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Stmicroelectronics Razvoj Polprevodnikov D.o.o.

Florent Sibille

Marc Houdebine

Alexandre Tramoni

Kosta Kovacic

Eric Andre

Daniel Saias

Patrick Arnould

Gabriel Della-Monica

Bruno Pellat

Antoine Hue

Davy Thevenet

In one embodiment, an object can communicate contactlessly with a reader using active load modulation. The method includes detecting a sensing magnetic field emitted by the reader, initializing a phase-locked loop of the object, detecting a stopping of the sensing magnetic field emitted by the reader before initializing the phase-locked loop of the object is complete, calibrating an oscillator of the phase-locked loop on the basis of an internal clock of the object, detecting a new sensing magnetic field of the reader after calibrating the oscillator, and implementing the phase-locked loop to adjust the phase of the oscillator after detecting a new sensing magnetic field.

Contactless communication method between an object and a reader using active load modulation

An electronic device includes a near-field communication module and a powering circuit for delivering a power supply voltage to the near-field communication module. When the near-field communication module is in a low power mode, the powering circuit is configured for an operational mode where it is periodically started to provide the power supply voltage.

NFC module powering

An embodiment device comprises a phase locked loop and a frequency locked loop having in common the same controlled oscillator. The device is firstly placed in the card emulation mode at the beginning of a communication between the contactless communication device and a contactless reader, the firstly placing comprising synchronizing within the contactless device, an ALM carrier frequency with a reader carrier frequency by operating at least the phase locked loop, and upon reception by the contactless communication device of an indication sent by the reader indicating a further communication in a peer to peer mode with the reader, the device is secondly placed in the peer to peer mode, the secondly placing including deactivating the phase locked loop and operating the frequency locked loop with a reference clock signal and a frequency set point depending on the reader carrier frequency and the frequency of the reference clock signal.

Contactless communication device mode switching management

A method may compensate for direct current (DC) offset in a radio frequency reception device. The method may include partitioning an analog portion of the reception device into a plurality of zones, for each zone, calibrating initial DC offset compensation to be applied within an operating range of a respective zone, the operating range of the other zones being limited to a threshold operating range, and determining DC offset compensation to be applied to the reception device throughout the operating range based on the basic DC offset compensations.

Method and device for processing the DC offset of a radiofrequency reception subsystem

A radio signal receiver includes an input for receiving an input signal having an input carrier frequency modulated by a payload signal to be detected. A frequency converter changes the carrier frequency of the input signal and produces an intermediate signal that is an image of the input signal, and has a carrier frequency equal to an intermediate frequency. A filter circuit filters the intermediate signal. A demodulator eliminates a component, with a frequency equal to the intermediate frequency, from the filtered intermediate frequency, and produces the payload signal. The receiver also includes a detection circuit to produce a level signal representative of a level of the payload signal. A control circuit applies a control signal representative of the level signal to a control input of the frequency converter, the filter circuit and the demodulator.

Intermediate-frequency type radio signal receiver

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Florent Sibille