Antenna device and card-shaped storage medium

• US 6,626,363 B2
• Filed: 11/23/1999
• Issued: 09/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Arisawa, Shigeru
• Primary Examiner(s): Frech, Karl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nowlin, April
• Application Number:
  US09/448,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20020096568A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,407 Days
• Field of Search: 235/492, 235/379, 235/382.5, 235/383, 235/384, 235/385, 235/439, 343/861, 343/745, 343/750, 343/748
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0701 at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for power management
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0715 the arrangement including means to regulate power transfer to the integrated circuit
• 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

An antenna device can operate a connected electronic circuit always efficiently and normally. The antenna device for supplying a predetermined electronic circuit with electromotive force based on the energy of electromagnetic waves received via the antenna comprises a load resistance conversion means for converting the load resistance of the electronic circuit from the viewpoint of the antenna into a predetermined value, and the load resistance conversion means supplies the electronic circuit with the maximum electromotive force.

Claims

1. A card storage medium for writing/reading data to/from a predetermined electronic circuit via electromagnetic waves in non-contact, comprising:

an antenna for receiving said electromagnetic waves and supplying a predetermined electronic circuit with electromotive force based on energy of the electromagnetic waves; and

load resistance conversion means for converting the load resistance of said electronic circuit from the viewpoint of said antenna into a predetermined value, wherein the predetermined value is selected such that said load resistance conversion means supplies said electronic circuit with electromotive force of a magnitude adapted to deliver maximum reception power to the electronic circuit.

2. The card-shaped storage medium according to claim 1, further comprising a resonant means to improve reception efficiency by resonating with electromagnetic waves.

3. The card-shaped storage medium according to claim 1, wherein

said load resistance conversion means converts the load resistance of said electronic circuit into a predetermined value in accordance with the distance to an electromagnetic waves emitting means disposed at a position opposite said antenna.

4. The card-shaped medium according to claim 1, wherein said load resistance conversion means comprises a transformer.

5. The card-shaped storage medium according to claim 1, wherein said load resistance conversion means comprises a loop coil.

6. The card-shaped storage medium according to claim 1, wherein said load resistance conversion means comprises inductance and capacitance.

7. A data processing device for writing/reading data to/from a predetermined electronic circuit via electromagnetic waves in non-contact comprising:

an antenna for receiving an electromagnetic wave modulated on the basis of data to be transmitted;

an electronic circuit for being supplied with an electromotive force based on the energy of the electromagnetic wave received via the antenna; and

a load resistance converter arranged between the antenna and the electronic circuit to convert the load resistance of the electronic circuit from the viewpoint of the antenna into a value so that the maximum reception power is provided to the electronic circuit.

8. A data processing device as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a capacitor connected to the antenna in parallel to configure a resonant circuit.

9. A data processing device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said device is an IC card.

10. A data processing device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said device is an IC tag.

11. A non-contact IC card system comprising:

an IC card comprising an antenna for receiving an electromagnetic wave modulated on the basis of data to be transmitted, an electronic circuit for being supplied with an electromotive force based on the energy of the electromagnetic wave received via the antenna, and a load resistance converter arranged between the antenna and the electronic circuit, the resistance converter adapted to convert the load resistance of the electronic circuit from the viewpoint of the antenna into a value so that the maximum reception power is provided to the electronic circuit; and

a reader/writer for transmitting the electromagnetic wave to the IC card.

12. The non-contact IC card system as claimed claim 11, wherein said load resistance converter converts the load resistance of the electronic circuit into a value in accordance with the distance to the reader/writer.

13. The non-contract IC card system as claimed in claim 11, wherein said IC card is tag-type.

14. The non-contact IC card system as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a capacitor connected to the antenna in parallel to configure a resonant circuit.