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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Anthony Kerselaers, Herselt, BE;
Pieter Verschueren, Langdorp, BE;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/0012 (2013.01); G01N 27/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/525 (2013.01); H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); H04B 5/0043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A near-field device, including: a near-field receiver coupled to a near-field receiver antenna and a decoder circuit; wherein the near-field receiver antenna is configured to be capacitively coupled at a first location on a conductive structure; wherein the near-field receiver antenna is configured to receive a near-field signal from the conductive structure through the receiver's capacitive coupling; and wherein the decoder circuit is configured to detect variations in the near-field signal.