NFC Communicators Implementing Coil Voltage Reduction Circuitry
First Claim
1. A near field communication (NFC) device, comprising:
- a coupling component coupled in parallel with a first capacitance, the coupling component including a second capacitance coupled in series with an inductance having a tap;
a transmitter coupled to the coupling component via a junction formed between the first and the second capacitance; and
a receiver coupled to the coupling component via the tap.
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Abstract
An NFC communicator has an antenna circuit to enable inductive coupling, via an RF H field, of the NFC communicator and another near field RF communicator in near field range. The antenna circuit has an antenna element coupled in parallel with a first capacitor to form a parallel LC circuit. The antenna element has an antenna coil in series with a second capacitor to reduce the voltage to which circuitry of the NFC communicator is subjected by a received RF H field. Alternatively or additionally, receive circuitry of the NFC communicator may be coupled to only a proportion of the antenna coil to reduce the voltage to which circuitry of the NFC, communicator is subjected by a received RF H field.
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20 Claims
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1. A near field communication (NFC) device, comprising:
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a coupling component coupled in parallel with a first capacitance, the coupling component including a second capacitance coupled in series with an inductance having a tap; a transmitter coupled to the coupling component via a junction formed between the first and the second capacitance; and a receiver coupled to the coupling component via the tap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A near field communication (NFC) device, comprising:
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a coupling component including a coil and a capacitance coupled in series with the coil, the coil having a first terminal, a second terminal, a first tap, and a second tap, a total inductance of the coil being represented by a first inductance between the first and second terminals; a transmitter coupled to the coupling component; and a receiver coupled to the first and second taps, wherein a portion of the total inductance is represented by a second inductance between the first and second taps. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A near field communication (NFC) device, comprising:
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a coupling component including an autotransformer having a first end terminal, a second end terminal, and a tap terminal; a transmitter coupled to the first end terminal; and a receiver coupled to the tap terminal, wherein the transmitter is further configured to cause a first voltage to be formed between the first and second end terminals during a signal transmission, and wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a second voltage less than the first voltage at the tap terminal during the signal transmission. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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