Method of contactless communication between an object and a reader by active load modulation

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PATENT NO 9998178
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15436826

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A method can be used for contactless communication of an object with a reader using active load modulation. A main clock signal is generated within the object. The generating includes a calibration phase and a transmission phase. The calibration phase includes locking an output signal of a controlled main oscillator onto a phase and frequency of a secondary clock signal received from the reader and estimating a frequency ratio between a frequency of the output signal of the main oscillator and a reference frequency of a reference signal originating from a reference oscillator. The transmission phase includes only frequency-locking the output signal of the main oscillator onto the frequency of the reference signal corrected by the estimated frequency ratio.

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STMICROELECTRONICS FRANCEMONTROUGE FRANCE MONTROUGE HAUTS-DE-SEINE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dedieu, Sebastien La Terrasse, FR 14 61
Houdebine, Marc Crolles, FR 19 22

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