Dual mode RFID communication device operating as a reader or tag

• US 8,368,515 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2010
• Issued: 02/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Inventors: Kim, Bongyoung
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Benjamin C
• Assistant Examiner(s): BURGDORF, STEPHEN R
• Application Number:
  US12/707,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20100207735A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• Field of Search: 3405721-5725, 340/572.7, 340/10.1, 340 105- 1052, 343741-742, 455/66.1, 455/74, 455/344
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10237 the reader and the record carrier being capable of selectively switching between reader and record carrier appearance, e.g. in near field communication [NFC] devices where the NFC device may function as an RFID reader or as an RFID tag

Abstract

An RFID device, and more particularly to a RFID device which can be used in both a tag mode and a reader mode. There is provided an RF antenna transmitting and receiving wireless signals; a tuning circuit as a frequency filtering circuit connected to the RF antenna; a memory storing data; and a wireless communication card including antenna connection terminals connected to the RF antenna.

Claims

1. A wireless communication card comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless signals;

a tuning circuit as a frequency filtering circuit connected to the RF antenna;

a memory for storing data;

a secondary rechargeable battery comprising a bare cell and two charge/discharge terminals connected to the bare cell;

a protection circuit for controlling charge and discharge of the bare cell; and

a plurality of antenna connection terminals connected to the RF antenna, wherein one of the plurality of antenna connection terminals is shared with one of the charge/discharge terminals such that the one terminal is configured to both supply power to a wireless communication controller set of a mobile communication device and connect the memory of the wireless communication card to the wireless communication controller set to transfer data via electrical current.

2. The wireless communication card of claim 1, wherein the tuning circuit is a 13.56 MHz frequency filtering circuit.

3. A radio frequency identification (RFID) communication device comprising the wireless communication card of claim 1.

4. The RFID communication device of claim 3, further comprising said wireless communication controller set including a communication controller chip supporting both an RFID tag mode and reader mode and connected to the wireless communication card.

5. The RFID communication device of claim 4, wherein the communication controller chip is a near field communication (NFC) chip.

6. The RFID communication device of claim 4 , wherein the wireless communication controller set further includes a matching circuit that is a frequency filtering circuit connecting the antenna connection terminals of the wireless communication card and the communication controller chip.

7. The RFID communication device of claim 3, wherein the wireless communication controller set further includes an output unit outputting data stored in the memory of the wireless communication card.

8. The RFID communication device of claim 3, wherein the wireless communication controller set further includes a power source.

9. The RFID communication device of claim 3, wherein the wireless communication card further includes a controller unit controlling the memory.

10. A radio frequency identification (RFID) device comprising a wireless communication card configured to connect to a wireless communication controller set of the RFID device, the RFID device comprising:

a matching circuit for filtering a frequency;

a communication controller chip for controlling the communication card in passive mode and the wireless communication controller set in active mode;

a memory for storing data;

a microcontroller unit for controlling the communication controller chip, wherein the matching circuit is a frequency filtering circuit for connecting to a plurality of antenna connection terminals of the wireless communication card; and

two charge/discharge terminals connected to a bare cell of the wireless communication card;

wherein one of the plurality of antenna connection terminals is shared with one of the charge/discharge terminals of the bare cell such that the one terminal is configured to both supply power to the wireless communication controller set and connect the memory of the wireless communication card to the wireless communication controller set to transfer data via electrical current.

11. The RFID device of claim 10, further comprising:

an output unit outputting data stored on the memory to a user; and

a power source powering the communication control chip, the microcontroller unit and the output unit.

12. The RFID device of claim 11, wherein the output unit is a display device or speaker provided in a terminal that is the wireless communication controller set.

13. The RFID device of claim 10, wherein the communication controller chip is a near field communication (NFC) chip.

14. A radio frequency identification (RFID) device comprising a wireless communication card and a wireless communication controller set:

the wireless communication card comprising;

a radio frequency (RF) antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless signals;

a tuning circuit as a frequency filtering circuit connected to the RF antenna;

a memory for storing data;

a rechargeable battery comprising a bare cell and two charge/discharge terminals connected to the bare cell;

a protection circuit for controlling charge and discharge of the bare cell; and

a plurality of antenna connection terminals connected to the RF antenna, wherein one of the plurality of antenna connection terminals is shared with one of the charge/discharge terminals such that the one terminal is configured to both supply power to the wireless communication controller set and connect the memory of the wireless communication card to the wireless communication controller set to transfer data via electrical current; and

the wireless communication controller set comprising;

a matching circuit for filtering a frequency;

a communication controller chip for controlling the wireless communication card in passive mode and the wireless communication controller set in active mode; and

a microcontroller unit for controlling the communication controller chip,

wherein the matching circuit is a frequency filtering circuit for connecting to the plurality of terminals of the antenna of the wireless communication card; and

wherein one of the plurality of terminals of the antenna connects to the rechargeable battery of the wireless communication card.

15. The RFID device of claim 14, wherein the wireless communication set receives power from the rechargeable battery of the wireless communication card through the two charge/discharge terminals.

16. The RFID device of claim 14, wherein the tuning circuit and the matching circuit are a 13.56 MHz frequency filtering circuit.

17. The RFID device of claim 14, wherein the memory is a data storage device that transmits and receives data through the plurality of antenna terminals.

18. The RFID device of claim 14, wherein the protection circuit comprises:

a switching device for switching a charge/discharge current path of the wireless communication card according to a charge/discharge control signal; and

a charge/discharge controller chip for controlling the switching device by generating the charge/discharge control signal.