Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Nico Van Dijk

Willem Franke Pasveer

Yacouba Louh

Jaco Van Der Merwe

Roger Henri Denker

Dirk Jan Van Kaathoven

Lambertus Adrianus Marinus De Jong

Henricus Mathijs Maria Creemers

Marijn Geels

Peter Fitski

Marcel De Jong

Konika Banerjee

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

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 () which is coupled to the heat sink for transmitting and/or receiving a communication signal. The heat sink is electrically conductive and comprising an opening () having dimensions for constituting an aperture antenna () for a particular frequency for directionally transmitting and/or receiving the communication signal of the particular frequency via the heat sink. In the embodiment shown, the lighting device comprises an aperture antenna () and a further aperture antenna ().

Lighting device and luminaire comprising an integrated antenna

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Nico Van Dijk