Circuit for a communication device and method of controlling a transmission

• US 7,929,456 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2006
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Original Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Breitfuss, Klemens
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Brian D
• Application Number:
  US11/913,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20080198907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,820 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/219, 370/241, 370/242, 370/244, 370/235
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

A circuit (3) for a communication device (1), which communication device (1) comprises a transmission coil (2) that is provided for communicating with a further device (1′), comprises a transmitter (4), which transmitter (4) is designed to receive transmission data (TD) and to cooperate with the transmission coil (2) and to release to the transmission coil (2) a transmission data signal (TDS) that represents the transmission data (TD), and further comprises a receiver (5), which receiver is designed to cooperate with the transmission coil (2) and to receive from the transmission coil (2) a reception data signal (RDS) and to provide reception data (RD) that represent the reception data signal (RDS), and further comprises a control stage (7), which control stage (7) is designed to control the transmitter (4) for releasing the transmission data signal (TDS) simultaneous to the receiving of the reception data signal (RDS) by means of the receiver (5).

Claims

1. A circuit for a communication device, the communication device comprising transmission means that are provided for communicating with a further device, wherein the circuit comprises:

a transmitter designed to receive transmission data, to cooperate with the transmission means, to release to the transmission means a transmission data signal that represents the transmission data, to produce a modulated carrier signal dependent on the transmission data, and to release the modulated carrier signal as the transmission data signal,

a receiver designed to cooperate with the transmission means, to receive from the transmission means a reception data signal and to provide reception data that represent the reception data signal, and

control means designed to control the transmitter for releasing the transmission data signal simultaneous to the receiving of the reception data signal by means of the receiver characterized by

signal parameter determining means designed to receive the transmission data signal, to determine the signal level, the phase or frequency of the transmission data signal, to generate and release a first parameter representation signal that represents the signal level, the phase or frequency of the transmission data signal, to receive the reception data signal, to determine the signal level, the phase or frequency of the reception data, and to generate and to release a second parameter representation signal that represents the signal level, the phase or frequency of the reception data signal,

wherein the control means are designed to receive the first parameter representation signal and the second parameter representation signal and to release, dependent on the parameter representation signals, a signal parameter control signal meant for the transmitter such that a difference between the determined signal levels, phases or frequencies of the reception and transmission data signals is reduced, and wherein the transmitter is designed to produce the modulated carrier signal also dependent on the signal parameter control signal.

2. The circuit according to claim 1, wherein the control means are designed to provide the transmission data that represent a first number and to receive the reception data that represent a second number originating from the further device, and the receiver is designed to detect a collision signal represented by the reception data signal, which collision signal indicates that the reception data signal represents two different numbers, wherein one number of the two numbers is the first number being represented by the released transmission data signal and the other number of the two numbers is the second number originating from the further device, and to receive the transmission data and to derive based on the first number represented by the transmission data the second number originating from the further device and to release the reception data representing the derived second number.

3. A communication device, comprising transmission means that are provided for a communication with a further device, and a circuit according to claim 1.

4. A method of controlling a transmission of a transmission data signal, comprising:

receiving of a reception data signal from a further device,

providing reception data representing the reception data signal, and

transmitting simultaneously to the receiving of the reception data signals, a transmission data signal representing transmission data, wherein the transmission data signal is produced comprising;

producing a modulated carrier signal as the transmission data signal by means of modulating a carrier signal dependent on the transmission data characterized by

determining the signal level, the phase or frequency of the transmission data signal,

releasing a first parameter representation signal representing the signal level, the phase or the frequency of the transmission data signal,

determining the signal level, the phase or frequency of the reception data signal,

releasing a second parameter representation signal representing the signal level, the phase or the frequency of the reception data signal,

generating a signal parameter control signal dependent on the first and second representation signals, and

producing the modulated carrier signal dependent on the signal parameter control signal such that a difference between the signal levels, the phases or the frequencies of the reception and transmission data signals is reduced.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein a first number is represented by the transmission data, and a collision signal represented by the reception data signal is detected, which collision signal indicates that the reception data signal represents two different numbers, wherein one number of the two numbers is the first number being represented by the transmitted transmission data signal and the other number of the two numbers is a second number originating from the further device, and the second number originating from the further device is derived based on the first number represented by the transmission data and the derived second number is represented by the reception data.