Receiving system for use in near field communication and mode detection method therefore

• US 8,537,907 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2010
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sung, HyukJun
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, SIU M
• Application Number:
  US12/972,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20110206142A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: 375/316, 375/259, 375/340, 375/219, 375/320, 375/353, 375/321, 329/311, 329/361, 329/358, 455/41.2, 455/41.1, 455/39
• US Class Current: 375/259
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities

Abstract

A method of detecting a communication mode is provided to rapidly detect which one of near field communication (NFC) protocols includes a communication frame pattern of data provided to a receiving device. The method includes receiving a communication frame pattern of data transmitted from an NFC initiator after synchronizing the communication frame pattern with a predetermined sampling clock. The detection of the communication mode may be done by analyzing a start pattern out of the communication frame pattern. Since a communication mode is rapidly detected and data is automatically received without performing an additional operation to set the communication mode, operation performance of a receiving device is improved.

Claims

1. A method of detecting a communication mode, comprising:

receiving a communication frame pattern of data transmitted from a near field communication (NFC) initiator in accordance with a predetermined sampling clock;

detecting a communication mode indicating which one of a predetermined plurality of NFC protocols includes the communication frame pattern by analyzing a start pattern out of the communication frame pattern;

wherein the start pattern includes an S pattern corresponding to a TYPEA 106 protocol, and when the start pattern is analyzed, 1 bit of data behind the S pattern is further analyzed to detect the communication mode.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the predetermined sampling clock is a clock having a frequency at which data of TYPEF 424 is oversampled eight times.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

performing decoding and degrading by a corresponding protocol after detecting the communication mode.

4. A receiving device for near field communication (NFC), comprising:

a detecting and receiving unit to receive a signal through an antenna, and configured to detect a communication mode indicating which one of a predetermined plurality of NFC protocols includes a communication frame pattern by analyzing a start pattern out of the communication frame pattern of provided data using a predetermined sampling clock, and to receive the data; and

a decoding and memory unit configured to decode the received data according to the detected communication mode and degrade the decoded received data according to a degrading information of the detected communication mode, and store the degraded data in a memory.

5. The receiving device as set forth in claim 4, which is an NFC target configured to receive data of TYPEA 106, data of TYPEB 106, data of TYPEF 212, and data of TYPEF 424 when the data is transmitted from an NFC initiator.

6. The receiving device as set forth in claim 5, wherein a frequency of the predetermined sampling clock is a frequency at which the data of TYPEF 424 is oversampled eight times.

7. The receiving device as set forth in claim 5, further comprising:

a process controller configured to read the degraded data stored in the memory in response to request data provided from the decoding and memory unit and check the detected communication mode.

8. The receiving device as set forth in claim 5, wherein the start pattern is a SYNC pattern corresponding to one of the TYPEF 212 and the TYPEF 424 protocol.

9. The receiving device as set forth in claim 8, wherein the start pattern is an SOF pattern corresponding to the TYPE 106 protocol.

10. The receiving device as set forth in claim 9, wherein an S pattern is included in the start pattern corresponding to the TPEA 106 protocol.

11. The receiving device as set forth in claim 10, wherein when the start pattern of TYPEA 106 is analyzed, 1 bit of data behind the S pattern is further included in the start pattern.

12. The receiving device as set forth in claim 11, wherein when the start pattern is analyzed, the data of TYPEA 106 are oversampled twice.

13. A near field communication (NFC) system comprising:

an NFC initiator configured to transmit data; and

an NFC target including a detecting and receiving unit configured to detect a communication mode indicating one of a predetermined plurality of NFC protocols by analyzing a start pattern of a communication frame pattern and to provide data to a decoding and memory unit using a predetermined sampling clock, the decoding and memory unit configured to decode the received data according to the detected communication mode, degrade the decoded received data according to a degrading information of the detected communication mode, and store the degraded data in a memory.

14. The NFC system as set forth in claim 13, wherein the NFC initiator is a card reader.

15. The NFC system as set forth in claim 14, wherein the NFC target is a portable multimedia terminal with a built-in smart card.

16. A method of detecting a communication protocol in a near field communication (NFC) receiver, the method comprising:

receiving a near field communication including data; and

determining a protocol of the near field communication by analyzing a start pattern of a communication frame pattern of the data,

wherein determining the protocol includes detecting whether the start pattern includes a 1-bit 9A5965A6 hex, and

setting a communication mode to correspond to a FELICIA 424 protocol when the start pattern includes the 1-bit 9A5965A6 hex.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein determining the protocol includes determining whether the start pattern corresponds to one of a FELICIA 424 protocol, a FELICIA 212 protocol, a TYPEA 106 protocol, and a TYPEB 106 protocol, and

the method further includes setting a communication mode to correspond to the detected protocol selected from among the FELICIA 424 protocol, the FELICIA 212 protocol, the TYPEA 106 protocol, and the TYPEB 106 protocol.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein setting the communication mode includes setting encoding and degrading settings of the NFC receiver.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein determining a protocol of the NFC includes sampling the start pattern at a frequency to correspond to an 8-times oversampling of a FELICIA 424 protocol.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein determining the protocol of the NFC includes, before analyzing the start pattern of the data, detecting an edge of the communication frame pattern.

21. A near field communication (NFC) receiver, comprising:

a detection circuit to receive a near field communication signal including data, and to detect a protocol of the received data from among a predetermined plurality of protocols by analyzing a start pattern of a communication frame pattern of the data; and

a decoding and memory unit configured to decode the received data according to the detected protocol and degrade the decoded received data according to a degrading information of the detected protocol and store the degraded data in a memory.

22. The NFC receiver according to claim 21, further comprising:

a clock generator to generate a sampling clock at which the detection circuit samples the start pattern of the data.

23. The NFC receiver according to claim 21, further comprising a decoding unit to receive the data and control signals from the detection circuit, and to decode the data according to the detected protocol.

24. The NFC receiver according to claim 23, further comprising a process controller to receive the decoded data and a mode selection signal corresponding to the detected protocol and to control an operation of the NFC receiver according to the decoded data.

25. A near field communication (NFC) system, comprising:

an NFC transmitter to transmit an NFC signal including data; and

an NFC receiver to receive the NFC signal and to detect a protocol of the received data from among a predetermined plurality of protocols by analyzing a start pattern of a communication frame pattern of the data and decode the received data according to the detected protocol and degrade the decoded received data according to a degrading information of the detected protocol and store the degraded data in a memory.