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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2015
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Deixler, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Theodorus Jacobus Boonen, Eindhoven, NL;
Harald Josef Gunther Radermacher, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An appliance unit () is for electrical connection in series to a control unit () and to a power supply via the control unit (). The appliance unit () comprises an appliance module comprising at least one controllable light generating module () and/or at least one controllable auxiliary module () for performing functionality other than light generating, and a control module () for negotiating a power mode for the appliance unit () with the control unit (). The appliance module is controlled based on the power mode. A bypass module () is able to pass current through the appliance unit (), such that the bypass module () is configured to pass a current to enable the control unit () to be powered separately from any current passed by the at least one controllable light generating module () and the at least one controllable auxiliary module ().