# US 2018/0025189 A1 · Signal processing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0025189 A1 - Document ID: US20180025189A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/549,916 - Filed: 2015-02-19 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-19 - Assignees: Pezy Computing K.K. - Applicants: PEZY Computing K.K. - Inventors: Motoaki SAITO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025189A1 ## CPC - G06K 7/10178: {including auxiliary means for focusing, repeating or boosting the electromagnetic interrogation field (comparable booster antennas integrated on the record carrier itself G06K19/07794)} - H04B 5/263: {Multiple coils at either side} - H04B 5/48: Transceivers - H10W 44/501: {Inductive arrangements (H10W44/20 takes precedence)} - H10W 70/611: {for connecting multiple chips together} - H10W 70/635: {Through-vias} - H10W 90/00: Package configurations - H10W 90/293: {characterised by non-galvanic coupling between the chips, e.g. capacitive coupling} - H10W 20/497: {Inductive arrangements or effects of, or between, wiring layers} - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract The purpose of the present invention is to provide a signal processing device that performs processing suitable for a signal processing device that transmits and receives signals without contact. A signal processing device is provided with a plurality of signal transmission/reception units, a plurality of signal processing units, and a signal distribution unit. The signal transmission/reception units can transmit and receive signals, without contact, between signal processing device-side signal transmission/reception units. Reception signals received by the signal transmission/reception units are inputted to the signal distribution unit. Output signals outputted by the signal processing units are inputted to the signal distribution unit. The signal distribution unit can output the reception signals to the signal processing units, and can output the output signals to the signal transmission/reception units. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A signal processing device comprising: a plurality of signal transmission/reception units; a plurality of signal processing units; and a signal distribution unit that is electrically connected to the plurality of signal transmission/reception units and is electrically connected to the plurality of signal processing units, wherein each of the plurality of signal transmission/reception units can transmit and receive signals to and from a signal processing device-side signal transmission/reception unit outside of the signal processing device without contact, a reception signal received by each of the plurality of signal transmission/reception units is inputted to the signal distribution unit, an output signal outputted by each of the plurality of signal processing units is inputted to the signal distribution unit, and the signal distribution unit can output the reception signal to each of the plurality of signal processing units and can output the output signal to each of the plurality of signal transmission/reception units. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The signal processing device according to claim 1, wherein the reception signal includes a first reception signal, the plurality of signal processing units includes a first signal processing unit, and the signal distribution unit can output the first reception signal to the first signal processing unit such that the first signal processing unit can process the first reception signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The signal processing device according to claim 2, wherein the first signal processing unit can process a signal including first identification data, and the signal distribution unit can output the first reception signal to the first signal processing unit such that the first signal processing unit can process the first reception signal by outputting the first reception signal to the first signal processing unit when the first reception signal includes the first identification data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The signal processing device according to claim 2, further comprising a signal distribution instruction unit, wherein the signal distribution unit has a plurality of switches, the signal distribution instruction unit outputs a switch open/close instruction signal for instructing open/close state of each of the plurality of switches, and the signal distribution unit outputs the first reception signal to the first signal processing unit such that the first signal processing unit can process the first reception signal by opening and closing the plurality of switches based on the switch open/close instruction signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The signal processing device according to claim 1, wherein the output signal includes a second output signal, the plurality of signal processing units includes a second signal processing unit that outputs the second output signal, and the signal distribution unit outputs the second output signal to, among the plurality of signal transmission/reception units, at least one signal transmission/reception unit that can transmit and receive signals to and from an external signal processing unit that can process the second output signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The signal processing device according to claim 5, wherein the external signal processing unit can process a signal including second identification data, and the signal distribution unit outputs the second output signal to the at least one signal transmission/reception unit by outputting the second output signal to the at least one signal transmission/reception unit when the second output signal includes the second identification data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The signal processing device according to claim 5, further comprising a signal distribution instruction unit, wherein the signal distribution unit has a plurality of switches, the signal distribution instruction unit outputs a switch open/close instruction signal for instructing open/close state of each of the plurality of switches, and the signal distribution unit outputs the second output signal to the at least one signal transmission/reception unit by opening and closing the plurality of switches based on the switch open/close instruction signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The signal processing device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of signal transmission/reception units are signal transmission/reception coils formed by wires, and the signal transmission/reception coils can transmit and receive signals to and from an external signal transmission/reception unit by inductive coupling. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A signal processing system comprising: the signal processing device according to claim 1; an interposer unit that has a plurality of signal processing device-side signal transmission/reception units as the plurality of external signal transmission/reception units and a plurality of signal processing unit-side signal transmission/reception units that are electrically connected to the plurality of signal processing device-side signal transmission/reception units; and an external signal processing unit that can transmit and receive signals to and from the plurality of signal processing unit-side signal transmission/reception units without contact, wherein the signal processing device and the external signal processing unit transmit and receive signals to and from each other via the interposer unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A signal processing system comprising: the signal processing device according to claim 1; and an external signal processing unit that has a plurality of external signal processing unit signal transmission/reception units as the plurality of external signal transmission/reception units, and transmits and receives signals to and from the signal processing device without contact.