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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2022
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Eugen Jacob De Mol, Eindhoven, NL;
Henricus Marius Joseph Maria Kahlman, Dongen, NL;
Berend Jan Willem Ter Weeme, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a lighting unit comprising a power converter for providing a regulated power to a first LED load where the first LED load comprises at least one LED, wherein the first LED load is coupled to the power converter, a series combination of a first capacitor and a first switch coupled in series with each other, wherein the series combination is coupled in parallel with the LED load, wherein the power converter is arranged to operate in a first mode, provide a first amount of the regulated power to the first LED load, and wherein the first switch is closed, and in a second mode, provide a second amount of the regulated power to the first LED load, wherein the second amount of the regulated power to the first LED load is lower than the first amount of the regulated power to the first LED load, and wherein the first switch is opened.