forming a capacitive impedance between the pair of transmitter electrodes and the pair of receiver electrodes, wherein a power signal generated by a driver () is wirelessly transferred from the pair of transmitter electrodes to the pair of receiver electrodes to power the load when a frequency of the power signal substantially matches a series-resonance frequency of the first inductor and the capacitive impedance.

Transparent capacitive wireless powering system

A system () for receiving electrical power wirelessly comprises a first () and a second electrode (), with sandwiched there between at least one load module () dispersed in a matrix (). Wherein at least the matrix () is applied in wet form.

Wet processed electronic systems

The present invention relates to an electroluminescent device () comprising a pair of electroluminescent stacks (), each stack comprising a first electrode layer (), a second electrode layer () and an electroluminescent layer () being located between the first and second electrode layers (--), an electrical connection () between the two stacks (),each of the second electrode layers comprising a conductive plate, the two conductive plates forming a pair of receiver electrodes for capacitive power transfer.

Electroluminescent device

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