The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Werner Ziegler, Heilbronn, DE;
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 5/22 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01); H02J 5/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10009 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); H02J 5/005 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00611 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a passive transponder comprising a first circuit comprising a first attenuator, the first circuit configured to receive a first signal from at least one base station and coupled to a first node, a first rectifier coupled to the first node, the first rectifier configured in a forward direction to charge a first capacitor, and the first capacitor coupled to the first rectifier, the first capacitor configured to receive a charge from the attenuator sufficient for powering the passive transponder.