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- This application relates generally to communication systems, and, more particularly, to systems, devices and methods to receive and transmit magnetic field communication signals.
- Examples of unwanted radiating sources include radio and television stations, and the like.
- Examples of unintentional radiating sources of unwanted electromagnetic interference (EMI) include computers, televisions, electric motors and the like.
- Examples of conducted interference sources are electric field and electromagnetic radiation conducted via electrically conductive objects such as metal, human skin and conductive liquids significantly impairing communications.
- Short range communications systems Virtually all short-range communication systems are compact, battery or RF powered and low-cost. Because of the previous requirements, most all short range communication systems are half-duplex or simplex communication systems that are capable of transmitting data in only one direction at a time.
- Embodiments of the present subject matter provide low noise amplifier and antenna designs that enhance magnetic field communications and minimize interference.
- Embodiments of the present subject matter have a number of advantages, including but not limited to: reducing common mode EMI pickup by using a differentially-driven receiver circuit; eliminating the control line to switch between transmit and receive modes; providing an adjustable communication bandwidth for the antenna; diminishing
- the circuit includes an antenna element and an electrostatic conductor.
- the antenna element has a first terminal and a second terminal.
- the electrostatic conductor is positioned to shield the antenna element from electric fields.
- the antenna element is adapted to induce a received signal at the first and second terminals when the antenna element is in a magnetic field.
- the circuit also includes a driver, a differential amplifier and a switch.
- the driver is connected to at least one of the first and second terminals to energize the antenna element with a transmitted signal.
- the differential amplifier has a first input connected to the first terminal of the antenna element and a second input connected to the second terminal of the antenna element.
- the differential amplifier has a selectable input impedance. A lower first input impedance is selected to amplify the received signal from the antenna element, and a higher second input impedance is selected to monitor the transmitted signal from the driver to provide the ability to perform self alignment and self diagnostic processes on the communication circuit.
- the switch toggles an effective input impedance for the differential amplifier between the second impedance and the first impedance.
- the circuit includes an antenna element, an amplifier circuit, a driver circuit and a control line.
- the antenna element includes a first and a second terminal, an inductive coil electrically connected to the first and the second terminals, and an electrostatic conductor to shield the inductive coil against electric fields.
- the amplifier circuit is adapted to amplify a magnetically-induced signal received by the antenna element.
- the amplifier circuit includes a differential amplifier, a first input impedance, a second input impedance, a predetermined feedback impedance and an impedance shunt.
- the differential amplifier includes a first input, a second input and an output. The first input impedance is connected between the first input of the amplifier and the first terminal of the antenna element.
- the second input impedance is connected between the second input of the amplifier and the second terminal of the antenna element.
- Each of the first input impedance and the second input ⁇ npedance includes a first element and a second element.
- the predetermined feedback impedance is connected between the output and at least one of the two inputs of the differential amplifier.
- the input impedance shunt is connected across the second element for each of the two inputs of the differential amplifier.
- the driver circuit is adapted to drive the antenna element with a transmission signal.
- the control line is connected to the input impedance shunt to selectively shunt the second element for each of the two inputs of the amplifier. The control line is used to selectively reduce an effective input impedance to the differential amplifier to receive the magnetically-induced signal received by the antenna element.
- One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for transmitting and receiving signals using an antenna element electrically connected to a driver and an amplifier.
- a first signal is transmitted from the antenna element and a second signal that was induced in the antenna, element is received.
- Transmitting the first signal includes driving the first signal through the antenna element using the driver, and monitoring the first signal through an input impedance of the amplifier.
- Receiving the second signal includes reducing the input impedance of the amplifier, and receiving the second signal at the amplifier through the reduced input impedance.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a resonant circuit for an antenna element according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a coil for an antenna element according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an antenna element according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram of a communication circuit to receive and transmit signals, according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of a communication circuit to receive and transmit signals, according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of a communication circuit to receive and transmit signals, according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- the illustrated circuit 100 includes an antenna element 102 and a low noise amplifier 104.
- the antenna element 102 includes an inductive coil 106 connected in series with a tuning capacitor 108.
- the inductive coil 106 is illustrated with its equivalent parallel parasitic capacitance 110 and two coil portions 112A and 112B.
- the inductive coil has an electric field shield 114.
- the capacitive nature of this shield 114 contributes to the parasitic capacitance of the circuit, hi various embodiments of the present subject matter, an additional capacitor 116 is connected in series with the coil 112A and 112B.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a coil for an antenna element according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- the illustrated coil 202 includes a core 218 having a high magnetic permeability surrounded by coiled wire 220.
- Various embodiments include a ferrite core 218.
- the coiled wire is covered by an insulator 222, which is covered by an electrostatic conductor 224.
- an electrostatic conductor is copper.
- the figure illustrates copper tape wrapped around the insulator.
- the copper tape functions as an electric field shield. In the presence of an electric field, the electric field shield collects a surface charge generated by the electric field.
- the coiled wire 220 is split into a first portion 112A and a second portion 112B.
- the additional capacitor 116 is connected in series between the first portion and the second portion of the coil such that the additional capacitor, the first and second portions of the coil, and the nodes between the capacitor and the first and second portions of the coil are shielded from electric fields by the electrostatic conductor.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an antenna element 302 according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- a wire conductor 320 is coiled around a core 318 having a high magnetic permeability and high electrical resistivity.
- the core includes ferrite.
- the core material includes air. Other embodiments include other core materials.
- a received magnetic field signal 326 induces a current signal 328 in the coil 320 and a transmitted current signal 328 in the coil 320 induces a magnetic field signal
- the illustrated antenna element 302 has an electrostatic conductor 314 electrically insulated from the coil 320. hi the presence of an electric field, the electrostatic conductor collects a surface charge generated by electric field. Thus, the electrostatic conductor functions as a shield against electric fields.
- the electrostatic conductor is formed as a strip that extends across the length of the coil, as shown in FIG. 3.
- the electrostatic conductor is formed as a cylindrical enclosure, such as shown in FIG. 2, for example.
- the electric field shield conductor 314 is left floating. Electrostatic surface charge collects on the conductor. Because like electrical charges naturally repel from each other, the electrostatic surface charges are distributed across the conductor.
- the electrostatic conductor when the electrostatic conductor is left floating, the voltage attributable to the electric fields is uniformly (or approximately equally) applied to each terminal 330A and 33 OB of the coil 320. As will be described in more detail below, the equal noise signal at each terminal of the coil is rejected as common mode noise by a low noise differential amplifier.
- the electric field shield conductor 314 is grounded or otherwise connected to a reference voltage such that the surface charges attributed to the electric fields are removed from the electrostatic conductor. Thus, neither one of the coil terminals 330A and 330B is significantly affected by a voltage on the electrostatic conductor.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram of a communication circuit to receive and transmit signals, according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- FIGS. 4 illustrates a block diagram of a communication circuit to receive and transmit signals, according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- the illustrated communication circuit 432 includes an antenna element 402, an amplifier circuit 404, and a transmit drive circuit 434.
- the figure also illustrates signal processing circuit 436.
- the signal processing circuit 436 includes a processor 438 to communicate with a receiver circuit 440 to receive an RF output signal 442 from the low noise differential amplifier 404 that is representative of a received signal at the antenna element 402.
- the processor 438 also communicates with a transmitter circuit 444 to send an RF input signal 446 to the transmit drive circuit 434, which in turn energizes the antenna element 404 with a signal representative of the RF input signal 446.
- the transmit drive circuit 434 functions to energize the antenna element 402 with a signal for transmission at a resonant frequency.
- the amplifier circuit 404 functions to amplify a signal in preparation for further signal processing of the signal.
- the amplifier circuit 404 is able to receive and amplify a magnetically induced signal received by the antenna element at a resonant frequency. Additionally, in various embodiments, the amplifier circuit 404 is able to receive and amplify an energizing signal transmitted by the transmit drive circuit 434 to the antenna element 402 such that the energizing signal can be monitored and allow self-alignment, tuning optimization, channel selection and self diagnostics.
- the antenna element 402, the transmit drive circuit 434, and the amplifier circuit 404 are discussed in more detail below.
- the antenna element 402 includes an inductive coil in series with a capacitor.
- the antenna element is most efficient when the antenna elements resonant frequency coincide with the desired communication frequency.
- the antenna element's resonant frequency is influenced by the inductance and capacitance of the antenna. Parasitic capacitance in the circuit also can influence the resonant frequency.
- the received magnetic field induces a current in the inductive coil and is forwarded to the low noise differential amplifier.
- the illustrated antenna element 402 includes an electric field shield 414.
- an electrostatic conductor functions as a shield for _ electric fields.
- the electrostatic conductor is insulated from windings of the coil, and thus does not shunt the magnetic field. As discussed above, the electrostatic conductor conducts electrostatic surface charge attributed to electric fields.
- the electrostatic conductor is connected to a reference potential (e.g. ground) such that the electrostatic energy is conducted away from the system antenna such that the electric field does not significantly influence the signal induced in the coil.
- the amplifier 404 need not be a differential amplifier since the electrostatic energy is removed.
- the electrostatic conductor floats (the conductor is not connected to a reference potential), and thus functions as an electrostatic equalizer. When the electrostatic conductor functions as an electrostatic equalizer, the surface charge attributed to electric fields is evenly distributed throughout the electrostatic conductor such that each terminal of the coil is equally affected by the electrostatic charge. The terminals of the coil are connected to a differential amplifier 404.
- the differential input of the amplifier rejects the common mode voltage, including voltage contributed by the electrostatic charge distributed across the electrostatic conductor.
- the amplifier 404 is a low noise differential amplifier.
- Various embodiments of the present subject matter include a low noise voltage-driven operational amplifier, and various embodiments include a low noise current-driven operational amplifier. Voltage-driven operational amplifiers and current-driven operational amplifiers are known to those skilled in the art.
- the band-pass response of the antenna circuit, and the amplifier's sensitivity to unwanted electric fields are capable of being modified by adjusting an impedance in the amplifier 404.
- the illustrated low noise differential amplifier includes an impedance switch 448, which is used to adjust an impedance of the amplifier 404 to receive a signal induced in the antenna element 402' by a magnetic field.
- the impedance switch 448 toggles an effective input impedance of the amplifier between a larger resistance and a smaller resistance.
- the impedance switch 448 toggles an effective input impedance of the amplifier between a larger resistance and a smaller resistance.
- Various embodiments of the amplifier include various arrangements of various elements that function as input and feedback impedances. Additionally, various embodiments implement an impedance switch with these various elements and configurations to adjust the band-pass response and / or gain of the amplifier as desired by actuating the switch.
- the input impedance of each input to the differential amplifier 404 includes a first element connected in series with a second element.
- the impedance switch includes a transistor that, when actuated, forms a shunt across the second element to change the effective input impedance.
- a lower first input impedance (first impedance) is formed by the first element and a lower second input impedance (second impedance) is formed by a combination of the first element (first impedance) and the second element (third impedance).
- the input impedance of each input to the differential amplifier includes a first element connected in parallel with a second element.
- the impedance switch includes a transistor that, when actuated, forms a shunt across the second element to change the effective input impedance.
- the transmit drive circuit 434 includes a transmitter driver 450, and control circuitry 452 to control the input impedance of the amplifier and to enable the transmitter driver based on whether a carrier signal is detected.
- the illustrated control circuitry includes one RF input 454 to receive an RF input signal 446, and one RF output 456 to transmit a corresponding RF signal 458 to the driver.
- At least one control output 460 is used to control the impedance switch to appropriately control the impedance of the amplifier, and to enable the transmitter drive stage via a transmit (XMIT) enable signal.
- the control circuitry 452 triggers at least one output 460 to raise the effective input impedance of the receiver amplifier via line 462 and to enable the transmitter via line 464.
- the illustrated circuit is in a transmit mode, the higher effective input impedance attenuates the input signal allowing the receiver amplifier to monitor the transmission drive signal at the antenna element allowing self alignment of the circuit. The receiver input attenuation avoids excessive circuit loading when the transmit signal is received.
- the transmitter driver is able to more efficiently drive the antenna element, and the amplifier is protected from higher voltages provided by the transmitter driver.
- the driver circuit is capable of being monitored by the receiver circuitry through the larger impedance.
- the illustrated circuitry is in a receive mode, and the control circuitry triggers the at least one output to lower the effective input attenuation of the receiver path and disables the transmitter via line 464.
- the lower effective receiver attenuation enhances the efficiency of the antenna element to receive magnetic signals and provide a corresponding signal to the amplifier.
- the illustrated circuitry is in a receive mode, the disabled transmitter is in a high impedance mode (e.g.
- the transmitter drive circuit 450 includes a differential push-pull driver stage. When enabled, the driver stage converts the transmit information into a differential output with low output impedance at antenna resonant frequency providing maximum drive current to the antenna element. In various embodiments, supply power savings is achieved by disabling one of the output stages by using a ground enable control signal 466. In various embodiments, the control circuitry or carrier detect circuitry triggers an output to provide the ground enable control signal. Disabling one of the output stages allows the RF device level to be lowered by 6dB.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of a communication circuit to receive and transmit signals, according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- the illustrated block diagram provides further detail to the block diagram of FIG. 4.
- the illustrated antenna element 502 includes a coil 512 and a tuning capacitor 508 in series with the coil 512.
- the illustrated transmitter drive circuit 534 includes a push-pull drive stage 550 and a control circuit 552 to control various operations of the circuit based on detecting an RF carrier signal.
- the illustrated amplifier 504 includes a voltage-driven amplifier 568.
- the voltage-driven operational amplifier has a very high input impedance.
- the input (R IN and Rs)and feedback (R F ) resistors set the amplifier gain and the input impedance of the amplifier.
- the band-pass response of the antenna circuit, and the amplifier's sensitivity to unwanted electric fields are capable of being modified by adjusting the input impedance and / or the feedback impedance of the voltage-driven operational amplifier.
- Input and feedback elements are appropriately selected to function with a switch to appropriately adjust the band-pass response and/or gain of the amplifier.
- the effective input impedance to the voltage- driven amp is adjustable, hi the illustrated figure, the input impedance network includes, for each input of the differential amplifier 568, a first element or input resistor (R IN ) connected in series with a second element or shuntable resistor (Rs).
- An impedance shunt 548 is formed across the shuntable resistors (Rs) such that the shuntable resistors (Rs) can be removed from the effective input impedance of the amplifier.
- Other impedance elements can be substituted to provide a desired switch-actuated adjustment to the band-pass and gain.
- the switches are formed by a transistor, such as a FET transistor, coupled in parallel across the shuntable resistors (Rs) with their gates operably connected to a control line from the carrier detect control circuitry.
- An effective short is provided by providing a potential to the gate to turn on the transistor. This is illustrated in the figures as a logic switches.
- the carrier detect control circuitry opens the shunt (e.g. turns off the transistor) such that the effective input impedance is larger to increase the energizing current to the antenna element.
- the larger effective input resistance includes both R I N and Rs for each input of the differential amplifier.
- the carrier detect control circuitry closes the shunt (e.g.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a block diagram of a communication circuit to receive and transmit signals, according to various embodiments of the present subject matter.
- the illustrated bock diagram provides further details to the block diagram of FIG. 4.
- the illustrated amplifier includes a current-driven amp.
- the current-driven amp also referred to as a current mode differential amplifier, has a very low input impedance.
- the input and feedback resistors set the amplifier gain and the input impedance.
- the band-pass response of the antenna circuit, and the amplifier's sensitivity to unwanted electric fields, are capable of being modified by adjusting the input impedance and/or feedback impedance of the current- driven operational amplifier. Input and feedback elements are appropriately selected to function with a switch to appropriately adjust the band-pass response and/or gain of the amplifier.
- the effective input impedance to the current-driven amp is adjustable using the impedance shunt.
- the present subject matter is capable of being incorporated in a variety of near-field communication systems and technology that use such near-field communication systems such as hearing aids.
- the present subject matter is capable of being used in hearing aids such as in-the-ear, half-shell and in-the-canal styles of hearing aids, as well as for behind-the-ear hearing aids.
- hearing aids such as in-the-ear, half-shell and in-the-canal styles of hearing aids, as well as for behind-the-ear hearing aids.
- the method aspects of the present subject matter using the figures presented and discussed in detail above.
- specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that any arrangement which is calculated to achieve the same purpose may be substituted for the specific embodiment shown.
- This application is intended to cover adaptations or variations of the present subject matter. It is to be understood that the above description is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. Combinations of the above embodiments, and other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description.
- the scope of the present subject matter should be determined with reference to the appended claims, along with the full scope of legal
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