Portable device and near field communication chip

• US 10,333,200 B2
• Filed: 02/08/2016
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Moon, Byeong-Taek, Lee, Jae-Suk, Song, Il-Jong, Lee, Young-Ki, Jang, Yo-Han
• Primary Examiner(s): Levi, Dameon E
• Assistant Examiner(s): Alkassim, Jr., Ab Salam
• Application Number:
  US15/017,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20160241306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,233 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2208 associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns G06K7/00; record carrier for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/24 Inductive coupling

Abstract

In one embodiment, the antenna arrangement includes a primary antenna having a conductive sidewall; and a loop antenna disposed in and physically separated from the primary antenna. The loop antenna includes a first conductive loop and a capacitor electrically connected between ends of the first conductive loop.

Claims

1. An antenna arrangement comprising:

a primary antenna having a conductive sidewall, the conductive sidewall including at least two terminals and not including a slit;

a loop antenna in and physically separated from the primary antenna, the loop antenna including a first conductive loop and a capacitor electrically connected between ends of the first conductive loop; and

a second conductive loop around the loop antenna, a first end of the second conductive loop connected to a first terminal of a near field communication (NFC) chip to which a first terminal of the two terminals is connected, and a second end of the second conductive loop connected to a second terminal of the NFC chip to which a second terminal of the two terminals is connected.

2. The antenna arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first conductive loop is a coil.

3. The antenna arrangement of claim 2, wherein the coil has a circular spiral shape.

4. The antenna arrangement of claim 1, wherein the loop antenna has at least a first layer and a second layer, and the first and second layers are electrically connected.

16. The antenna arrangement of claim 1, wherein

two terminals included in the conductive sidewall are at opposite sides of the primary antenna, respectively, and

the two terminals are near a straight line bisecting an internal space of the primary antenna.

5. A portable device, comprising:

a near field communication (NFC) chip;

a case configured to generate a first magnetic field based on an electrical signal from the NFC chip, the case including a conductive sidewall, the conductive sidewall including at least two terminals and not including a slit;

a loop antenna physically separated from the NFC chip and the case, and the loop antenna configured to magnetically couple to the case such that the loop antenna forms a second magnetic field in response to the first magnetic field; and

a second conductive loop around the loop antenna, a first end of the second conductive loop connected to a first terminal of the NFC chip to which a first terminal of the two terminals is connected, and a second end of the second conductive loop connected to a second terminal of the NFC chip to which a second terminal of the two terminals is connected.

6. The portable device of claim 5, further comprising:

a secure storage device configured to store information,

wherein the NFC chip is configured to generate the electrical signal such that the first and second magnetic fields represent the stored information.

7. The portable device of claim 5, further comprising:

a matching circuit configured to match impedances of the NFC chip and the case.

8. The portable device of claim 7, wherein

the matching circuit is configured to convert a differential electrical signal from the NFC chip to a single-ended electrical signal.

9. The portable device of claim 7, wherein

the NFC chip is configured to output a first single-ended electrical signal;

and

the matching circuit is configured to output a second single-ended electrical signal.

10. A portable device, comprising:

a case including a conductive material, the case having at least two terminals and a sidewall of the case not including a slit;

a near field communication (NFC) device electrically connected to the two terminals of the case, the NFC device configured to provide an electrical signal to the case such that the case radiates a first magnetic field based on the electrical signal; and

a loop antenna disposed inside the case, the loop antenna configured to magnetically couple to the case such that the loop antenna forms a second magnetic field in response to the first magnetic field; and

a second conductive loop around the loop antenna, a first end of the second conductive loop connected to a first terminal of the NFC device to which a first terminal of the two terminals is connected, and a second end of the second conductive loop connected to a second terminal of the NFC device to which a second terminal of the two terminals is connected.

11. The portable device of claim 10, wherein the second terminal is grounded.

12. The portable device of claim 11, wherein the case has a circular profile and the second terminal is disposed 120 degrees from the first terminal on the case.

13. The portable device of claim 10, further comprising:

a display panel connected at a top of the case;

a main board inside the case; and

a processor on the main board, the processor configured to control an operation of the portable device,

wherein the loop antenna is between the display panel and the main board.

14. The portable device of claim 13, wherein the loop antenna is configured to radiate the second magnetic field in a direction passing through the display panel.

15. The portable device of claim 13, further comprising:

a magnetic sheet between the loop antenna and the main board.