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When supplying a power from a base station to a terminal station on radio and a distance from a base station to a terminal station is long, it becomes impossible for the terminal station to rectify the power. The feature of the present invention is found in a wireless communication system in which the peak value and duty ratio of a transmission power are controlled simultaneously, keeping the transmission power of a base station below a fixed value, thereby allowing a voltage to be applied to a diode, which is a component of a rectifier circuit possessed by a terminal station, always in excess of a threshold voltage of the diode, and energy is exchanged between the base station and the terminal station below a limit power.

An improved radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and related reader system and process are provided, wherein the RFID tag includes an on-board battery for enhanced signal transmission range, relatively rapid signal transmission speed, and optimized completion of a data transaction between the tag and a reader. The RFID tag further includes a power management system for activating the tag battery on an as-needed basis, and for thereupon enabling limited portions of the tag circuitry as required for a specific communication protocol, thereby conserving battery power and prolonging battery service life. In one preferred form, the battery is integrated with an antenna structure of single or dual mode with respect to frequency or type. This combination battery-antenna may be designed for recharging from a source of ambient energy.

The semiconductor device includes a signal processing circuit, an antenna circuit that is connected to the signal processing circuit, and a storage means that supplies electric power to the signal processing circuit. The signal processing circuit receives and transmits information through the antenna circuit, generates a direct current voltage from signals received by the antenna circuit, and stores the direct current voltage in the storage means. Furthermore, the antenna circuit has an antenna portion that receives signals by an electromagnetic induction method and an antenna portion that receives signals by a microwave method so that signals of frequencies from a wide band can be received. Because signals from a wide band can be received, the environment in which the storage means can be charged is widened.

An antenna apparatus (60) is provided which is used in a recorder and / or player to write and read data to and from a contactless IC card (1). The antenna apparatus (60) includes a loop coil (61) to radiate an electromagnetic field for magnetic coupling with a loop coil (4) at the IC card (1) to send and receive data to and from the IC card (1), and a magnetic sheet (62) disposed to face the main side of the loop coil (61), opposite to the main side facing the IC card (1). The magnetic sheet (62) has the specific permeability μ′ and product Ms.t of saturation magnetization Ms and thickness t thereof set in accordance with a necessary range of communications with the contactless IC card (1).

A radio frequency (RF) device includes an RF transceiver, an RF antenna, and a magnetic signal detector. The RF is selected to be in the very high frequency (VHF), ultrahigh frequency (UHF), or super high frequency (SHF) bands such that the shielding effect is reduced and the RF device can be configured as a SIM card disposed inside a cellular phone with an increased RF communication range. The magnetic signal detector is used to sense a magnetic field signal from an RF reader, which includes an RF transceiver, an RF antenna, and a magnetic signal transmitter. The longer communication range afforded by the VHF, UHF, or SHF bands is reduced by the sensing of the magnetic field, thereby providing a communication range control, while the RF device and the RF reader exchange information through the RF channel with improved security as a result of the range control.

The present invention provides an ID chip or an IC card in which the mechanical strength of an integrated circuit can be enhanced without suppressing a circuit scale. An ID chip or an IC card of the present invention has an integrated circuit in which a TFT (a thin film transistor) is formed from an insulated thin semiconductor film. Further, an ID chip or an IC card of the present invention has a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element each using a non-single-crystal thin film for a layer conducting photoelectric conversion. Such a light-emitting element or a light-receiving element may be formed consecutively to (integrally with) an integrated circuit or may be formed separately and attached to an integrated circuit.

Objects of the invention are to provide a semiconductor device including an RFID, which can transmit and receive individual information without a check of remaining capacity of the battery and a change of the battery in accordance with deterioration over time of the battery for a driving power supply; and which maintains a favorable communication state even when electric power, as a power supply for driving, from an external radio wave or electromagnetic wave (carrier wave) is not sufficient. A battery is provided as a power supply for supplying electric power in the RFID, and electric power obtained by a power generation element is charged in the battery.

The disclosed ID tag has a stable internal supply voltage and extends the range of communication with the reader / writer during back scattering communication. An ASK-modulated signal pre-boost circuit to which antenna terminals are coupled is coupled in parallel with a rectifying circuit. In the ASK-modulated signal pre-boost circuit, a switch for back scattering, working as a modulator element, is provided. During back scattering communication, when a back scattering signal “1” is transmitted, only the current flowing in the signal receiving path of the modulation / demodulation unit is wasted by turning the switch for back scattering on. Additional current loss other than the loss for impedance matching can be prevented.

In antenna device, a coil conductor of an antenna coil module and a conductor layer at least partially overlap. A current flows in the conductor layer and blocks a magnetic field generated by a current flowing in the coil conductor. A current, which flows around the periphery of an opening of the conductor layer, flows along the periphery of a slit and around the periphery of the conductor layer due to a cut-edge effect. Since magnetic flux does not pass through the conductor layer, magnetic flux attempts to bypass the conductor layer along a path in which the conductor opening of the conductor layer is on the inside and the outer edge of the conductor layer is on the outside. Accordingly, the magnetic flux generates relatively large loops linking the inside and the outside of a coil conductor of an antenna on a reader / writer side.

A receiving / backscattering arrangement for carrying out a contactless data transmission includes an integrated circuit having two antenna contacts, a series arrangement of three high quality capacitances connected between the two antenna contacts, whereby the middle capacitance is an MOS varactor, a controllable variable voltage source connected across the MOS varactor, and a control unit that controls the voltage source. The receiving / backscattering arrangement is especially a passive transponder with a rectifier connected between the antenna contacts, or a semi-passive transponder including a battery or solar cell, to provide the required supply voltage for the circuit. The arrangement achieves a large communication range, for receiving and modulating an interrogation signal, and backscattering the modulated response signal with a high efficiency and low losses. The integrated circuit structure is compact and economical.

Disclosed is a data communication apparatus for non-contact data communication using electromagnetic induction. At least a portion of a conductor 5a of the loop coil antenna (5) of the data communication apparatus, adapted for non-contact data communication, exploiting electromagnetic induction, is arranged for extending along the lateral side of an enclosure (2a) for equalizing the sensitivity of the loop coil antenna (5) across both major surfaces of the enclosure (2a).

An RSSI block cumulating circuit block-cumulates an RSSI signal that has been A / D converted and calculates an RSSI signal in a low level. An RSSI level raising circuit raises the level of the RSSI signal and outputs the resultant signal as a threshold value. An RSSI continuous cumulating circuit always cumulates the RSSI signal. A comparing circuit compares the threshold value with the output signal of the RSSI continuous cumulating circuit and determines whether or not a carrier is present.

A semiconductor device capable of wireless communication, which has high reliability in terms of resistance to external force, in particular, pressing force and can prevent electrostatic discharge in an integrated circuit without preventing reception of an electric wave. The semiconductor device includes an on-chip antenna connected to the integrated circuit and a booster antenna which transmits a signal or power included in a received electric wave to the on-chip antenna without contact. In the semiconductor device, the integrated circuit and the on-chip antenna are interposed between a pair of structure bodies formed by impregnating a fiber body with a resin. One of the structure bodies is provided between the on-chip antenna and the booster antenna. A conductive film having a surface resistance value of approximately 106 to 1014 Ω / cm2 is formed on at least one surface of each structure body.

This invention provides an antenna apparatus (60) for use in a non-contact type IC card into and from which data can be written and read by electronic apparatuses having a communication function, by virtue of inductive coupling. The antenna apparatus comprises a loop coil (61) and a magnetic member (62). The loop coil is produced by winding a conductive wire in a plane and configured to perform the inductive coupling. The magnetic member covers one region (61a) of the loop coil, provided at one side, from one surface of the loop coil, passes through the loop coil, and covers the other region (61b) of the loop coil, provided at the other side, from the other surface of the loop coil. The entire region of the loop coil is thus covered.

An RFID reader / writer performs a radio communication with an RFID tag. An antenna for tag communication used in the RFID reader / writer is a beam scanning antenna that can perform scanning with the beam of a transmitted radio wave. The beam has a high directivity in a certain scanning direction. The scanning with the beam is performed so that a plane including the certain scanning direction intersects with a floor surface as a reflecting surface on which the strongest reflected wave is generated.

The present invention provides a multimode wireless network device, system and the method thereof. Particularly, a dual role of router and relay station is provided simultaneously in the multimode wireless network device; furthermore, dual communication modes, namely WiMAX and WiFi, are provided at the same time. The first multimode wireless network device located within the communication range of a WiMAX base station may establish a connection with the base station directly and transmit WiMAX wireless network signals. The second multimode wireless network device located outside of the communication range may establish a connection with the first multimode wireless network device so that the first multimode wireless network device becomes a relay station and may transmit wireless network signals between the second multimode wireless network device and the base station, thereby extending the communication range of the WiMAX base station.

An improved radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and related reader system and process are provided, wherein the RFID tag includes an on-board battery for enhanced signal transmission range, relatively rapid signal transmission speed, and optimized completion of a data transaction between the tag and a reader. The RFID tag further includes a power management system for activating the tag battery on an as-needed basis, and for thereupon enabling limited portions of the tag circuitry as required for a specific communication protocol, thereby conserving battery power and prolonging battery service life. In one preferred form, the battery is integrated with an antenna structure of single or dual mode with respect to frequency or type. This combination battery-antenna may be designed for recharging from a source of ambient energy.

An antenna apparatus includes a power supply coil, a booster electrode sheet, a magnetic sheet, and a ground substrate arranged in this order from the top. The power supply coil includes a spiral coil conductor located on a flexible substrate. The booster electrode sheet includes a booster electrode located on an insulating substrate. The booster electrode includes a conductor region covering the coil conductor, a conductor aperture covering a coil window, and a slit portion connecting the outer edge of the conductor region and the conductor aperture in plan view. The magnetic sheet covers the booster electrode sheet so that the magnetic sheet covers a region slightly larger than a region including the conductor aperture and the slit portion of the booster electrode.

The traditional RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)-based logistic management method cannot satisfy the requirements on arranging and positioning of containers, interior environment monitoring of the containers, cargo safety and the like. Specific to the problems of low RFID data transmission amount and limited RFID communication capacity, the invention provides a container logistic tracking and positioning method based on a tag sensor network, and the method can be used for expanding an RFID communication range and simultaneously learning interior environment information and location information of the containers in real time; by connecting RFID as well as a WSM (Watchguard System Manager) and a Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) network, a novel W-KNN (Weighted k-Nearest Neighbor) positioning algorithm based on neighbor weight attributes is provided to realize logistic tracking and positioning; meanwhile, a specific technical scheme and step flows are designed and are obviously different from the traditional container positioning and tracking method. The container logistic tracking and positioning method has beneficial effects in the aspects of communication range, data transmission, accurate positioning and the like.

The invention relates to wireless communication technical field, in particular to wireless network, terminal, information sending method, terminal register, and page method, to expand the communication range of wireless network, wherein the terminal outside the cover range of wireless network sends register information to other terminals accessed into the network, to be transferred to network, the network sends the descending information covering the terminals outside the range to other terminals in the range, to be transferred to the terminal. Therefore, via the relay of other terminals, even when the terminal is outside the cover range of all base stations, the terminal can be accessed into the network to communicate, while the ascending and / or descending information of the terminal contains relay times, and the other terminals have larger relay times than a preset threshold value, therefore, the information is thrown out, and when the relay times are smaller than the threshold value, the information is transferred and the relay times are added with 1.

The invention relates to a method and system in communication devices for dedicated partner search and selection. More in particular the invention also relates to business partner search and the use of suitable portable wireless communication devices for such purposes. The devices, suitable for normal cellular services, with additional hardware for short range radio communication in a second mode and partially exchangeable software for user controlled, data entry of a personal search and / or resident profile. The profiles in all, stored in the memory of each device equipped with said hardware and software, are defined as a distributed database being wirelessly accessible by means of said software. Further the software enables the communication device automatically switching to and fro between the mode for cellular services and the local area mode for real time, data-transceiving and -processing and a messaging function, for direct personal contact.

A network system comprises a first logic block providing a link to a first network via an access point of a WLAN and a second logic block communicating with a node of a second network (such as a WPAN) and configured to provide a link between the node and the first network via the access point. The network system is configured to maintain continuous connections to both the access point and the node while receiving power. The second logic block can communicate with the node using a modified communication protocol that is only partially compliant with an 802.11x communications protocol. A wireless hub can integrate a WPAN with a WLAN including, in part, a wireless circuit compliant with the WLAN standard (such as an 802.11x standard), a processor, and a memory. The wireless circuit can connect to the WPAN without losing connectivity (such as association and synchronization) to the WLAN.

The invention relates to an early-warning system and method for danger of an express delivery vehicle. A system monitoring terminal node collects environment parameter monitoring data in a compartment and position monitoring data of an express delivery vehicle and sends the data to a coordinator; the coordinator gathers the monitoring data and sends the data to a gateway module; the gateway module carries out processing on the monitoring data and then carries out data frame format conversion and protocol conversion, and then uploads the processed data to a cloud server; the cloud server receives the data information transmitted by the gateway module and stores the data information into a database, and the gateway module sends the data information to an alarm unit simultaneously; and the alarm unit determines whether the data information is abnormal; if so, the alarm unit sends an alarm signal out and transmits the alarm information to the gateway module and the cloud server in real time; and if not, safety information is transmitted to the gateway module in real time and is displayed on a display screen. According to the invention, early-warning for danger that may occur during transportation of the express delivery vehicle is realized; the safety transportation of the express delivery vehicle is guaranteed; and the security and survivability of the system are high.

A wireless communication system which combines transmissions which utilize vertically polarized signals and horizontally polarized signals to extend communication range and / or system capacity.

A receiving / backscattering arrangement for carrying out a contactless data transmission includes an integrated circuit having two antenna contacts, a series arrangement of three high quality capacitances connected between the two antenna contacts, whereby the middle capacitance is an MOS varactor, a controllable variable voltage source connected across the MOS varactor, and a control unit that controls the voltage source. The receiving / backscattering arrangement is especially a passive transponder with a rectifier connected between the antenna contacts, or a semi-passive transponder including a battery or solar cell, to provide the required supply voltage for the circuit. The arrangement achieves a large communication range, for receiving and modulating an interrogation signal, and backscattering the modulated response signal with a high efficiency and low losses. The integrated circuit structure is compact and economical.

The invention relates to cellular communications systems. In order to enhance an efficiency of a cellular communications system a file in electronic form with fragments of a digital geographical map of the vicinity is preliminarily introduced into a control center of a cellular communications system, the map comprising coordinates and characteristics of base stations, arranged in cells and geographical coordinates of the borders of the cells, wherein in the process of radio communications, data on the location of a corresponding mobile station for communication therewith are determined with the aid of a receiver of a satellite location determination system, which receiver is built in a mobile station, and are transmitted through a base station to the control center of the cellular communications system, and the file of a fragment of the digital geographical map is transmitted from the control center of the cellular communications system through a corresponding base station to a mobile station, the map comprising coordinates and characteristics of the base station of that cell where this mobile station is, coordinates and characteristics of base stations of neighboring cells with coordinates of their borders, then a comparison of current data of its location and the coordinates of cell borders is carried out in the mobile station.

The invention discloses a digital cluster communication system for private network communication, comprising a terminal and a base station connected with the terminal through an air interface, whereinthe working state of the terminal comprises a transfer state. The terminal receives the signals of the base station and transmits the signals to other terminals or receives the signals of other terminals and transmits the signals to the base station when the terminal works in the transfer state. The terminal can be used as a transfer station so that the communication scopes and capacities of a handset, a car machine and a fixed station in the system are effectively extended. Therefore, the digital cluster communication system 100 for private network communication is suitable for dynamic networks in emergent communication conditions and self-establishment and self-maintenance communication networks when a certain cluster is far away from the base station, and has a large coverage radius.

A system and method for transmitting data communications through air using a radio. The invention allows the user to select from a number of predetermined output transmission powers. When a lower output transmission power is selected the current drain to the associated amplifier is decreased thereby conserving battery power of the radio. In addition, a detector diode circuit combined with an adjustable gain amplifier combine to provide a feedback mechanism whereby the output transmission power of the radio is held substantially constant over a broad range of temperatures.