Device and method for processing a near-field communication
AssigneeOrange
InventorsPhilippe Michel Levionnais, Olivier Lepetit, Romain Huet
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Abstract
A method and device for processing a near-field communication. The device includes: at least one near-field communication antenna intended to receive a near-field electromagnetic signal and having at least one end; a switching member connected to the end of the antenna; and a controller able to receive the antenna signals and control the switching member. The switching member is able to disconnect the end of the antenna when it receives a first switching command, called an IBC command.
Claims15
A near-field communication processing device comprising:
- at least one near-field communication antenna intended to receive a near-field electromagnetic signal and comprising a first end;
- a switching member connected to said first end of the antenna;
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- a controller able to receive signals from the antenna and control the switching member,
- the switching member being configured to disconnect said first end of the antenna from a ground, so that said first end is floating, in response to receiving a first switching command, called an Intra-Body Communication (IBC) command, from the controller, and
- the switching member being arranged, when the switching member is closed, to connect said first end of the antenna to the ground.
A method for processing near-field communication on a terminal comprising a near-field communication processing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a near-field electromagnetic signal by at least one near-field communication antenna comprising a first end;
- in response to the at least one near-field antenna receiving the near-field electromagnetic signal, issuing by a controller a first switching command, called an Intra-Body Communication (IBC) command, to a switching member, which is connected to said first end of the antenna, the switching member being arranged, when the switching member is closed, to connect said first end of the antenna to the ground;
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- in response to the IBC command, the switching member disconnecting the first end of the at least one near-field communication antenna from the ground so that the first end is floating.
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