Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Yoshinaga

Futoshi Deguchi

Masahiko Tanaka

Hiroaki Haruyama

Akihiko Hirata

Takashi Yamaguchi

Yoshitaka Mizoguchi

Shoichi Shimizu

Yasuhiro Notohara

Shinichirou Kaneko

The object of the invention is to provide a noncontact IC card reader/writer integrated with an antenna that does not require the limitation of an installation location and the adjustment of a resonance frequency of the antenna, is convenient in installation, is provided with a stable characteristic, is small-sized and low-priced. To achieve the object, the invention is provided with a loop antenna that supplies electric power and send data to a noncontact IC card by electromagnetic induction and acquires receive data from the noncontact IC card by load fluctuation, a magnetic body arranged closely at the back of the loop antenna, a first metallic plate arranged on the back side of the magnetic body and a second metallic plate arranged on the back side of the first metallic plate and larger than the first metallic plate in size.

Noncontact recording medium reader/writer

It is an object of the invention to provide an electromagnetic wave shield for attenuating a electric far field while suppressing the attenuation of the vicinal magnetic flux of an electromagnetic wave discharged from a high frequency electromagnetic wave generator. An electromagnetic wave shield according to the invention comprises a plurality of electric conductors, a ground contact for carrying out a connection to a ground, and a lead wire for connecting the electric conductors to the ground contact, the electric conductors being electrically connected to the ground contact through the lead wire, wherein the electric conductors are provided in such a manner that a path reaching the ground contact through the lead wire from an optional point of each of the electric conductors is uniquely determined.

Electromagnetic wave shield

A gate antenna device has a plurality of loop antennas which supplies power and transmission data to an IC-integrated medium through electromagnetic induction and acquires reception data in the form of a fluctuation of a load from the IC-integrated medium. The plurality of loop antennas include a power-fed loop antenna to which a signal current is supplied and a non-power-fed loop antenna to which no signal current is supplied. The gate antenna device expands the distance and range of communication with an IC-integrated medium and improves the accuracy of communication while suppressing power consumption and leakage electric fields.

Gate antenna device

The object of the invention is to provide a small-sized noncontact IC card reader/writer that can enhance the efficiency of an amplifier at a low cost. To achieve the object, in the invention, a loop antenna that supplies electric power and a send signal to a noncontact IC card by electromagnetic induction and acquires a receive signal from the noncontact IC card by load fluctuation, a first resonance circuit for resonating the loop antenna with a desired first frequency, a radio transmitter that supplies electric power and send data to the loop antenna via the first resonance circuit and further, a radio receiver that acquires the receive signal from the loop antenna via a second resonance circuit connected to the loop antenna via a coupling capacitor and resonated with a desired second frequency are provided, the radio transmitter and the radio receiver are respectively connected to CPU, and a low-pass filter for removing a high frequency, a class E amplifier and a modulator are connected to the radio transmitter in series.

Noncontact IC card reader/writer

A non-contact IC card reading/writing apparatus having a superior reception characteristic includes a loop antenna, a resonant circuit unit, a wireless transmitting unit, and a wireless receiving unit. The resonant circuit unit, the wireless transmitting unit, and the wireless receiving unit are coupled to each other via any one of a directional coupler, a circulator, and an isolator.

Non-contact IC card reading/writing apparatus

To provide a loop antenna capable of attenuating the distant electric field with the attenuation of the magnetic flux in the vicinity of an electromagnetic wave restrained, and a contactless IC card read/write apparatus. A loop antennahas an electromagnetic wave shieldover at least one side of the loop antenna, the electromagnetic wave shieldcomprising a plurality of electric conductorsa ground contactfor grounding the plurality of electric conductors and a lead wirefor connecting the plurality of electric conductorsto the ground contactThe plurality of electric conductorsare electrically connected via the lead wireto the ground contactand the plurality of electric conductorsare arranged so that the paths of the respective electric conductorsfrom any of their given points to the ground contactvia the lead wireare determined uniformly.

Loop antenna and contactless IC card read/write apparatus

This invention is a wireless communication medium processing apparatus which carries out communication with a wireless communication medium, to carry out at least one of reading and writing as to information which was stored in the wireless communication medium, and has a plurality of antenna, a transmission divider which was connected to the plurality of antennas, and a reception compositor which was connected to the plurality of antennas, and is characterized in that the transmission divider divides an inputted signal to output the plurality of antennas, and the reception compositor combines signals from the plurality of antennas and outputs it.

Wireless communication medium processing apparatus and wireless communication medium processing system

A small thin integrated antenna type non-contact IC card reader/writer includes a loop antenna for supplying electric power and sending data to a non-contact IC card by electromagnetic induction and for acquiring receiving data from the non-contact IC card by a change in the load; a control portion for controlling a resonance matching circuit, wireless sending pjortion and wireless receiving portion; and a control board on which the control portion is mounted. The control board is accommodated in a shielded case, wherein the components are arranged and assembled so that a centr al axis of the loop antenna in the thickness direction and a central axis of the shielded case in the thickness direction can be made to substantially coincide with each other.

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Kasuya-gun, Japan

Hiroshi Yoshinaga