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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Yacouba Louh, Eindhoven, NL;
Roger Henri Denker, Eindhoven, NL;
Marcel De Jong, Eindhoven, NL;
Nico Van Dijk, Eindhoven, NL;
Jaco Van Der Merwe, Riethoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a lighting device () and a luminaire (). The lighting device comprises a light emitter () thermally connected to a heat sink (). The lighting device further comprises a communication circuit () which is coupled to the heat sink for transmitting and/or receiving a communication signal. The heat sink is electrically conductive and comprising an opening () having dimensions for constituting an aperture antenna () for a particular frequency for directionally transmitting and/or receiving the communication signal of the particular frequency via the heat sink. In the embodiment shown, the lighting device comprises an aperture antenna () and a further aperture antenna ().