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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2015
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout, Eindhoven, NL;
Philip Steven Newton, Waalre, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A lighting network () includes at least one lighting unit (). The lighting unit includes: a serial data input () receiving serial input data including at least first lighting data; first and second demultiplexed serial data outputs (); one or more individually addressable light sources (); one or more lighting drivers () receiving the first lighting data and in response thereto driving the individually addressable light source(s) to emit light; and a demultiplexer (). The demultiplexer demultiplexes at least a portion of the serial input data into first and second serial output data, and supplies the first serial output data to the first demultiplexed serial data output to be output from the first lighting unit, and the second serial output data to the second demultiplexed serial data output to be output from the first lighting unit.