No-battery information storage medium capable of efficiently transmitting data

• US 6,011,958 A
• Filed: 09/16/1997
• Issued: 01/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sudo, Kiyohito, Iwata, Kazuki, Yokota, Tsuneshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE
• Application Number:
  US08/931,844
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• Field of Search: 455/572, 455/41, 455/38.3, 455/403, 455/127, 455/343, 342/51, 340/825.54, 379/FOR 100, 363/65, 363/67, 363/69, 363/70
• US Class Current: 455/73
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs

Abstract

A no-battery information storage medium has a radio communication function of receiving power while receiving an externally transmitted radio wave as modulated data, and transmitting data outside the medium. One transmission/reception antenna coil performs transmission/reception. A first full-wave rectifying circuit is constituted by four rectifying elements connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to the two terminals of the transmission/reception antenna coil. A second full-wave rectifying circuit is constituted by four rectifying elements, including two shared rectifying elements of the four rectifying elements constituting the first full-wave rectifying circuit, connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to the two terminals of the transmission/reception antenna coil. A power generating section is connected to the output of the first full-wave rectifying circuit to generate power to be used inside the information storage medium. A constant-current driver section is connected to the output of the second full-wave rectifying circuit to perform transmission by extracting a predetermined current from an output from the second full-wave rectifying circuit in accordance with transmission data.

Claims

1. A no-battery information storage medium having a radio communication function of receiving power while receiving an externally transmitted radio wave as modulated data, and transmitting data outside said information storage medium, comprising:

one transmission/reception antenna coil for performing transmission/reception;

a first full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to two terminals of said transmission/reception antenna coil;

a second full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements, including two shared rectifying elements of said four rectifying elements constituting said first full-wave rectifying circuit, connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to the two terminals of said transmission/reception antenna coil;

power generating means, connected to an output of said first full-wave rectifying circuit, for generating power to be used inside said information storage medium; and

constant-current driver means, connected to an output of said second full-wave rectifying circuit, for performing transmission by extracting a predetermined current from an output of said second full-wave rectifying circuit in accordance with transmission data.

2. A medium according to claim 1, wherein the transmission data is two-phase-modulated by using a frequency which is one nth (n is an integer) a carrier frequency of a reception radio wave received through said transmission/reception antenna coil and obtained by frequency-dividing the carrier frequency by at least 1/8 in synchronism with the reception radio wave, and is transmitted from said transmission/reception antenna coil through said constant-current driver means.

3. A medium according to claim 1, wherein the transmission data is transmitted from said transmission/reception antenna coil through said constant-current driver means after predetermined coding of the data is performed.

4. A medium according to claim 1, wherein said two rectifying elements, of said first full-wave rectifying circuit, which are shared by said second full-wave rectifying circuit are two rectifying elements each having one electrode commonly connected and grounded.

5. A no-battery information storage medium having a radio communication function of receiving power while receiving an externally transmitted radio wave as modulated data, and transmitting data outside said information storage medium, comprising:

one transmission/reception antenna coil for performing transmission/reception;

a first full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements connected to each other by bridging connection, having AC input terminals and DC output terminals, said AC input terminals being connected to two terminals of said transmission/reception antenna coil;

a second full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements, including two shared rectifying elements of said four rectifying elements constituting said first full-wave rectifying circuit, connected to each other by bridging connection, having AC input terminals and DC output terminals, said AC input terminals being connected to the two terminals of said transmission/reception antenna coil;

power generating means, connected to said DC output terminals of said first full-wave rectifying circuit, for generating power to be used inside said information storage medium; and

switching means which is connected to said DC output terminals of said second full-wave rectifying circuit and turned on/off in accordance with transmission data to change a current in said transmission/reception antenna coil in accordance with the transmission data, thereby transmitting the data outside said storage medium.

6. A medium according to claim 5, wherein said switching means comprises a transistor which is turned on/off in accordance with the transmission data, and a resistive element series-connected to said transistor, and a modulated current in said transmission/reception antenna coil which is modulated by the transmission data is substantially determined by a value of said resistive element series-connected to said transistor of said switching element.

7. A medium according to claim 5, wherein said two rectifying elements, of said first full-wave rectifying circuit, which are shared by said second full-wave rectifying circuit are two rectifying elements each having one electrode commonly connected and grounded.

8. A no-battery information storage medium having a radio communication function of receiving power while receiving an externally transmitted radio wave as modulated data, and transmitting data outside said information storage medium, comprising:

first and second transmission/reception antenna coils for performing transmission/reception;

a first full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to two terminals of said first transmission/reception antenna coil;

a second full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements, including two shared rectifying elements of said four rectifying elements constituting said first full-wave rectifying circuit, connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to the two terminals of said first transmission/reception antenna coil;

a third full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying element connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to two terminals of said second transmission/reception antenna coil;

a fourth full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements, including two shared rectifying elements of said third rectifying elements constituting said first full-wave rectifying circuit, connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to the two terminals of said second transmission/reception antenna coil;

power generating means, connected to outputs of said first and third full-wave rectifying circuits, for generating power to be used inside said information storage medium; and

first and second constant-current driver means, connected to outputs of said second and fourth full-wave rectifying circuits, for performing transmission by extracting predetermined currents from outputs of said second and fourth full-wave rectifying circuits in accordance with identical transmission data.

9. A medium according to claim 8, wherein said two rectifying elements, of each of said first and third full-wave rectifying circuits, which are shared by said second and fourth full-wave rectifying circuits are two rectifying elements each having one electrode commonly connected and grounded.

10. A no-battery information storage medium having a radio communication function of receiving power while receiving an externally transmitted radio wave as modulated data, and transmitting data outside said information storage medium, comprising:

first and second transmission/reception antenna coils for performing transmission/reception;

a first full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to two terminals of said first transmission/reception antenna coil;

a second full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements, including two shared rectifying elements of said four rectifying elements constituting said first full-wave rectifying circuit, connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to the two terminals of said first transmission/reception antenna coil;

a third full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying element connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to two terminals of said second transmission/reception antenna coil;

a fourth full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements, including two shared rectifying elements of said third rectifying elements constituting said first full-wave rectifying circuit, connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to the two terminals of said second transmission/reception antenna coil;

power generating means, connected to outputs of said first and third full-wave rectifying circuits, for generating power to be used inside said information storage medium; and

first and second switching means which are respectively connected to outputs of said second and fourth full-wave rectifying circuits and turned on/off in accordance with identical transmission data to change currents in said first and second transmission/reception antenna coils in accordance with the transmission data, thereby transmitting the data.

11. A medium according to claim 10, wherein said two rectifying elements, of each of said first and third full-wave rectifying circuits, which are shared by said second and fourth full-wave rectifying circuits are two rectifying elements each having one electrode commonly connected and grounded.

12. A no-battery information storage medium having a radio communication function of receiving power while receiving an externally transmitted radio wave as modulated data, and transmitting data outside the information storage medium, comprising:

one transmission/reception antenna coil for performing transmission/reception;

a first full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to two terminals of the transmission/reception antenna coil;

a second full-wave rectifying circuit constituted by four rectifying elements, including two shared rectifying elements of the four rectifying elements constituting the first full-wave rectifying circuit, connected to each other by bridging connection and connected to the two terminals of the transmission/reception antenna coil;

power generating means, connected to an output of the first full-wave rectifying circuit, for generating power to be used inside the information storage medium; and

switching means which is connected to an output of the second full-wave rectifying circuit and turned on/off in accordance with transmission data to change a current in the transmission/reception antenna coil in accordance with the transmission data, thereby transmitting the data;

wherein the switching means comprises a transistor which is turned on/off in accordance with the transmission data, and a resistive element series-connected to the transistor, and a modulated current in the transmission/reception antenna coil which is modulated by the transmission data is substantially determined by a value of the resistive element series-connected to the transistor or the switching element.