# US 10,122,080 B2 · Supply cable, a driver arrangement with wireless control function and a control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,080 B2 - Document ID: US10122080B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/518,659 - Filed: 2015-09-30 - Published: 2017-08-10 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-16 - Assignees: Philips Lighting Holding B.V. - Applicants: Philips Lighting Holding B.V. - Inventors: Bing Lai; Yunfeng Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122080B2 ## CPC - H01Q 1/46: Electric supply lines or communication lines - H01Q 1/22: by structural association with other equipment or articles - H01Q 7/00: Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H01R 9/2475: {Means facilitating correct wiring, e.g. marking plates, identification tags} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract The invention provides a connection head (40) for using with a supply cable for supplying power to a device, which device is within a housing. A first end (41) of the connection head is for mounting outside the housing of the device. A second end (43) of the connection head is for mounting inside the housing of the device. A closed loop antenna has at least one coil and a pair of feed lines, wherein the feed lines extend from the first end (41) to the second end (43), and the at least one coil is located within the first end (41). The connection head of the supply cable provides protection for an antenna and enables the antenna to be mounted outside the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A driver arrangement for driving a lighting arrangement, comprising: a housing (10); a connection head, comprising: a first end for mounting outside the housing of the device; a second end for mounting inside the housing of the device; and a closed loop antenna having at least one coil and a pair of feed lines, wherein the feed lines extend from the first end to the second end, and the at least one coil is located within the first end; a supply cable for supplying power, passing from outside the housing to inside the housing through the connection head; a receiver circuit within the housing, coupled to the antenna via the pair of feed lines for receiving wireless control signals; and a driver circuit within the housing, for obtaining power from the supply cable and driving the lighting arrangement using the obtained power, wherein the driver circuit is coupled to said receiver circuit and configurable based on the wireless control signals received by the antenna and forwarded by the receiver circuit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection head comprises a watertight passage for the supply cable into the housing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a powering cable for connection between the driver arrangement and the lighting arrangement for transferring power to the lighting arrangement, which powering cable also has a watertight passage through the housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 3 which satisfies the IP65 requirements. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna comprise an NFC antenna and the receiver circuit comprises an NFC integrated circuit, wherein the NFC integrated circuit is adapted to be powered by the NFC antenna, and the receiver circuit is adapted to be disabled when the driver circuit starts to drive the lighting arrangement. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the driver circuit is configurable to set a current output level and/or set a current dimming level according to the wireless control signals, and the receiver circuit is further adapted as a transceiver also for transmitting wireless control signal, and the driver circuit is further configurable to transmit wireless control signals via the transceiver circuit and the closed loop antenna. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A lighting system comprising: a driver arrangement as claimed in claim 1; and a lighting arrangement driven by the driver arrangement. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection head further comprising: an annular recess for engaging with an opening in the housing, wherein the at least one coil of the antenna is encapsulated within the first end of the connection head at an exterior side of the annular recess, and said second end of the connection head is at an interior side of the annular recess, and wherein said antenna is adapted to communicate with a host device separate from and external to the supply cable and the housing, and the supply cable is a single and undetachable cable and the connection head is for allowing the cable passing through and into the housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one coil is oriented around an elongate axis of the connection head, and the connection head further allowing passing through of power lines, different from said closed loop antenna, for transferring power. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna comprises between 6 and 10 coils each with a diameter of 8 to 12 mm, and wherein the connection head is made of radio non-blocking material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the closed loop antenna is a near field communications antenna which is further adapted to provide power to a receiver circuit of the device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A driver arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection head is for enclosing an outer sheath of the supply cable or, the connection head is integral with an outer sheath of the supply cable. ### Claim 13 A method of controlling a device which is housed within a housing, comprising: providing wireless control signals; receiving the wireless control signals using an antenna which is mounted outside the housing of the device and a receiver circuit 444 mounted inside the housing of the device; and controlling or configuring the device based on the wireless control signals, wherein the antenna comprises a closed loop antenna having at least one coil and a pair of feed lines, wherein the feed lines extend from within the housing to outside the housing, and wherein the at least one coil is located outside the housing within a connection head for using with a supply cable for supplying power to the device; wherein the device comprises a receiver circuit for receiving wireless control signals via the closed loop antenna, and the closed loop antenna is a near field communications antenna which is further adapted to provide power to the receiver circuit; the device further comprises a driver arrangement for driving a lighting arrangement; controlling the device comprises configuring the driver arrangement based on the wireless control signals. ### Claim 14 A connection head for using with a supply cable to a device which is within a housing, comprising: a first end for mounting outside the housing of the device; a second end for mounting inside the housing of the device; a closed loop antenna having at least one coil and a pair of feed lines, wherein the feed lines extend from the first end to the second end, and the at least one coil is located within the first end; wherein said antenna is adapted to communicate with a host device separate from and external to the supply cable and the housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) A connection head according to claim 14, wherein an annular recess for engaging with an opening in the housing, wherein the at least one coil of the antenna is encapsulated within the first end of the connection head at an exterior side of the annular recess, and said second end of the connection head is at an interior side of the annular recess, and the connection head for allowing the supply cable passing through and into the housing.