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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Peter Symons, Wokingham, GB;
Peter Symons, Wokingham, GB;
Broadcom Europe Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A NFC communications enabled device has a data store to store data, an inductive coupler to couple inductively with the magnetic field of a radio frequency signal and a signal supplier to supply a radio frequency signal to the inductive coupler. A modulator modulates a radio frequency signal in accordance with data and a demodulator extracts data from a modulated radio frequency signal inductively coupled to the coupler. A controller enables the NFC communications enabled device both to initiate near field radio frequency communication with another near field RF communicator and to respond to near field radio frequency communication initiated by another near field RF communicator. The inductive coupler has an antenna and a variable impedance element. The controller is configured to control the variable impedance element to control a magnetic field strength associated with a radio frequency signal supplied by the signal supplier.