Contactless communication device with receiver input voltage stabilization

Abstract

There is described a contactless communication device. The device comprises (a) a receiver unit () having an antenna input (RXn, Vmid, RXp) for connecting to an antenna, the receiver unit () being adapted to couple with a transmitting device and to receive an RF signal transmitted by the transmitting device, the receiver unit () being further adapted to determine a point of time relating to a position of data within the RF signal, (b) a comparator () adapted to generate a comparator output signal (agc_comp) which is indicative of a relation between a voltage at the antenna input (RXn, Vmid, RXp) of the receiver unit () and a reference voltage (Vref), and (c) a voltage regulation circuit coupled to the comparator () and to the antenna input (RXn, Vmid, RXp) of the receiver unit (), the voltage regulation circuit being adapted to repetitively regulate the voltage at the antenna input (RXn, Vmid, RXp) based on the comparator output signal (agc_comp). The voltage regulation circuit is adapted to separate each repetitive regulation of the voltage at the antenna input (RXn, Vmid, RXp) by a first time constant prior to the point of time determined by the receiver unit () and by a second time constant after the point of time determined by the receiver unit (), wherein the first time constant is smaller than the second time constant. There is also described a method, a computer program and a computer program product.