ANTENNA SUBSTRATE FOR NON-CONTACT COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND NON-CONTACT COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

• US 20090091501A1
• Filed: 09/25/2008
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Mori, Kohei, Mizoroki, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 7,876,284 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07767 the first and second communication means being two different antennas types, e.g. dipole and coil type, or two antennas of the same kind but operating at different frequencies
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2225 used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal
• 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

Abstract

An antenna substrate for a non-contact communication apparatus includes a support substrate and an antenna coil provided on or inside of the support substrate. The antenna coil has a first opening and an auxiliary coil. The auxiliary coil has a second opening which has an opening area smaller than the first opening. The auxiliary coil is insulated and isolated from the antenna coil, and arranged so that the second opening is opposed to a part of the first opening when viewed from a direction orthogonal to a surface of the support substrate.

Claims

1. An antenna substrate for a non-contact communication apparatus, the antenna substrate comprising:

a support substrate; and

an antenna coil, provided on or inside of the support substrate, having a first opening and an auxiliary coil, the auxiliary coil having a second opening which has an opening area smaller than that of the first opening,

wherein the auxiliary coil is insulated and isolated from the antenna coil, and arranged so that the second opening is opposed to a part of the first opening when viewed from a direction orthogonal to a surface of the support substrate.

2. The antenna substrate for a non-contact communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary coil has a resonance frequency greater than that of the antenna coil.

3. The antenna substrate for a non-contact communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:

when a predetermined signal is applied to the antenna coil while a metal substance is arranged on one surface of the support substrate and a third antenna coil is arranged closely on the other surface of the support substrate, the auxiliary coil has an inductance and a capacitance to cancel an amount of reduction in an effective self-inductance of the third antenna coil caused by an influence of the metal substance by increasing the effective self-inductance of the third antenna coil caused by an influence of the auxiliary coil.

4. The antenna substrate for a non-contact communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of an opposing area between the first opening and the second opening to an opening area of the second opening is substantially 50%.

5. The antenna substrate for a non-contact communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary coil is electrically connected to a capacitance element, and the auxiliary coil and the capacitance constitute a resonance circuit.

6. A non-contact communication apparatus comprising:

an antenna substrate; and

a drive circuit,

wherein the antenna substrate includes;

a support substrate; and

an antenna coil, provided on or inside of the support substrate, having a first opening and an auxiliary coil, the auxiliary coil having a second opening which has an opening area smaller than the first opening,

wherein the auxiliary coil is insulated and isolated from the antenna coil, and arranged so that the second opening is opposed to a part of the first opening when viewed from a direction orthogonal to a surface of the support substrate, and

wherein the drive circuit applies a predetermined signal to the antenna coil.