Wireless near field communication system

• US 9,432,800 B1
• Filed: 04/07/2015
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dujiang Wan, Ge Yi, Jinwen Wang, Shaoping Li
• Original Assignee: Jinwen Wang
• Inventors: Yi, Ge, Wang, Jinwen, Wan, Dujiang, Li, Shaoping
• Primary Examiner(s): Ayotunde, Ayodeji
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mathew, Max
• Application Number:
  US14/680,069
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411- 413
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A wireless magnetic field communication system working within the range of less than 1.5 m without induction induced interference during listening mode is proposed. The system comprises at least a transmitter and a receiver. Several novel transmitter designs using either active-connection-control solenoid or spin-orbit torque (SOT) based patterned thin film element(s) are proposed. The system has intrinsic high data security level due to its limited working range, as well as large data transfer rate. The system is suitable to establish a temporary off-the grid magnetic field communication network. It also provides a new data communication approach among modules instead of data cable in industry equipment. The system can be used as a standalone or built-in system for communication between devices or modularized components of a system.

Claims

1. A wireless communication system comprises at least:

a solenoid coil, each turn of which links to a switch controlled by a common control-switch, acting as a transmitter and being capable of broadcasting information-coded magnetic field in the space around it;

A receiver capable of sensing the magnetic field;

Electronics for controlling or/and driving said transmitter and said receiver.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said wireless communication system further comprises a software application, at least, to allow the user of the system to choose file to send through the system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said receiver comprises a solid magnetic field sensor based on either Hall effect;

or magnetic impedance (MI) effect;

or magnetoresistive technology including AMR, or GMR, or TMR.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said switch controlled by a common control-switch is a mechanical switch with moving parts.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said mechanical switch with moving parts is a MEMS device capable of volume production using wafer processes.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said switch controlled by a common control-switch is a FET or HEMT transistors in common gate configuration.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said switch controlled by a common control-switch is a PIN diode.

8. A wireless near field communication system comprises at least:

a transmitter comprising one or an array of patterned magnetic element(s), sandwiched between either a dielectric layer, and a heavy metal layer, in which an alternating current is larger enough to flip the magnetization of the magnetic element(s) due to spin-orbit torque effect to broadcast information-coded magnetic field in the space around said patterned magnetic element(s);

A receiver capable of sensing the magnetic field;

Electronics for controlling or/and driving said transmitter and said receiver.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said heavy metal layer is made of Pt, or W (β

-W), or Ta (β

-Ta), or metals showing large Spin Hall effects, or alloy between the above mentioned metals and Cu, or Al.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said patterned magnetic element(s) has(have) either perpendicular, or in-plane magnetization orientation.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said patterned magnetic element(s) has a bias magnetic field provided by hard magnet(s) placed closely.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein said patterned magnetic element(s) has a soft magnetic feature placed close to it for reducing the de-magnetic field so that the magnetic field emitted from the patterned magnetic element(s) capable of reach longer broadcasting distance.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein said array of patterned magnetic elements is placed over specifically arranged leads, made of said heavy metal layer, having highly conductive connections between them so that one driving current is used to drive all elements working synchronically to extend magnetic field coverage lateral.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein said array of patterned magnetic elements is made over said heavy metal layer placed at least on two slopes with different orientation in order to cover wider emitting solid angle.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein said array of patterned magnetic elements over a heavy metal layer is made on a flexible substrate, then fabricated into a roll to enhance the field strength in the direction along the axis of the roll to extend the field range and lateral coverage.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein said patterned magnetic elements, being switchable via a single alternating current, have mixed magnetization orientations—

some having in-plane, the other having out-of-plane magnetization orientation.

17. The system of claim 8, wherein said wireless near field communication system is built either as a standalone or built-in system for communication between devices or modularized components of a system.

18. The system of claim 8, wherein said wireless near field communication system is used to establish an off-the-grid localized communication network for data sharing or passing.

19. The system of claim 8, wherein said wireless near field communication system equips with multiple transceivers to either form multiple information channels or dual-direction data transfer at the same time.