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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Anthony McFarthing, Ely, GB;
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/02 (2006.01); H04B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/0012 (2013.01); H04B 5/0081 (2013.01); H04B 5/02 (2013.01); H04B 13/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques to enable near field communication using electric field (E-field) are proposed. When the wavelength of a signal is long relative to the human body, the human body can behave as a conductive hollow cylinder. By capacitively coupling the human body with a transmitter and/or a receiver, the human body itself can be used as a communication medium.