RF device and method with improved active load modulation capability

US9401739B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9401739-B2
Application numberUS-201414321433-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 1, 2014
Priority dateJul 23, 2013
Publication dateJul 26, 2016
Grant dateJul 26, 2016

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There is described an RF bidirectional communication device utilizing active load modulation, the device comprising (a) a resonance circuit including an antenna ( 326 ), and (b) a control unit ( 322 ) for controlling communication of the device, including switching between a transmission mode and a receiving mode, wherein the control unit is adapted to (c) modify a configuration of the resonance circuit such that the resonance circuit has a first resonance frequency (f 0 ) when the device is in the transmission mode and a second resonance frequency (f 0 +Δf) when the device is in the receiving mode, and (d) modify the configuration of the resonance circuit such that a Q-factor of the resonance circuit is periodically decreased while the device is in the transmission mode. There is also described a corresponding method and a system comprising a RF device and a reader/writer device. Furthermore, there is described a computer program and a computer program product.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An RF bidirectional communication device utilizing active load modulation, the device comprising: a resonance circuit including an antenna, and a control unit, including a circuit, for controlling communication of the device, including switching between a transmission mode and a receiving mode, wherein the control unit is configured and arranged with the resonance circuit to modify a configuration of the resonance circuit such that the resonance c…

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What does patent US9401739B2 cover?
There is described an RF bidirectional communication device utilizing active load modulation, the device comprising (a) a resonance circuit including an antenna ( 326 ), and (b) a control unit ( 322 ) for controlling communication of the device, including switching between a transmission mode and a receiving mode, wherein the control unit is adapted to (c) modify a configuration of the resonanc…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
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What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04B1/44. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jul 26 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).