Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Konika Banerjee

Dirk Jan Van Kaathoven

Lambertus Adrianus Marinus De Jong

Yacouba Louh

Henricus Mathijs Maria Creemers

Jaco Van Der Merwe

Marijn Geels

Roger Henri Denker

Nico Van Dijk

The invention provides a lighting device () and a luminaire (). The lighting device comprises a light emitter () thermally connected to a heat sink (). The lighting device further comprises a communication circuit () coupled to the heat sink for transmitting and/or receiving a communication signal. A first conductive part () of the heat sink comprises at least a first pole () of a dipole antenna () for transmitting and/or receiving the communication signal via the heat sink. This first pole of the dipole antenna may be induced via a primary radiator () to activate the gap ().

Lighting device and luminaire comprising an antenna

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Waalre, Netherlands

Konika Banerjee