IC TAG READING AND WRITING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND IC TAG READING AND WRITING METHOD

• US 20120188059A1
• Filed: 08/18/2010
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Masahide Ueda
• Original Assignee: Masahide Ueda
• Inventors: Ueda, Masahide
• Application Number:
  US13/393,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20120188059A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10198 setting parameters for the interrogator, e.g. programming parameters and operating modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems

Abstract

An object is to suppress an influence on an antenna and a circuit performing communication with an IC tag in which a signal excited by an antenna which does not perform communication with the IC tag is a noise source. When an IC tag reading and writing device performs communication with a first IC tag, the IC tag reading and writing device connects an antenna (210) to a first matching circuit (230) using a switching unit (260) in a communication unit (200) corresponding to a frequency of the first IC tag. In addition, the IC tag reading and writing device connects the antenna (210) to the second matching circuit (240) using the switching unit (260) in the other communication unit (200).

Claims

1. An IC tag reading and writing device which communicates with a plurality of kinds of IC tags over a plurality of communication frequencies, the IC tag reading and writing device comprising:

a plurality of communication units that are provided according to each of the plurality of frequencies, respectively, each of the plurality of communication unit including an antenna, a transmission and reception circuit, a first matching circuit that is connected to the transmission and reception circuit and matches the antenna with the transmission and reception circuit, a second matching circuit that is connected to a load circuit and matches the antenna with the load circuit, and a switching unit that selectively connects the antenna to anyone of the first matching circuit and the second matching circuit;

a signal processing unit that communicates with the plurality of kinds of IC tags through the plurality of communication units; and

a switching control unit that controls the switching unit of each of the plurality of communication units.

2. The IC tag reading and writing device according to claim 1, wherein the number of communication units is three or more,

wherein each of the plurality of communication units has the second matching circuits according to each of the frequencies which do not correspond to the communication unit,

wherein when the communication is performed at a first frequency, the switching control unit connects the antenna to the first matching circuit using the switching unit in the communication unit corresponding to the first frequency, and connects the antenna to the second matching circuit corresponding to the first frequency using the switching unit in the other communication unit.

3. The IC tag reading and writing device according to claim 2, wherein in each of the plurality of communication units, the impedance of the second matching circuit provided according to each of the frequencies is a complex conjugate number of impedance of the antenna of the communication unit in the corresponding frequency.

4. The IC tag reading and writing device according to claim 1, wherein the second matching circuit has a variable capacitor.

5. The IC tag reading and writing device according to claim 4, wherein the number of communication units is three or more,

wherein when the communication is performed at a first frequency, the switching control unit connects the antenna to the first matching circuit using the switching unit in the communication unit corresponding to the first frequency, and connects the antenna to the second matching circuit using the switching unit in the other communication unit, and

wherein the IC tag reading and writing device further comprises a variable capacitor control unit that controls a value of the variable capacitor in the other communication unit according to the first frequency to match the load circuit with the antenna.

6. An electronic apparatus used in an IC tag reading and writing device which communicates with a plurality of kinds of IC tags over a plurality of communication frequencies, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a plurality of communication units that are provided according to each of the plurality of frequencies, respectively, each of the plurality of communication unit including an antenna, a transmission and reception circuit, a first matching circuit that is connected to the transmission and reception circuit and matches the antenna with the transmission and reception circuit, a second matching circuit that is connected to a load circuit and matches the antenna with the load circuit, and a switching unit that selectively connects the antenna to anyone of the first matching circuit and the second matching circuit.

7. An electronic apparatus used in an IC tag reading and writing device which communicates with a plurality of kinds of IC tags over a plurality of communication frequencies, the electronic apparatus comprising:

a plurality of transmission and reception circuits that are provided corresponding to a plurality of antennas provided according to each of the plurality of frequencies;

a first matching circuit that is provided in each of the plurality of antennas and matches the antenna with the transmission and reception circuit corresponding to the antenna;

a second matching circuit that is provided in each of the plurality of antennas and matches the antenna with the load circuit;

a switching unit that selectively connects the antenna to any one of the first matching circuit and the second matching circuit; and

a signal processing unit that communicates with the plurality of kinds of IC tags through the plurality of antennas and transmission and reception circuits.

8. An IC tag reading and writing method of performing reading and writing of a plurality of kinds of IC tags over a plurality of communication frequencies using one IC tag reading and writing device,

wherein the IC tag reading and writing device includes a plurality of communication units that are provided according to each of the plurality of frequencies, and a signal processing unit that communicates with the plurality of kinds of IC tags through the plurality of communication units,

wherein each of the plurality of communication units includes an antenna, a transmission and reception circuit, a first matching circuit that is connected to the transmission and reception circuit and matches the antenna with the transmission and reception circuit, a second matching circuit that is connected to a ground and matches the antenna with the ground, and a switching unit that selectively connects the antenna to any one of the first matching circuit and the second matching circuit, and

wherein when the IC tag reading and writing device performs the communication with the first IC tag, the IC tag reading and writing device connects the antenna to the first matching circuit using the switching unit in the communication unit corresponding to the frequency of the first IC tag, and connects the antenna to the second matching circuit using the switching unit in the other communication unit.