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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2009
Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Stefan Marcus Verbrugh, Eindhoven, NL;
Mark Verhoeven, Deurne, NL;
Cornelis Gerardus Maria DE Haas, Eindhoven, NL;
Menno Van Baardwijk, Eindhoven, NL;
Siebe Tjerk DE Zwart, Eindhoven, NL;
Egbert Lenderink, Eindhoven, NL;
Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Stefan Marcus Verbrugh, Eindhoven, NL;
Mark Verhoeven, Deurne, NL;
Cornelis Gerardus Maria De Haas, Eindhoven, NL;
Menno Van Baardwijk, Eindhoven, NL;
Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Eindhoven, NL;
Egbert Lenderink, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system comprises a light source and an electrode device (). The light source comprises a base () with a base surface () on which at least two contact elements are provided. The electrode device has at least two electrodes (), preferably of ferromagnetic or electromagnetic material and having a different polarity during operation. Adjacent electrodes are arranged at a predetermined electrode distance. Both electrodes are provided in one layer and are arranged in an interdigitated configuration. The light source has at least two, but preferably four contact elements () arranged at a mutual spacing which is essentially compatible with said electrode distance.