Passive wireless memory device

• US 8,704,640 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2011
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Youngsun, Song, Iljong, Koo, Jihun, Kim, Seonwook, Lee, Joongoo, Hwang, Seokjoong, Na, Yeoul
• Primary Examiner(s): Lim, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): Adnan, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US13/025,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20110199186A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,166 Days
• Field of Search: 340/10.1, 340/10.4, 340/10.5, 370/450, 370/465, 370/470
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2213/0038 System on Chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07741 comprising a first part operating as a regular record carrier and a second attachable part that changes the functional appearance of said record carrier, e.g. a contact-based smart card with an adapter part which, when attached to the contact card makes the contact card function as a non-contact card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07769 the further communication means being a galvanic interface, e.g. hybrid or mixed smart cards having a contact and a non-contact interface

Abstract

A passive wireless memory device includes a memory unit and a passive tag. The passive tag converts data stored in the memory unit into a data packet in response to first to third data request signals from a reader and transmits the data packet to the reader. The passive tag determines the size of the data packet in response to the channel state predicting flag and the second and third data request signals.

Claims

1. A passive wireless memory device comprising:

a memory unit; and

a passive tag to convert data stored in the memory unit into a data packet in response to first to third chronological data request signals from a reader and to transmit the data packet to the reader,

wherein the passive tag determines the size of the data packet in response to a channel state predicting flag and the second and third data request signals, and

wherein the second data request signal comprises a first packet size adjustment flag, and the passive tag determines a size of the data packet by referring to the channel state predicting flag and the first packet size adjustment flag.

2. The passive wireless memory device of claim 1, wherein the reader transmits the first data request signal to the passive tag to allow the passive tag to access the memory unit, the first data request signal comprising an address of data to be accessed.

3. The passive wireless memory device of claim 2, wherein the first data request signal comprises a Number Of Response (NOR) flag, and the passive tag receives the first data request signal from the reader as many times as a value of the NOR flag.

4. The passive wireless memory device of claim 1, wherein when data transmission from the passive tag is normal, the reader transmits the second data request signal to the passive tag, the passive tag to transmit data located at a next address to an address of already-transmitted data to the reader in response to the second data request signal.

5. The passive wireless memory device of claim 4, wherein the second data request signal comprises a Number Of Response (NOR) flag, and the passive tag receives the second data request signal from the reader as many times as a value of the NOR flag.

6. The passive wireless memory device of claim 1, wherein, when data transmission from the passive tag is abnormal, the reader transmits the third data request signal to the passive tag, and the passive tag transmits already-transmitted data to the reader in response to the third data request signal.

7. The passive wireless memory device of claim 6, wherein the third data request signal comprises a second packet size adjustment flag, and the passive tag determines a size of the data packet by referring to the channel state predicting flag and the second packet size adjustment flag.

8. The passive wireless memory device of claim 6, wherein the third data request signal comprises a Number Of Response (NOR) flag, and the passive tag is considered to receive the third data request signal from the reader as many times as a value of the NOR flag.

9. The passive wireless memory device of claim 1, wherein the channel state predicting flag is configured with an n-bit counter, where n is a whole number greater than 0.

10. The passive wireless memory device of claim 9, wherein the channel state predicting flag divides 2ⁿ channel states.

11. An RFID reader, comprising:

a communication unit to transmit and receive data; and

a control unit to generate command packets to transmit to an RFID tag and to process response data received from the RFID tag in response to the command packets,

wherein a first command packet includes at least a data request packet to instruct the RFID tag to transmit to the RFID reader data, and

wherein a subsequent command packet includes a packet size adjustment flag to direct the RFID tag whether to adjust a size of a next data packet transmitted to the RFID reader based on the packet size adjustment flag and a channel state predicting flag.

12. The RFID reader of claim 11, wherein each of the command packets includes a Number Of Response flag that indicates a number of times the command packet is transmitted to the RFID tag.

13. The RFID reader of claim 11, wherein the command packets further include an acknowledge command packet to acknowledge successful receipt of requested data and a non-acknowledge command packet to indicate that the requested data was not successfully received.

14. The RFID reader of claim 13, wherein each of the acknowledge and non-acknowledge command packets includes a packet size adjustment flag to direct the RFID tag whether to adjust a size of a next data packet transmitted to the RFID reader.

15. The RFID reader of claim 11, wherein when the control unit generates a data request packet corresponding to data having a size greater than a single data packet, the communication unit receives multiple data packets corresponding to the requested data from the RFID tag without transmitting multiple data request packets.

16. The RFID reader of claim 11, wherein the command packets further include a meta data request packet to request meta data from the RFID tag including characteristics of the data accessible by the RFID tag,

wherein the meta data includes at least one of a file name, a file extension, codec information, and a created date of data accessible by the RFID tag.

17. An RFID tag, comprising:

an antenna to transmit and receive data to and from a radio device;

a radio communication unit to process data to transmit to, and receive from, the antenna; and

a tag control unit to control a packet size of data transmitted to the antenna according to a packet size adjustment flag received in a data request subsequent to a first data request and a channel state predicting flag which indicates a detected signal characteristic of a data transmission signal between the antenna and the radio device,

wherein the channel state predicting flag has at least three different values to indicate a state of the characteristic of the data transmission signal.

18. The RFID tag of claim 17, further comprising a memory unit to store data,

wherein the radio communication unit determines an address of data in the memory unit to transmit to the radio unit via the antenna.

19. The RFID tag of claim 17, wherein

the radio communication unit determines whether to change the packet size of data transmitted to the antenna based on the state of the channel state predicting flag,

wherein the channel state predicting flag is a 2-bit counter.