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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Kumar Arulandu, Breda, NL;
Harald Josef Günther Radermacher, Aachen, DE;
Dmytro Viktorovych Malyna, Eindhoven, NL;
Lucas Louis Marie Vogels, Herten, NL;
Ralph Kurt, Eindhoven, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a driver device for driving a load, in particular an LED unit having one or more LEDs, comprising input terminals for receiving an input voltage from an external power source for powering the load, and a connection unit for connecting the input terminals to each other and for providing a current path for a bleeding current, wherein the connection unit comprises a first current path for connecting the input terminals in a first current direction and a second current path for connecting the input terminals in a second current direction opposite to the first current direction, wherein the connection unit comprises a first current control unit for controlling the bleeding current in the connection unit, and wherein the first and the second current path each comprises a second current control unit for controlling the bleeding current in the respective current path.