Wireless powered communication device with adaptive data detection and method
First Claim
1. In a wireless powered communication apparatus having a power coil and a data coil and wherein a receiver station provides a power signal at a power carrier frequency and a modulated data signal containing a data signal modulated at a data carrier frequency, the wireless powered communication apparatus being adapted to receive the power signal from the power coil and the modulated data signal from the data coil, a method for recovering the data signal from the modulated data signal comprising the steps of:
- generating a power source from the power signal;
applying the power source to a data recovery circuit;
sampling the modulated data signal within the data recovery circuit to recover the data signal;
detecting a characteristic of the power signal present in the modulated data signal, the modulated data signal being received by the data coil; and
adjusting a data recovery parameter of the data recovery circuit in response to the characteristic.
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Abstract
The present invention expands the range over which a wireless powered communication device (500) and device reader (12) can communicate. In the present invention, circuitry (502) within the device (500) provides for determining a characteristic of the received communication signal. Based upon this signal characteristic data recovery parameters are adapted to enhance data recovery over a maximize communication distance. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the magnitude of the power signal is observed. It is known that the power signal varies as an inverse square of the distance of the device (500) to the reader. From this information, a data detection threshold is adjusted to enhance data recovery.
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16 Claims
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1. In a wireless powered communication apparatus having a power coil and a data coil and wherein a receiver station provides a power signal at a power carrier frequency and a modulated data signal containing a data signal modulated at a data carrier frequency, the wireless powered communication apparatus being adapted to receive the power signal from the power coil and the modulated data signal from the data coil, a method for recovering the data signal from the modulated data signal comprising the steps of:
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generating a power source from the power signal; applying the power source to a data recovery circuit; sampling the modulated data signal within the data recovery circuit to recover the data signal; detecting a characteristic of the power signal present in the modulated data signal, the modulated data signal being received by the data coil; and adjusting a data recovery parameter of the data recovery circuit in response to the characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A wireless powered communication apparatus having a power coil and a data coil and wherein a receiver station provides a power signal at a power carrier frequency and a modulated data signal containing a data signal modulated at a data carrier frequency, the wireless powered communication apparatus being adapted to receive the power signal from the power coil and the modulated data signal from the data coil, the wireless powered communication apparatus arranged for recovering the data signal from the modulated data signal, the wireless powered communication apparatus comprising:
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generating means for generating a power source from the power signal; applying means for applying the power source to a data recovery circuit; sampling means for sampling the modulated data signal within the data recovery circuit to recover the data signal; detecting means for detecting a characteristic of the power signal present in the modulated data signal, the modulated data signal being received by the data coil; and adjusting means for adjusting a data recovery parameter of the data recovery circuit in response to the characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless powered communication apparatus comprising:
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a power coil for receiving a power signal at a power carrier frequency; a data coil for receiving a modulated data signal containing a data signal modulated at a data carrier frequency; a power generating circuit coupled to the power coil and further being coupled to a rectifier and a regulator providing a direct-current power supply; a data recovery circuit coupled to the data coil, the data recovery circuit comprising a sampling circuit coupled to the data coil, the sampling circuit having a sampled data signal output; an adjustable threshold detect comparator coupled to the sampling circuit and arranged to receive the sampled data signal output and having a modulated data signal output; a demodulator coupled to receive the modulated data signal output and having a demodulated data signal output; and a comparator threshold adjust circuit coupled to the adjustable threshold detect comparator and to the data coil, the comparator threshold adjust circuit being arranged for detecting a characteristic of the power signal present in the modulated data signal, the modulated data signal being received by the data coil. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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