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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Alastair Lefley, Kemble, GB;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication device for communicating in the near-field via active load modulation. The device including an antenna configured to receive a magnetic field, a recovery device configured to recover a clock from the magnetic field, and a multiplexer configured to receive the recovered clock and a reference clock, and to output one of the recovered clock and the reference clock based on a current operational state of the wireless communication device, The wireless communication device further including a shunt regulator configured to produce the active load modulation by modulating an impedance of the wireless communication device, a phase-locked loop (PLL) configured to receive one of the recovered clock and the reference clock and to utilize the received clock to control the active load modulation, and a driver configured to contribute to the active load modulation by adjusting an amplitude of a voltage across the antenna.