Abstract: The present invention relates to a supply circuit (101) comprising: a bridge circuit (103), at least one resonant circuit (107) coupled to the bridge circuit (103), the at least one resonant circuit (107) being coupleable to a load circuit (109) comprising one or more loads (111), at least one supply switching unit (129) coupled between the bridge circuit (103) and an associated load circuit (109) for connecting and disconnecting the load circuit (109) from the bridge circuit (103), and a control unit (131) for controlling the at least one supply switching unit (129) in synchronization with a resonant current (Ires) of the resonant circuit (107) associated with said supply switching unit (129).

Abstract: The invention relates to a controlling device (10) for a greenhouse (15), with a computerized control element (20), a lighting element (30) and at least one detector element (40), wherein the lighting element (30) and the detector element (40) are connected with the computerized control element (20), wherein the lighting element (30) comprises at least one light emitting mean (31), emitting a light (32), wherein the light (32) illuminates a plant (70) growing in the greenhouse (15).

Abstract: A light emitting device includes an electronic driver and a planar light emitting element. The driver is connected with a source and the light emitting element, where the light emitting element has an internal capacitance and is connected to the driver in such a way that the internal capacitance serves as a passive output filter of the driver.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elongated power distributor (100) adapted to provide electrical power to an OLED device (104), the power distributor (100) comprising—a set of power cells (102), wherein the power cells (102) are arranged along the power distributor (100), each of the power cells (102) being adapted to provide substantially identical operating currents or voltages to the OLED device (104), and—means for mechanically fixing the power distributor (100) to the OLED device (104).

Abstract: The invention provides an illumination arrangement (1) for illuminating horticultural growths (100) with for instance LEDs as a light source. These LEDs are placed in a lighting unit (10). The lighting unit may especially have the ability to direct substantially all light from the light source (here the LEDs) to the horticultural growths (in the greenhouse). Additionally, a horticultural growth-recognition system (50) can be implemented in the illumination arrangement, so that the system can adapt for instance its beam (11) to the location of the horticultural growth(s) (in the case of growth or moving of plants, etc).

Abstract: Driver arrangements (100) drive first organic light emitting diode circuits (1) coupled to reference terminals (10) and first output terminals (11) and drive second organic light emitting diode circuits (2) coupled to the first output terminals (11) and to second output terminals (12). The driver arrangements (100) comprise first/second elements (21/22) coupled to the first/second output terminals (11) and the reference terminals (10) and first/second switches (31/32) coupled to power source terminals (14) and the first/second output terminals (11/12) for controlling the stacked organic light emitting diode circuits (1, 2) individually. The switches (31, 32) and the first elements (21) comprise transistors and the second elements (22) comprise transistors or diodes. The first/second elements (21/22) and the first/second switches (31/32) are coupled to each other and via first/second inductors (41/42) to the first/second output terminals (11/12).

Abstract: The invention relates to a shading device (10) for a greenhouse (15), with a shading element (20) and at least one lighting element (50,50?), wherein the shading element (20) comprises an outer side (21) and an inner side (22), the shading element (20) is formed from interwoven electrically conductive first thread elements (30,30?) and electrically insulating second thread elements (40), the first thread element (30,30?) comprises a reflective mean (33), reflecting an ambient light (60), the lighting element (50,50?) is arranged at the inner side (22) of the shading element (20) and connected with the first thread element (30,30?), and the lighting element (50,50?) is driven by an electrical current, conducted by the first thread element (30,30?), resulting in the emission of an artificial light (51), illuminating a plant (80) growing in the greenhouse (15).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting system comprising a base part (12) with at least one primary coil (18), and at least one light module (13, 14) with a secondary coil (26) adapted to inductively interact with the primary coil (18). The lighting system is characterized in that said base part (12) comprises a substrate (50) carrying said primary coil (18), the winding of which lying in one plane and forming a flat coupling area (16); the winding of the second coil (26) lies in one plane; and said light module (13, 14) comprises at least one light element (20) and a flat bottom surface, so that the light module (13, 14) is placeable with its flat surface on the flat coupling area (16).

Abstract: The invention relates to an illuminated tiling system (100) which comprises back panels (10) with at least one electrically conductive layer (12, 13), plugs (20) with projections (21, 23) that electrically contact the conductive layer(s) (12, 13), and light-tiles (30) with (O)LEDs that can be fixed to the plugs. For an easy tiling, dummy-tiles can first be tiled together with conventional tiles (2) and later be replaced with the light-tiles (30).

Abstract: The invention relates to a Reflector pole (1), which is used as a road marker, a road boundary, a sign pole or for similar applications related to road or pedestrian traffic, comprising a main body (2), featuring at least one light active field (3). According to the invention the light active field (3) comprises an organic light emitting diode (OLED) (4).

Abstract: The invention relates to a bioreactor apparatus (1) for growing of biological species (2), comprising at least one basin device (3) defining a first habitat (4a) for a first species (2a), and a first lighting device (5a) having one light emitting solid-state lighting source (6), adapted for the first species (2a) by emitting light (L), wherein the solid-state lighting source (6) illuminates said habitat (4) using light energy emitted from the solid-state lighting source (6), wherein the bioreactor apparatus (1) comprises a second habitat (4b), adapted for a second species (2b).

Abstract: Devices (10) for driving loads (20) such as organic/inorganic light emitting diodes are provided with drivers (11) for driving the loads (20), with converters (12) for converting first parameter signals defining parameters of the loads (20) into second parameter signals each being defined by one bit per time interval, and with digital controllers (13) for controlling the drivers (11) in response to the second parameter signals. The converter (12) may comprise a comparator circuit (40) and a timer circuit (41) for comparing the first parameter signal with a reference signal and for generating the second parameter signal having a respective first or second value of two possible values in case of a respective first or second comparison result. The parameter may be a current flowing through or light emitted by at least a part of the load (20). The driver (11) may be a buck/boost/buck boost/fly back converter.

Abstract: Horticultural lighting system comprising a first string (22) of at least one light element (16, 40), a second string (24) of at least one light element (16, 40), both strings being electrically connected in parallel with each other, a power supply unit (12, 50, 60, 70) providing an AC current/voltage to the parallel circuit of the strings, and means for energizing (26, 42) the first string during a first half period of the AC voltage and the second string during a second half period of the AC voltage, so that each string radiates pulsed light, said first string and said second string being arranged such that different areas (32, 34) are irradiated. The lighting system is also to be used in an environment where living organisms are irradiated with light, or a greenhouse for exposing plants to pulsed light. A corresponding method is also claimed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a controlling device (10) for a greenhouse (15), with a computerized control element (20), a lighting element (30) and at least one detector element (40), wherein the lighting element (30) and the detector element (40) are connected with the computerized control element (20), wherein the lighting element (30) comprises at least one light emitting mean (31), emitting a light (32), wherein the light (32) illuminates a plant (70) growing in the greenhouse (15).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a status and/or condition of an LED/OLED device 10, comprising the steps of: applying at least one time varying signal 22 to the LED/OLED device, acquiring the response 24 to said at least one time varying signal, correlating said response with predetermined values 30, and determining the status/condition 32 on the basis of the correlation result. Further, 5 the present invention relates to a device adapted to carry out the inventive method.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a daylight deflection system including an arrangement of louvers (5) which are aligned and formed to block daylight impinging from an outer side (3) at higher angles of incidence with respect to a horizontal direction (19), to deflect daylight impinging from the outer side (3) at lower angles of incidence with respect to the horizontal direction (19) towards an indoor ceiling, and to allow visual transmission in at least the horizontal direction (19). In this deflection system OLED's (8) or optical light guides (16) coupled to LED's (17) are attached to or integrated in the louvers (5), said OLED's (8) or light guides (16) being microstructured at a surface to deflect the daylight toward the indoor sealing. With this daylight deflection system indoor lighting combining daylight and artificial light is achieved in a compact manner.

Abstract: The invention relates to an illuminating device (10) for illuminating an object, with a lighting element (20) and an inspection element (30), wherein the lighting element (20) comprises at least one first light emitting mean (21), wherein the first light emitting mean (21) is emitting light with a first spectrum (22), wherein the inspection element (30) comprises at least one second light emitting mean (31), wherein the second light emitting mean (31) is emitting light with a second spectrum (32), wherein the second spectrum (32) is essentially separated from the first spectrum (22), with an illuminating mode, operating only the lighting element (20), with an inspection mode, operating the lighting element (20) and the inspection element, and the superposition of the light of the first (21) and the second light emitting mean (31) yields a result light.

Abstract: A material composition, including metallic nanoparticles of silver, silver alloys, or copper, having antimicrobial properties is disclosed. The metallic nanoparticles are embedded or encapsulated in a matrix formed of chitosan or chitosan derivative-based compounds.

Abstract: Organic light emitting diode arrangement Organic light emitting diode arrangements (1) are, to protect them against an effect of a switch-on, provided with circuits (31-36) for, during a first time interval that follows a switch-on, limiting a current through the organic light emitting diode arrangement (1) more and for, during a second time interval that follows the first time interval, limiting the current less. The circuit (31-36) may be passive such as a negative temperature coefficient resistor (31) or a series inductor (32) possibly with a freewheel diode (40) or may be active such as a switchable resistor (33) that is not bridged during the first time interval and that is bridged during the second time interval or a switchable resistor that is bridged in response to a detection of a value of the current exceeding a threshold value or such as a part of a converter (63) that is controlled in response to a detection of a value of the current.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting system comprising a base part (12) with at least one primary coil (18), and at least one light module (13, 14) with a secondary coil (26) adapted to inductively interact with the primary coil (18). The lighting system is characterized in that said base part (12) comprises a substrate (50) carrying said primary coil (18), the winding of which lying in one plane and forming a flat coupling area (16); the winding of the second coil (26) lies in one plane; and said light module (13, 14) comprises at least one light element (20) and a flat bottom surface, so that the light module (13, 14) is placeable with its flat surface on the flat coupling area (16).