Contactless receiver, resonant circuit, and variable capacitance element
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1. A contactless receiver comprising:
- a receiving section having a resonant circuit to receive an input signal at a predetermined frequency, the resonant circuit including;
a resonant capacitor comprising a variable capacitor comprising i) a ferroelectric layer and ii) electrodes arranged so as to apply an alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency to the ferroelectric layer to change a capacitance of the ferroelectric layer; and
a resonance coil connected to the resonant capacitor; and
a rectification section operable to convert the alternating current voltage output from the receiving section into a direct current voltage,wherein the ferroelectric layer of the variable capacitor has characteristics that the capacitance thereof increases according to the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto, in a first voltage range where the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto is smaller than a voltage corresponding to a maximum capacitance of the ferroelectric layer, and decreases according to the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto, in a second voltage range where the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto is larger than the voltage corresponding to the maximum capacitance of the ferroelectric layer.
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Abstract
A contactless receiver is provided with a receiving section and a rectification section. The receiving section has a resonant circuit including a resonant capacitor having a variable capacitance element formed with a ferroelectric material, a capacitance of the variable capacitance element changing according to a received voltage at a predetermined frequency, and a resonance coil connected to the resonant capacitor. The rectification section converts an alternating current voltage output from the receiving section into a direct current voltage.
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1. A contactless receiver comprising:
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a receiving section having a resonant circuit to receive an input signal at a predetermined frequency, the resonant circuit including; a resonant capacitor comprising a variable capacitor comprising i) a ferroelectric layer and ii) electrodes arranged so as to apply an alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency to the ferroelectric layer to change a capacitance of the ferroelectric layer; and a resonance coil connected to the resonant capacitor; and a rectification section operable to convert the alternating current voltage output from the receiving section into a direct current voltage, wherein the ferroelectric layer of the variable capacitor has characteristics that the capacitance thereof increases according to the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto, in a first voltage range where the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto is smaller than a voltage corresponding to a maximum capacitance of the ferroelectric layer, and decreases according to the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto, in a second voltage range where the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto is larger than the voltage corresponding to the maximum capacitance of the ferroelectric layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A resonant circuit comprising:
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a resonant capacitor comprising a variable capacitor comprising i) a ferroelectric layer and ii) electrodes arranged so as to apply an alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency to the ferroelectric layer to change a capacitance of the ferroelectric layer; and a resonance coil connected to the resonant capacitor, wherein the ferroelectric layer of the variable capacitor has characteristics that the capacitance thereof increases according to the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto, in a first voltage range where the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto is smaller than a voltage corresponding to a maximum capacitance of the ferroelectric layer, and decreases according to the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto, in a second voltage range where the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto is larger than the voltage corresponding to the maximum capacitance of the ferroelectric layer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A variable capacitor comprising:
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a ferroelectric layer; and electrodes arranged so as to apply an alternating current voltage of an input signal at a predetermined frequency to the ferroelectric layer to change a capacitance of the ferroelectric layer, wherein the ferroelectric layer has characteristics that the capacitance thereof increases according to the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto in a first voltage range where the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto is smaller than a voltage corresponding to a maximum capacitance of the ferroelectric layer and decreases according to the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto in a second voltage range where the alternating current voltage of the input signal at the predetermined frequency applied thereto is larger than the voltage corresponding to the maximum capacitance of the ferroelectric layer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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