Chip card and control element
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1. A chip card, comprising:
- a chip;
an antenna;
a coupling structure configured to provide energy from the antenna to the chip; and
a circuit component configured to control, depending on a field strength of a magnetic field to which the chip card is exposed, at least one of a resonance frequency of the antenna, a quality factor of the antenna and an energy transmission efficiency of the coupling structure,wherein the circuit component is configured to shift the resonance frequency of the antenna away from a predetermined system frequency with increasing field strength of the magnetic field above a threshold of the field strength of the magnetic field.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a chip card is described including a chip, an antenna, a coupling structure configured to transmit energy from the antenna to the chip and a control element configured to control, depending on a field strength of a magnetic field to which the chip card is exposed, at least one of the resonance frequency of the antenna, the quality factor of the antenna and an energy transmission efficiency of the coupling structure.
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1. A chip card, comprising:
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a chip; an antenna; a coupling structure configured to provide energy from the antenna to the chip; and a circuit component configured to control, depending on a field strength of a magnetic field to which the chip card is exposed, at least one of a resonance frequency of the antenna, a quality factor of the antenna and an energy transmission efficiency of the coupling structure, wherein the circuit component is configured to shift the resonance frequency of the antenna away from a predetermined system frequency with increasing field strength of the magnetic field above a threshold of the field strength of the magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A chip card, comprising:
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a chip; an antenna; a coupling structure configured to provide energy from the antenna to the chip; and a circuit component configured to control, depending on a field strength of a magnetic field to which the chip card is exposed, a quality factor of the antenna, wherein the circuit component is configured to reduce the quality factor of the antenna with increasing field strength of the magnetic field above a threshold of the field strength of the magnetic field.
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18. A chip card, comprising:
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a chip module antenna circuit including a chip, and a chip module antenna; a booster antenna circuit including a booster antenna, and a coupling antenna inductively coupled to the chip module antenna; a coupling structure configured to provide energy from the booster antenna to the chip, the coupling structure including the chip module antenna, and the coupling antenna; and a circuit component configured to control, depending on a field strength of a magnetic field to which the chip card is exposed, a mutual inductance of the coupling antenna and the chip module antenna depending on the field strength of the magnetic field. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A chip card, comprising:
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a chip; an antenna; a coupling structure configured to provide energy from the antenna to the chip; and a circuit component configured to control, depending on a field strength of a magnetic field to which the chip card is exposed, at least one of a resonance frequency of the antenna, a quality factor of the antenna and an energy transmission efficiency of the coupling structure, wherein the circuit component includes a variable resistor whose resistance depends on the field strength of the magnetic field to which it is exposed, the variable resistor comprising a structure having a giant magnetoresistance effect associated therewith.
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