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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2015
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bernd Ackermann, Eindhoven, NL;
Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar, Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Fieberg, Eindhoven, NL;
Brian Roberge, Eindhoven, NL;
Eberhard Waffenschmidt, Eindhoven, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Transformers () comprise primary parts and secondary parts with first and second taps () for providing feeding signals to combinations of switching circuits () and loads () and with third and fourth taps () for providing data signals to receivers (). At least one of the third and fourth taps () is different from the first and second taps (). In that case, the data signals will be better available, even in case the first and second taps () are short-circuited. The primary parts may comprise primary windings (), the secondary parts may comprise secondary windings (). The first to fourth taps (-) may be taps of the secondary windings (). The first and third taps () may be identical taps, and the second and fourth taps () may be different taps. The first and second taps () may be outer taps and the fourth taps may be center taps.