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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Eric Johannus Hendricus Cornelis Maria Nieuwlands, Eindhoven, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments described herein comprise a driver unit for driving a load including a plurality of load elements. In one example, the driver unit comprises a plurality of driver devices connected to the load elements for driving the load elements individually. The driver unit comprises a control interface for receiving a power control signal. Each driver device comprises a driver interface connected to the control interface for receiving the power control signal including single general power demand to be set by the driver unit, and each driver device is adapted to determine an individual power level on the basis of the single general power demand and to drive the load elements according to the individual power signal, so that at least one of the plurality of driver devices is configured to be switched off when the single general power demand is decreased.