摘要:
A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) device (102) having stored thereon an expiration and a set of data bits which, when presented to a processing device (602) via a RFID reader (206), causes the processing device (602) to enable a feature that would otherwise be disabled in an electronic device (600), and disable the feature when the expiration reaches a predetermined value.
摘要:
In accordance with the present invention, a radio frequency identification (RFID) device comprises a plurality of data fields. The RFID device transmits a data symbol from a data field, receives an acknowledgement symbol, and compares the transmitted data symbol to the received acknowledgement symbol. The RFID device repeats these steps until data transmission is complete as long as each transmitted data symbol is equivalent to a corresponding received acknowledgement symbol; otherwise, the RFID device maintains the data field from which the last data symbol was transmitted, and temporarily suspends data transmission. When the RFID receives a request for RFID devices temporarily suspended in a given data field to resume data transmission, if the given data field in the request is equivalent to the data field that was maintained, the RFID device repeats the steps above starting with the first symbol in the data field that was maintained.
摘要:
RSD n-bit analog-to-digital converter (10) receives voltage VIN that is compared to reference voltages VH and VL in the first stage (18). A digital code, representing VIN, is generated at first stage outputs (24, 26). First stage residue voltage V22 is compared to VH and VL in the second stage (30). A digital code generated at the outputs (28, 32) of the second stage, represent residue voltage V22. Residue voltage V22 is recycled through the first and second stages. Upon reaching the n.sup.th conversion bit, residue voltage V22 of the n.sup.th -1 bit is compared to second stage mid-level voltage reference VMID. A digital code generated at the outputs of the second stage represents the n.sup.th -1 bit residue voltage V22. The digital codes are stored in storage elements (34) and added in a binary adder (38) to provide the n-bit representation of VIN.
摘要:
A switchable current source (41) for a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) to reduce noise glitches when a change in total current provided by the DAC occurs. The switchable current source (41) is one of many required by a DAC to convert a digital signal to an analog signal. Each current source of the DAC receives an input voltage that enables or disables the current source from providing or not providing a current. A sampled input voltage is alternately provided to the switchable current source (41) by a first flip flop (42) or a second flip flop (43). One flip flop samples the input voltage while the other provides a previous sampled input voltage for enabling and disabling the switchable current source (41). Switches (46,47) couple an output voltage of the first or second flip flops (42,43) a predetermined time after the output voltage changes to a transistor (51) coupled to a current source (53).
摘要:
Comparator circuit (72) samples a differential input signal at switched capacitor circuit (100). The input signal is stored across capacitors (128, 130, 132, 134). Reference voltages are subtracted from the input signal to produce a difference signal. The difference is compared to a mid-supply reference VMID, and an amplified representation of the signal is produced at the output of differential gain stage (136). Latching output stage (138) uses feedback circuits (204, 211 and 202, 208) to process the amplified signal and to produce a rail to rail representation of the amplified signal at the inputs (146, 148) of SR latch (140). The feedback circuit also powers-down the output stage after processing the amplified signal. Buffer circuits (205, 213 and 214, 212) allow a new signal to be processed by capacitor circuit (100) while the previous signal is being stored in the SR latch.