Building technology device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12513229-B2
Application number	US-202117909800-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2021
Priority date	Mar 11, 2020
Publication date	Dec 30, 2025
Grant date	Dec 30, 2025

Abstract

The invention relates to a building technology device ( 100 ), for example an LED driver ( 200 ), comprising: a first control unit ( 101 ) and a second control unit ( 103 ), wherein the first control unit ( 101 ) is configured to execute a software, and wherein the second control unit ( 103 ) is configured to execute a further software, in particular an embedded software of the building technology device ( 100 ); an interface unit ( 105 ) arranged between the first control unit ( 101 ) and the second control unit ( 103 ); wherein the interface unit ( 105 ) comprises at least one external interface ( 107, 113 ) which is connectable to an external device ( 301 ); and wherein the at least one external interface ( 107, 113 ) is adapted to facilitate a selective communication between the external device ( 301 ) and the first control unit ( 101 ) and independently between the external device ( 301 ) and the second control unit ( 103 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A building technology device ( 100 ) in particular an LED driver ( 200 ) comprising:
a first control unit ( 101 ) and a second control unit ( 103 ) operating in parallel, wherein the first control unit ( 101 ) is configured to execute a software, and wherein the second control unit ( 103 ) is configured to execute a further software, in particular an embedded software of the building technology device ( 100 ); at least one electrical connection line (L 1 -L 4 ) arranged between the first control unit ( 101 ) and the second control unit ( 103 ); an interface unit ( 105 ) arranged between the first control unit ( 101 ) and the second control unit ( 103 ) and comprising at least one external interface ( 107 , 113 ) connected to the at least one electrical connection line (L 1 -L 4 ) and also connectable to an external device ( 301 ), a first switching unit ( 109 ) and a second switching unit ( 111 ), the first switching unit ( 109 ) being arranged in the at least one electrical connection line (L 1 -L 4 ) between first control unit ( 101 ) and the at least one external interface ( 107 , 113 ), and the second switching unit ( 111 ) being arranged in the at least one electrical connection line (L 1 -L 4 ) between the at least one external interface ( 107 , 113 ) and the second control unit ( 103 ); and wherein the at least one external interface ( 107 , 113 ) is adapted to facilitate a selective communication between the external device ( 301 ) and the first control unit ( 101 ) and independently between the external device ( 301 ) and the second control unit ( 103 ); wherein the LED driver ( 200 ) comprises a galvanic isolation stage that separates a primary side of a half bridge LLC from a secondary side to which an LED load is connected; wherein the first and second control units are arranged on the primary side of the galvanic isolation stage; wherein the LED driver ( 200 ) further comprises a low power voltage supply that provides voltage to the first and second control units.

2 . The building technology device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the interface unit ( 105 ) is configured to transmit data between the first control unit ( 101 ) and the external device ( 301 ) without forwarding said data to the second control unit ( 103 ), and/or to transmit data between the second control unit ( 103 ) and the external device ( 301 ) without forwarding said data to the first control unit ( 101 ).

3 . The building technology device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the interface unit ( 105 ) comprises a first and a second external interface ( 107 , 113 ), wherein the first external interface ( 107 ) is configured to receive data from the first control unit ( 101 ) and forward said data to the external device ( 301 ), and wherein the second external interface ( 113 ) is configured to receive modified data from the external device ( 301 ) and to forward said modified data to the second control unit ( 103 ).

4 . The building technology device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the interface unit ( 105 ) is adapted to connect or disconnect the first control unit ( 101 ) from the second control unit ( 103 ).

5 . The building technology device ( 100 ) according to claim 4 , wherein the interface unit ( 105 ) is configured to disconnect the first from the second control unit ( 101 , 103 ) if the external device ( 301 ) is communicating with the first and/or the second control unit ( 101 , 103 ).

6 . The building technology device ( 100 ) according to claim 4 , wherein if the first and the second control unit ( 101 , 103 ) are connected by the interface unit ( 105 ), the at least one external interface ( 107 ) is configured to forward signals that are exchanged between the first and the second control unit ( 101 , 103 ) to the external device for monitoring a communication between the control units ( 101 , 103 ).

7 . The building technology device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the interface unit ( 105 ) comprises said at least one electrical connection line (L 1 -L 4 ) arranged between the first control unit ( 101 ) and the second control unit ( 103 ).

8 . The building technology device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the interface unit ( 105 ) comprises a third switching unit ( 115 ), which is arranged in-between two external interfaces ( 107 , 113 ) of the interface unit ( 105 ).

9 . The building technology device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the building technology device ( 100 ) further comprises a communication interface ( 209 ), in particular a wireless interface, which is connected to the first control unit ( 101 ).

10 . A system ( 300 ) comprising the external device ( 301 ) and the building technology device ( 100 ) according to claim 1 .

11 . The building technology device ( 100 ) of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second switching units comprise a plurality of MOSFETs.

Assignees

• Tridonic Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Lochmann Frank
• Simma Lukas

Classifications

• H05B47/1965

  using handheld communication devices · CPC title

• H05B47/183

  using digital addressable lighting interface [DALI] communication protocols · CPC title

• H05B45/30

  Driver circuits · CPC title

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• H05B45/3725

  Switched mode power supply [SMPS] · CPC title