Plural-coil non-contact IC card having pot cores and shielding walls
First Claim
1. A non-contact IC card for transmission and reception of a signal between the card and a terminal unit by electromagnetic induction comprising:
- memory means for storing data;
first coil means for parallel transfer of N-bit data between the card and the terminal unit by electromagnetic induction, said first coil means including an insulating substrate, N thin-film coils disposed on said substrate, where N is an integer greater than one, a respective ferromagnetic pot core for each of said N thin-film coils, each of said N coils including at least one layer of a spiral electrically conductive thin-film pattern surrounded by the respective pot core, and electrically conducting shielding walls disposed on said substrate between adjacent coils and corresponding pot cores for magnetically shielding said thin-film coils from each other;
second coil means including a coil for receiving from the terminal unit an instruction signal for parallel reading and writing of data and a respective pot core, said coil of said second coil means including at least one layer of a spiral electrically conductive thin-film pattern surrounded by said pot core;
control means connected between said first and second coil means and said memory means to control reading and writing of the parallel data to said memory means in accordance with the instruction signal; and
power supply means for receiving electric power from outside of the card by electromagnetic induction.
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Abstract
In a non-contact IC card based on an electromagnetic induction system, N small thin-film coils formed by thin-film technology are arranged to perform N-bit parallel data transfer at an increased data transfer rate. Each thin-film coil may be constructed with a pot core to solve a problem relating to errors in positioning the card relative to a terminal unit and thereby improving the reliability of data transfer. Shielding walls may be provided between the adjacent thin-film coils to prevent interference therebetween. The N thin-film coils are integrally formed as a thin-film coil module.
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1. A non-contact IC card for transmission and reception of a signal between the card and a terminal unit by electromagnetic induction comprising:
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memory means for storing data; first coil means for parallel transfer of N-bit data between the card and the terminal unit by electromagnetic induction, said first coil means including an insulating substrate, N thin-film coils disposed on said substrate, where N is an integer greater than one, a respective ferromagnetic pot core for each of said N thin-film coils, each of said N coils including at least one layer of a spiral electrically conductive thin-film pattern surrounded by the respective pot core, and electrically conducting shielding walls disposed on said substrate between adjacent coils and corresponding pot cores for magnetically shielding said thin-film coils from each other; second coil means including a coil for receiving from the terminal unit an instruction signal for parallel reading and writing of data and a respective pot core, said coil of said second coil means including at least one layer of a spiral electrically conductive thin-film pattern surrounded by said pot core; control means connected between said first and second coil means and said memory means to control reading and writing of the parallel data to said memory means in accordance with the instruction signal; and power supply means for receiving electric power from outside of the card by electromagnetic induction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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