Low power near-field communication devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9014628
APP PUB NO 20140011450A1
SERIAL NO

13857892

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Power consumption of near-field communication devices is regulated by waking the device for communications when a potential external near-field device is detected, and by adjusting the resonant antenna circuit to account for the detected change in antenna environment. Such near-field communication devices include a resonant loop antenna circuit. The resonant loop antenna circuit is connected to an integrated circuit that includes a controller for controlling near-field communications via the resonant loop antenna circuit, an inductance detection circuit to detect changes in the antenna inductance, a wake-on circuit responsive to a sufficient change in antenna inductance to transition the controller from a low power sleep mode to a communications mode, and an antenna tuning circuit to adjust the variable component of the resonant loop antenna circuit to compensate for changes in antenna inductance and to maintain the target range of operation.

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MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING INC1300 THAMES STREET 4TH FLOOR BALTIMORE MD 21231

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Audic, Jean-Philippe Aix-en-Provence, FR 3 5

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