Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yunseob Song

Young-Hun Kim

Jonghwa Won

Wangseup Yeum

Provided is a near-field communication (NFC) receiver. The NFC receiver includes at least one antenna configured to receive an amplitude modulation (AM) signal, a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to generate an in-phase (I)-sample by sampling the AM signal based on a first clock signal, a second ADC configured to generate a quadrature-phase (Q)-sample by sampling the AM signal based on a second clock signal, the second clock signal having a phase difference of 90° from the first clock signal, and processing circuitry configured to calculate a root-sum-square (RSS) value between the I-sample and the Q-sample, and detect an envelope of the AM signal by using the RSS value.

Near-field communication receiver and operating method thereof

An electronic circuit includes a peak detector, a gain controller, and a compressor. The peak detector detects a peak level from a digital input. The gain controller outputs a digital gain with regard to increasing the peak level to a target level, The compressor provides the gain controller with a compressed gain which is to be output as the digital gain, based on the detected peak level. In a compression interval where the peak level is greater than a threshold level, the output digital gain increases as the peak level decreases. The compressor generates the compressed gain such that a ratio of an increment of the output digital gain to a decrement of the peak level in the compression interval is less than a reference ratio.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Yunseob Song