Flexible inductor
First Claim
1. In combination with a portable data card having at least one electronic device, a flexible inductor for converting transmitted magnetic energy into electric energy to energize said electronic device comprising a flat electrically conductive multiturn coil and a flexible magnetic and nonmagnetrostrictive core piece attached to said card to direct said transmitted magnetic energy through said coil.
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Abstract
Contactless inductive power transfer from a stationary "reader" to energize the electronics on a portable data or "smart" card is made practical through a flexible inductor carried on the card. The inductor, which acts as the secondary portion of a power transformer, comprises a flat coil and a flexible magnetic but nonmagnetostrictive core piece. The core piece may be a thin wafer of amorphous magnetic alloy. Clock pulses to synchronize data transfer on the card with the reader can also be generated from the signal picked up by the inductor.
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- 1. In combination with a portable data card having at least one electronic device, a flexible inductor for converting transmitted magnetic energy into electric energy to energize said electronic device comprising a flat electrically conductive multiturn coil and a flexible magnetic and nonmagnetrostrictive core piece attached to said card to direct said transmitted magnetic energy through said coil.
- 7. A portable data card comprising memory means for storing data, processor means for processing data, input/output means for communicating with at least one fixed reader station and energy conversion means for converting magnetic energy transmitted from said reader station into electric energy for energizing said memory means and said processor means, said power conversion means comprising a flat multiturn coil of electrically conductive material, rectifier means connected to said coil, said memory means and said processor means, and a flexible magnetic and nonmagnetostrictive core piece positioned to direct said transmitted magnetic energy through said coil.
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