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公开(公告)号:US10721604B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-21
申请号:US15383382
申请日:2016-12-19
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Gernot Hueber , Ian Thomas Macnamara , Ghiath Al-kadi
IPC: H04B5/00 , H04B17/318 , H04W4/80 , H04L5/00
Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for operating a communications device that communicates via inductive coupling are described. In an embodiment, a method for operating a communications device that communicates via inductive coupling involves obtaining at least one system or environmental parameter related to the communications device and adjusting a communications configuration of the communications device in response to the at least one system or environmental parameter. Other embodiments are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US20200186199A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-11
申请号:US16215173
申请日:2018-12-10
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Jingfeng Ding , Gernot Hueber , Erich Merlin
IPC: H04B5/00
Abstract: A near field communication (NFC) device capable of operating by being powered by the field includes an NFC module for generating an electromagnetic carrier signal and modulating the carrier signal according to data to be transmitted, and an antenna circuit coupled to and driven by said NFC module with the modulated carrier signal. The device includes an RF front end coupled between said NFC module and said antenna circuit. The RF front end includes a balanced to unbalanced (Balun) transformer and a tuning capacitor to provide a function of an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filter. A powered by the field circuit of the NFC device is adapted to harvest energy from an external field to power said NFC device. The power by the field circuit is coupled to said Balun transformer via one or more impedance elements.
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公开(公告)号:US10511347B2
公开(公告)日:2019-12-17
申请号:US15812200
申请日:2017-11-14
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Gernot Hueber , Ian Thomas Macnamara
Abstract: A near field communication (NFC) reader is disclosed. The NFC reader includes an antenna front-end that includes a low pass filter, a matching circuit and an antenna coil. The NFC reader also includes a NFC controller. The NFC controller includes an oscillator coupled to the antenna front-end and the NFC controller is configured to detect a presence of an object in proximity of the antenna front-end using one or more changes in an output of the oscillator. The antenna front-end creates a tank circuit for the oscillator.
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公开(公告)号:US10396912B1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-27
申请号:US16120210
申请日:2018-08-31
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Gernot Hueber , Ian Thomas Macnamara
Abstract: This specification discloses methods and systems for implementing a chip integrated scope (i.e., chip scope (CS)), which is a feature that allows a user to scope RF signals (internally and externally to the DUT (device under test)), by using the RF receive path (including amplifier, filter, ADC, DSP) to capture and store signal traces. In some embodiments, this specification discloses methods and systems to enhance the sampling rate and resolution of these signal traces by using subsampling techniques where a post-processing merges the subsampled traces (with different phase-shifts of say, for example, 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°) into a single trace that will appear to have a sampling rate that is higher than a pre-determined sampling rate used to collect these subsampled traces.
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公开(公告)号:US20190181915A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-13
申请号:US15839495
申请日:2017-12-12
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Gernot Hueber , Ian Thomas Macnamara
CPC classification number: H04B5/0031 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q5/328 , H04Q1/48 , H04W4/80
Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for automatic power control (APC) in a communications device that communicates via inductive coupling are described. In an embodiment, a method for APC in a communications device that communicates via inductive coupling involves obtaining multiple system parameters, determining an APC configuration of the communications device from the system parameters, and controlling a transmission configuration of the communications device based on the APC configuration. Other embodiments are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US10291291B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-14
申请号:US15646955
申请日:2017-07-11
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Jingfeng Ding , Gernot Hueber , Stefan Mendel
Abstract: A contactless communication device includes a receiver unit having differential input terminals for connecting to an antenna. The receiver unit is coupled to a transmitting device and receives an RF signal transmitted by the transmitting device. A first comparator is adapted to generate a first comparator output signal indicative of a relationship between a voltage at a positive input terminal of the receiver unit and a first reference voltage. A second comparator is adapted to generate a second comparator output signal indicative of a relationship between a voltage at a negative input terminal of the receiver unit and a second reference voltage. A first voltage regulation circuit is adapted to regulate the voltage at the positive input terminal in response to the first comparator output signal. A second voltage regulation circuit is adapted to regulate the voltage at the negative input terminal in response to the second comparator output signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20190097687A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-28
申请号:US15715027
申请日:2017-09-25
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Gernot Hueber , Erich Merlin , Johannes Bruckbauer
IPC: H04B5/00
CPC classification number: H04B5/0075 , H04B5/0031 , H04B17/11 , H04B17/21
Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for operating a communications device that communicates via inductive coupling are described. In an embodiment, a method for operating a communications device that communicates via inductive coupling involves adjusting a configuration of the communications device in response to a clock signal that is synchronized to a received clock signal, obtaining information that corresponds to transmission current or power generated in response to the adjusted configuration, and quantifying a detuning condition in response to the obtained information. Other embodiments are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US10200091B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-05
申请号:US15621286
申请日:2017-06-13
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Jingfeng Ding , Gernot Hueber , Ian Thomas Macnamara
Abstract: A device for inductively coupled communications includes an NFC module for generating an electromagnetic carrier signal and modulating the carrier signal according to data to be transmitted, and an antenna circuit coupled to and driven by said NFC module with the modulated carrier signal. The device includes an RF front end coupled between said NFC module and said antenna circuit. The RF front end includes a balanced to unbalanced (Balun) transformer and a tuning capacitor. The Balun transformer has a first winding coupled to said NFC module via differential transmitter terminals of said NFC module and a second winding coupled to said tuning capacitor. A first terminal of said tuning capacitor is coupled to a receiving terminal of said NFC module. The Balun transformer and tuning capacitor provide a function of an electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filter.
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公开(公告)号:US09887832B1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-06
申请号:US15225782
申请日:2016-08-01
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Gernot Hueber , Ian Thomas Macnamara
IPC: H03H7/40 , H04L7/04 , H04W4/00 , H04B17/318 , H04L12/741
CPC classification number: H04L7/04 , H04B5/0031 , H04B5/0062 , H04B5/0075 , H04B17/21 , H04B17/318 , H04L45/745 , H04W4/80
Abstract: The present invention provides for a method and system to compensate phase offset caused by the IC (integrated circuit) by making use of factory measurement stored as trim-data in the IC. In the final customer product, the trim-data is mapped to the actual platform environment such that the respective phase offset can be compensated.
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公开(公告)号:US09853752B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-26
申请号:US15087037
申请日:2016-03-31
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor: Jingfeng Ding , Helmut Kranabenter , Stefan Mendel , Gernot Hueber , Josef Zipper
IPC: H04B17/00 , H04B17/318
CPC classification number: H04B17/318 , H03M1/181 , H04W52/245 , H04W52/52
Abstract: Embodiments of a method and a system for generating a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value that corresponds to a radio frequency (RF) signal are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for generating an RSSI value that corresponds to an RF signal involves obtaining an attenuation factor code in response to applying an automatic gain control (AGC) operation to the RF signal, obtaining an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) code in response to applying an ADC operation to a signal that results from the AGC operation, and combining the attenuation factor code and the ADC code to generate an RSSI value. Other embodiments are also described.
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