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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Brian Roberge, Franklin, MA (US);

Dirk Fieberg, Groton, MA (US);

Jonathan Stuart Levy, Somerville, MA (US);

Assignee:

SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H02J 50/60 (2016.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/05 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 3/34 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2013.01); H02J 3/34 (2013.01); H02J 7/025 (2013.01); H02J 13/002 (2013.01); H02J 50/05 (2016.02); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/60 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H04B 3/54 (2013.01); H04B 3/542 (2013.01); H05B 33/0842 (2013.01); H05B 37/0263 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5454 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5458 (2013.01); H04B 2203/5483 (2013.01); Y02B 90/2615 (2013.01); Y02B 90/2692 (2013.01); Y04S 40/121 (2013.01); Y04S 40/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lighting network includes a lighting network base station and one or more contactless lighting network components. The lighting network base station includes: a radio frequency (RF) amplifier which supplies an RF power signal to a lighting network line pair; and a first power line communication coupler which couples the lighting network line pair to a first power line communication device. The contactless lighting network component extracts electrical power from the RF power signal on the lighting network line pair, and couples the lighting network line pair to a second power line communication device. The first and second power line communication devices communicate network data via the lighting network line pair. The contactless lighting network component may include a lighting fixture (e.g., including one or more LED light sources), a sensor, and/or a lighting network interface adaptor.


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