Contactless IC card

• US 6,570,490 B1
• Filed: 05/15/1998
• Issued: 05/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Shida, Masaaki, Saitoh, Takeshi, Ishifuji, Tomoaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): YANG, CLARA I
• Application Number:
  US09/079,272
• Time in Patent Office: 1,838 Days
• Field of Search: 340/10.01, 340/10.03, 340/10.04, 340/10.34, 340/10.32, 235/375, 235/383, 235/385, 235/422, 235/487, 327/148, 327/157, 327/536
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0713 the arrangement including a power charge pump
• 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 contactless IC card having an antenna, a transmit/receive circuit for recovering data (clock) and electric power from a carrier signal received by the antenna, a logic circuit operated with the electric power supplied thereto from the transmit/receive circuit, and a memory. The transmit/receive circuit has a rectifier circuit for outputting data (clock) and rectifier circuits for electric power in such a manner that the carrier signal is inputted to each of the rectifier circuit for outputting data (clock) and the rectifier circuit for electric power. With this configuration, high frequency matching can be optimized separately for the rectifier circuit for outputting data (clock) and the rectifier circuit for electric power. It is also possible to separately optimize adjustments to a voltage of recovered data (clock) and a recovered supply voltage.

Claims

1. A contactless IC card comprising:

an antenna;

a transmit/receive circuit for recovering a data signal and electric power from a carrier signal received by said antenna;

a logic circuit operated with said electric power supplied thereto from said transmit/receive circuit; and

a memory,

wherein said transmit/receive circuit includes a plurality of impedance elements and a plurality of charge pump circuits;

said plurality of impedance elements include a first impedance element having one end connected to a ground, a second impedance element having one end connected to the other end of said first impedance element, a third impedance element having one end connected to the other end of said second impedance element, and a fourth impedance element having one end connected to the other end of said third impedance element, said first impedance element having the other end connected to an input terminal of said carrier signal;

each said charge pump circuit includes a first diode, a second diode, a flying capacitor having one end connected to a first electrode of said first diode and to a second electrode of said second diode, and a capacitor arranged between a first electrode of said second diode and the ground;

a first charge pump circuit which comprises said first diode having a second electrode connected to the ground, said flying capacitor having the other end connected to the other end of said second impedance element, and said second diode having the first electrode thereof connected to an output terminal of said data signal;

a second charge pump circuit which comprises said first diode having the second electrode thereof connected to the ground, and said flying capacitor having the other end connected to the other end of said third impedance element; and

a third charge pump circuit which comprises said first diode having the second electrode thereof connected to the first electrode of said second diode of said second charge pump circuit, said flying capacitor having the other end connected to the other end of said fourth impedance element, and said second diode having the first electrode thereof connected to an output terminal of said electric power.

2. A contactless IC card according to claim 1, further comprising:

a resistor having one end connected to the first electrode of said second diode of said first charge pump circuit, and the other end connected to the ground.

3. A contactless IC card according to claim 1, further comprising:

an input terminal for transmission of data connected to the first electrode of said second diode of said second charge pump circuit.