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Contactless inductive data-transmission system
Assignee: NXP BV
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Filing: 1991-08-23
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Granted: 1994-09-06
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Expires: 2011-08-23
Abstract
Abstract A contactless inductive data transmission system provides bidirectional signal transfer between a sending-and-receiving station and one or more batteryless transponders. A high-frequency signal from the sending-and-receiving station is pulse width modulated for data transmission to a transponder and provides a system clock, which is extracted in both the sending-and-receiving station and in the transponder for synchronization, and provides the electrical power for operation of the transponder. The pulse width modulated signal is demodulated in the transponder for triggering a response wherein a modulating signal is applied by load modulation to the pulse width modulated high-frequency signal to form an information-carrying load modulated high-frequency signal, which is demodulated in the sending-and-receiving station.
Inventors
- 👤 Roland Koo
- 👤 Gerald Holweg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-27 19:24
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07B; G07B15/00; G07B15/06; G07B15/063; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/07; G06K19/0723; G06K7/00; G06K7/0008; G06K7/10; G06K7/10009; G06K7/10019; G06K7/10029; G06K7/10039
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
384 words
A contactless inductive data-transmission system, comprising: at least one sending-and-receiving station including: means for generating a given high-frequency signal which defines a clock rate, modulating means connected to said means for generating for imparting information-carrying pulse width modulation with short even blanking intervals to said given high-frequency signal, thereby forming a pulse width modulated high-frequency signal, a source of clock signals for extracting a system clock from said given high-frequency signal, an inductor receiving said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal for inductively transmitting same and for receiving an information-carrying load-modulated high-frequency signal which is modulated by a modulating signal derived from said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal, said load modulation characterizing one logical value of a set of binary values "0" and "1" by a load modulation of the pulse width modulated high-frequency signal and the other logical value of said set being characterized by leaving the pulse width modulated high frequency signal unchanged, and a demodulator connected to said inductor for demodulating said load-modulated high-frequency signal and deriving received information therefrom; and at least one transponder energized by electrical power only inductively transmitted from said sending-and-receiving station in the form of said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal and including: an inductive antenna coupled for wireless inductive signal transfer with said inductor upon said transponder being within a communication range of said station, a rectifier connected to said inductive antenna for recovering from said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by said inductive antenna from said inductor of said station, an energy signal electrically energizing said transponder, a clock extractor connected to said inductive antenna for recovering from said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by said inductive antenna from said inductor of said sending-and-receiving station, a system clock at said transponder synchronizing same with said sending-and-receiving station, a data storage connected to said inductive antenna for recovering data from said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by said inductive antenna from said inductor of said sending-and-receiving station, and for storing the recovered data represented by pulse width modulation, and means connected with said inductive antenna for load modulation of the pulse width modulated high-frequency signal by the modulating signal derived from the pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by the inductive antenna for producing the information-carrying load-modulated high-frequency signal transmitted to said inductor.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
384 words
A contactless inductive data-transmission system, comprising: at least one sending-and-receiving station including: means for generating a given high-frequency signal which defines a clock rate, modulating means connected to said means for generating for imparting information-carrying pulse width modulation with short even blanking intervals to said given high-frequency signal, thereby forming a pulse width modulated high-frequency signal, a source of clock signals for extracting a system clock from said given high-frequency signal, an inductor receiving said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal for inductively transmitting same and for receiving an information-carrying load-modulated high-frequency signal which is modulated by a modulating signal derived from said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal, said load modulation characterizing one logical value of a set of binary values "0" and "1" by a load modulation of the pulse width modulated high-frequency signal and the other logical value of said set being characterized by leaving the pulse width modulated high frequency signal unchanged, and a demodulator connected to said inductor for demodulating said load-modulated high-frequency signal and deriving received information therefrom; and at least one transponder energized by electrical power only inductively transmitted from said sending-and-receiving station in the form of said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal and including: an inductive antenna coupled for wireless inductive signal transfer with said inductor upon said transponder being within a communication range of said station, a rectifier connected to said inductive antenna for recovering from said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by said inductive antenna from said inductor of said station, an energy signal electrically energizing said transponder, a clock extractor connected to said inductive antenna for recovering from said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by said inductive antenna from said inductor of said sending-and-receiving station, a system clock at said transponder synchronizing same with said sending-and-receiving station, a data storage connected to said inductive antenna for recovering data from said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by said inductive antenna from said inductor of said sending-and-receiving station, and for storing the recovered data represented by pulse width modulation, and means connected with said inductive antenna for load modulation of the pulse width modulated high-frequency signal by the modulating signal derived from the pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by the inductive antenna for producing the information-carrying load-modulated high-frequency signal transmitted to said inductor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 1 wherein said inductive antenna of said transponder, for frequency independence of signals received thereby, is formed exclusively by at least one coil.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 2 wherein said inductive antenna of said transponder has two coils in an integrated configuration of said transponder and are formed of concentric turns in at least one plane on a single chip above an active semiconductor topography.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 3 wherein said coils are formed by photolithographic transfer on said chip.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 1 wherein said transponder includes a frequency divider, and said modulating signal derived from said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal has a carrier frequency derived from said frequency divider from the pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by said inductive antenna.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 1 wherein said modulating signal is applied in said transponder to a switching device including a modulation transistor for loading and unloading at least partially inductively at least a portion of a coil forming said inductive antenna.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 1 wherein said transponder includes a current supply maintenance capacitor for bridging blanking gaps in said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by said inductive antenna.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
67 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 1 wherein said transponder includes a demodulator for demodulating said pulse width modulated high-frequency signal received by said inductive antenna and including a pause detector and a circuit responsive to duration of a signal following a pause and comparing said duration with a threshold for differentiating between "0" and "1" signals forming the data stored in said data storage.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
64 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 1 wherein said means for generating of said sending-and-receiving station includes an oscillator for generating said given high frequency signal and said inductor is an antenna connected to said oscillator, said modulating means of said sending-and-receiving station including a modulator connected to a data processor for pulse width modulation of the signal produced by said oscillator.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
53 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 1 wherein said demodulator of said sending-and-receiving station has a first demodulation stage and a filter for demodulating the load-modulated high-frequency signal and obtaining a modulation frequency, and a second demodulating stage for producing a bit stream upon the demodulation of the load-modulated high-frequency signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
35 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 10 wherein said modulating means and said demodulator of said sending-and-receiving station are connected to an interface and by said interface are connectable to a data processor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
The contactless inductive data-transmission system defined in claim 9 wherein said modulating means and said demodulator of said sending-and-receiving station are connected to an interface and by said interface are connectable to a data processor.
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