Transceivers for near field communication, near field communication devices, and electronic systems having the same

• US 9,641,227 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2015
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Moon, Byeong-Taek, Song, Il-Jong
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Justus, Ralph H
• Application Number:
  US14/638,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20150365139A1
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/48 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/77 for interrogation

Abstract

A transceiver for near field communication may include: a resonance circuit coupled between a first node and a second node, the resonance circuit having a resonance frequency and being configured to emit an electromagnetic wave to communicate data with an external device; a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a third node; a second capacitor coupled between the second node and a fourth node; and/or a filter coupled among a first transmission electrode, a second transmission electrode, the third node, and the fourth node in an asymmetrical structure to provide a first frequency response and a second frequency response to the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode, respectively, the first frequency response being different from the second frequency response, the filter being configured to receive the data through the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode.

Claims

1. A transceiver for near field communication (NFC), the transceiver comprising:

a resonance circuit coupled between a first node and a second node, the resonance circuit having a resonance frequency and being configured to emit an electromagnetic wave to communicate data with an external device;

a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a third node;

a second capacitor coupled between the second node and a fourth node; and

a filter comprising a first terminal coupled to the third node, a second terminal coupled to the fourth node, a third terminal a coupled to a first transmission electrode, and a fourth terminal coupled to a second transmission electrode in an asymmetrical structure to provide a first frequency response and a second frequency response to the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode, respectively, the first frequency response being different from the second frequency response, the filter being configured to receive the data through the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode;

wherein the filter further comprises;

a first inductor coupled between the third node and the first transmission electrode or between the third node and a ground; and

a second inductor coupled between the fourth node and the second transmission electrode or between the fourth node and the ground;

wherein an inductance of the first inductor is greater than an inductance of the second inductor.

2. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein a cutoff frequency of the filter at the first transmission electrode and a cutoff frequency of the filter at the second transmission electrode correspond to two times the resonance frequency.

3. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein a reactance between the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode is zero ohms.

4. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the filter is configured to perform a low-pass filtering operation.

5. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the filter comprises at least one capacitor and at least one inductor.

6. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the filter comprises:

a third capacitor coupled between the third node and the fourth node; and

a fourth capacitor coupled between the fourth node and a ground voltage.

7. The transceiver of claim 6, wherein the filter further comprises:

a first inductor coupled between the third node and the first transmission electrode; and

a second inductor coupled between the fourth node and the second transmission electrode.

8. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein a capacitance of the first capacitor is substantially the same as a capacitance of the second capacitor.

9. The transceiver of claim 1, wherein the resonance circuit comprises:

an antenna coupled between the first node and the second node; and

a resonance capacitor coupled between the first node and the second node.

10. A transceiver for near field communication (NFC), the transceiver comprising:

a resonance circuit coupled between a first node and a second node, the resonance circuit having a resonance frequency and being configured to emit an electromagnetic wave to communicate data with an external device;

a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a third node;

a second capacitor coupled between the second node and a fourth node; and

a filter comprising a first terminal coupled to the third node, a second terminal coupled to the fourth node, a third terminal coupled to a first transmission electrode, and a fourth terminal coupled to a second transmission electrode in an asymmetrical structure to provide a first frequency response and a second frequency response to the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode, respectively, the first frequency response being different from the second frequency response, the filter being configured to receive the data through the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode, wherein

a cutoff frequency of the filter at the first transmission electrode and a cutoff frequency of the filter at the second transmission electrode are greater than one and a half times the resonance frequency and less than two times the resonance frequency.

11. A transceiver for near field communication (NFC), the transceiver comprising:

a resonance circuit coupled between a first node and a second node, the resonance circuit having a resonance frequency and being configured to emit an electromagnetic wave the communicate data with an external device;

a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a third node;

a second capacitor coupled between the second node and a fourth node; and

a filter coupled among a first transmission electrode, a second transmission electrode, the third node, and the fourth node in an asymmetrical structure to provide a first frequency response and a second frequency response to the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode, respectively, the first frequency response being different from the second frequency response, the filter being configured to receive the data through the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode;

wherein the filter further comprises;

a first inductor coupled between the third node and the first transmission electrode; and

a second inductor coupled between the fourth node and the second transmission electrode;

wherein an inductance of the first inductor is greater than an inductance of the second inductor.

12. The transceiver of claim 11, wherein an inductance of the first inductor is greater than two times an inductance of the second inductor.

13. The transceiver of claim 11, wherein a cutoff frequency of the filter at the first transmission electrode is determined based on a capacitance of the fourth capacitor and an inductance of the second inductor.

14. The transceiver of claim 11, wherein a reactance between the first transmission electrode and the second transmission electrode is determined based on a capacitance of the third capacitor, an inductance of the first inductor, and an inductance of the second inductor.

15. A transceiver for near field communication (NFC), the transceiver comprising:

a first capacitor;

a second capacitor;

a first transmission electrode;

a second transmission electrode;

a circuit, configured to emit an electromagnetic wave to communicate data to an external device, electrically connected to a first terminal of the first capacitor and a first terminal of the second capacitor; and

a filter comprising a first terminal electrically connected to a second terminal of the first capacitor, a second terminal electrically connected to a second terminal of the second capacitor, a third terminal electrically connected to a first transmission electrode, and a fourth terminal electrically connected to the second transmission electrode in an asymmetrical structure to provide a first frequency response to the first transmission electrode and a second frequency response to the second transmission electrode;

wherein the filter further comprises;

a first inductor electrically connected between the third node and the first transmission electrode or between the third node and a ground; and

a second inductor electrically connected between the fourth node and the second transmission electrode or between the fourth node and the ground;

wherein an inductance of the first inductor is greater than an inductance of the second inductor;

wherein the first frequency response is different from the second frequency response, and

wherein the filter is configured to receive the data through the first and second transmission electrodes.

16. The transceiver of claim 15, wherein the filter is configured to perform a low-pass filtering operation.

17. The transceiver of claim 15, wherein the filter comprises:

a third capacitor;

wherein a first terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to the second terminal of the first capacitor, and

wherein a second terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second capacitor.

18. The transceiver of claim 17, wherein the filter further comprises:

a fourth capacitor;

wherein a first terminal of the fourth capacitor is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second capacitor and the second terminal of the third capacitor, and

wherein a second terminal of the fourth capacitor is electrically connected to a ground voltage.

19. The transceiver of claim 15, wherein the filter comprises:

a third capacitor;

wherein a first terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to the first transmission electrode, and

wherein a second terminal of the third capacitor is electrically connected to the second transmission electrode.

20. The transceiver of claim 19, wherein the filter further comprises:

a fourth capacitor;

wherein a first terminal of the fourth capacitor is electrically connected to the second terminal of the third capacitor and the second transmission electrode, and

wherein a second terminal of the fourth capacitor is electrically connected to a ground voltage.