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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Sung-rock Cheon, Seoul, KR;
Jae-sic Jeon, Seoul, KR;
O-hyon Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Joo-sik Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Rock Cheon, Seoul, KR;
Jae-Sic Jeon, Seoul, KR;
O-Hyon Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Joo-Sik Lee, Seoul, KR;
SK Planet Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are an external device for a mobile communication terminal, which enables non-contact NFC with the outside through a Near Field Communication (NFC) unit, and an NFC method using the external device. The external device for a mobile communication terminal includes a serial communication unit, an NFC unit, a smart card unit and an antenna. The serial communication unit is connected to a mobile communication terminal body through a connector. The NFC unit communicates with the mobile communication terminal body through the serial communication unit and communicates with the outside via non-contact NFC. The smart card unit communicates with the NFC unit. The antenna is configured such that the NFC unit transmits/receives signals via non-contact NFC through the antenna.