Key unit

A key unit that locks and unlocks a target by transmitting a signal to a locking and unlocking device, the key unit comprising:

• a substrate on which a reception circuit that receives a request signal transmitted in a first frequency band from the locking and unlocking device via a reception antenna is mounted, the request signal being a polling signal;
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• a housing configured to accommodate the substrate, the housing having a first inner surface and an opposing second inner surface,
• wherein in a case where the substrate is accommodated in the housing, the reception antenna is mounted on a first surface that is one of a front surface of the substrate and a back surface of the substrate, the first surface being on a side closer to the first inner surface of the housing, the first surface facing the first inner surface, the reception antenna has a mounting surface facing the first surface and an opposite outer surface, wherein:
• a power supply circuit is mounted on a second surface that is the other one of the front surface of the substrate and the back surface of the substrate, the second surface being on a side further away from the first inner surface of the housing compared to the one surface, the second surface facing the second inner surface, the second surface facing the second inner surface, the power supply circuit has a mounting surface facing the second surface and an outer surface;
• the power supply circuit is mounted on a first region of the substrate, the first region including a first side of the substrate;
• the reception antenna is mounted on a second region of the substrate, the second region including a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side;
• on the substrate, a communication circuit that performs short-range wireless communication with a portable terminal is mounted on the first region;
• the substrate includes a controller configured to authenticate the portable terminal based on information acquired from the portable terminal;
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• a distance between the outer surface of the reception antenna and the first inner surface is less than a distance between the outer surface of the power supply circuit and the second inner surface.

A key unit that locks and unlocks a target by transmitting a signal to a locking and unlocking device, the key unit comprising:

• a substrate on which a power supply circuit and a reception circuit that receives a request signal transmitted in a first frequency band from the locking and unlocking device via a reception antenna are mounted, the request signal being a polling signal;
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• a housing configured to accommodate the substrate, the housing having a first inner surface and an opposing second inner surface, wherein:
• among parts associated with the power supply circuit, a part having a highest height from a substrate surface is mounted on a first surface of the substrate, the first surface facing the first inner surface, the part having the highest height has a mounting surface facing the first surface and an opposite outer surface;
• the reception antenna is mounted on a second surface of the substrate which is a surface on an opposite side to the first surface, the second surface facing the second inner surface, the reception antenna has a mounting surface facing the second surface and an opposite outer surface;
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• in a case where the substrate is accommodated in the housing, a distance from the outer surface of the reception antenna to the second inner surface of the housing is shorter than a distance from the outer surface of the part having the highest height to the first inner surface of the housing, wherein:
• the power supply circuit is mounted on a first region of the substrate, the first region including a first side of the substrate;
• the reception antenna is mounted on a second region of the substrate, the second region including a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side;
• on the substrate, a communication circuit that performs short-range wireless communication with a portable terminal is mounted on the first region;
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• the substrate includes a controller configured to authenticate the portable terminal based on information acquired from the portable terminal.