Abstract:
A near-field communication (NFC) circuit includes a transmitter that generates a transmission signal based on a reference clock signal and transmits the transmission signal through an antenna; a clock recovery circuit that receives a detection signal through the antenna responsive to the transmission signal and recovers a recovered clock signal from the detection signal; a phase detector that detects a phase change of the recovered clock signal; and a controller that determines, based on the phase change of the recovered clock signal, whether an NFC tag external to the NFC circuit is located within a communication range of the NFC circuit.
Abstract:
A demodulator for a near field communication (NFC) includes a first rectifier, a shifting rectifier, a field monitor and an edge detector. The first rectifier receives an antenna voltage through a first power terminal and a second power terminal, rectifies the antenna voltage and provides a first rectified signal to a first node. The shifting rectifier is enabled in response to an enable signal, receives the antenna voltage through the first power terminal and the second power terminal, increases a direct current (DC) level of the antenna voltage, rectifies the increased DC-level antenna voltage and provides a shifted rectified signal to the first node. The field monitor receives the antenna voltage through the first power terminal and the second power terminal, monitors a magnitude of the antenna voltage and generates the enable signal which is activated when the magnitude is smaller than a reference value.
Abstract:
A touch sensing apparatus includes a plurality of touch sensors provided in a touch panel and a switching unit for transmitting sensing signals per column or row of the touch sensors through a single line to a touch controller.