Wireless Power Transfer - Near Field Communication Enabled Communication Device
First Claim
1. A front end module (FEM) that is implemented as part of a wireless power transfer (WPT) enabled communication device, comprising:
- an antenna module configured to inductively receive a near field communication (NFC) signal and a WPT signal;
a first power harvesting module configured to derive a first harvested power from the NFC signal; and
a second power harvesting module configured to derive a second harvested power from the WPT signal.
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Abstract
Various configurations and arrangements of various communication devices are disclosed. Various integrated circuits that form these communication devices can be fabricated onto one or more semiconductor substrates, chips, and/or dies using a high voltage semiconductor process, a low voltage semiconductor process, or any combination thereof. Some of these high voltage and/or low voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits can be fabricated along with other high voltage and/or low voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits of other modules onto a single semiconductor substrate, chip, and/or die. This allows the low voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits and/or high voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits of one module to be combined with low voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits and/or high voltage semiconductor process integrated circuits of another module of the communication device.
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20 Claims
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1. A front end module (FEM) that is implemented as part of a wireless power transfer (WPT) enabled communication device, comprising:
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an antenna module configured to inductively receive a near field communication (NFC) signal and a WPT signal; a first power harvesting module configured to derive a first harvested power from the NFC signal; and a second power harvesting module configured to derive a second harvested power from the WPT signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
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6. The FEM of claim 6, wherein the first power harvesting module is further configured to provide the first harvested power to another module of the WPT enabled communication device, and
wherein the second power harvesting module is further configured to provide the second harvested power to the other module of the WPT enabled communication device.
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9. The FEM of claim 9, wherein the FEM is coupled to an NFC controller, the NFC controller being fabricated onto the one or more second semiconductor substrates, chips, and/or dies.
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10. A wireless power transfer (WPT) enabled communication device, comprising:
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one or more first semiconductor substrates, chips, and/or dies fabricated using a low voltage semiconductor process, the one or more first semiconductor substrates, chips, and/or dies comprising a near field communication (NFC) controller, and one or more second semiconductor substrates, chips, and/or dies fabricated using a high voltage semiconductor process, the one or more second semiconductor substrates, chips, and/or dies comprising a front end module (FEM), the FEM comprising; an antenna module configured to inductively receive an NFC signal and a WPT signal; a first power harvesting module configured to derive a first harvested power from the NFC signal; and a second power harvesting module configured to derive a second harvested power from the WPT signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A semiconductor substrate, chip, and/or die, comprising:
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a front end module (FEM), the FEM comprising; an antenna module configured to inductively receive a near field communication (NFC) signal and a wireless power transfer (WPT) signal; a first power harvesting module configured to derive a first harvested power from the NFC signal; and a second power harvesting module configured to derive a second harvested power from the WPT signal; and an NFC controller. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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