EP0814390A2 - Elektronisches Gerät - Google Patents

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EP0814390A2
EP0814390A2 EP97304219A EP97304219A EP0814390A2 EP 0814390 A2 EP0814390 A2 EP 0814390A2 EP 97304219 A EP97304219 A EP 97304219A EP 97304219 A EP97304219 A EP 97304219A EP 0814390 A2 EP0814390 A2 EP 0814390A2
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Yutaka Saitoh
Fumiyasu Utsunomiya
Koei Ozaki
Hirokazu Ikeda
Toshiaki Narukawa
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G21/00—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces
    • G04G21/04—Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces using radio waves
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    • G04R—RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES
    • G04R20/00—Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal
    • G04R20/08—Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal the radio signal being broadcast from a long-wave call sign, e.g. DCF77, JJY40, JJY60, MSF60 or WWVB
    • G04R20/10—Tuning or receiving; Circuits therefor
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04R—RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES
    • G04R20/00—Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal
    • G04R20/08—Setting the time according to the time information carried or implied by the radio signal the radio signal being broadcast from a long-wave call sign, e.g. DCF77, JJY40, JJY60, MSF60 or WWVB
    • G04R20/12—Decoding time data; Circuits therefor
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04R—RADIO-CONTROLLED TIME-PIECES
    • G04R60/00—Constructional details
    • G04R60/06—Antennas attached to or integrated in clock or watch bodies
    • G04R60/08—Antennas attached to or integrated in clock or watch bodies inside bezels
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/273—Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals

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  • the present invention provides a technology for realising new high performance portable electronic equipment featuring small size, low cost, and low power consumption.
  • Fig. 20A is a view showing external appearance of a wrist watch based on an analog pointer which is a conventional type of electric wave clock (generic name of clocks and electronic equipment having a function to receive an electronic wave indicating a standard time to correct a time display).
  • an analog pointer which is a conventional type of electric wave clock (generic name of clocks and electronic equipment having a function to receive an electronic wave indicating a standard time to correct a time display).
  • This figure shows a state where a conventional type of coil antenna 17003 based on a ferrite bar system is accommodated in a non-metallic antenna case (housing) 17001 placed in an upper section of a dial plate.
  • Fig. 20B is a view showing appearance of a coil antenna based on the ferrite bar system in the conventional type of electric wave clock.
  • This figure shows a state where coil winding 17005 is wound around a ferrite bar (core) 17006 by several hundred turns.
  • An outer diameter 17004 of the coil winding is in a range from several millimeters up to 10 mm ⁇ , and a length 17007 of the ferrite bar is in a range from 1 cm at the shortest up to several centimetres at the longest
  • Fig. 20C is a cross-sectional view of the conventional type of coil antenna based on a ferrite bar system described above.
  • a dimension of an outer diameter of the coil winding is designated at the reference numeral 17008 a dimension of an outer diameter of the coil winding, at 17009 a dimension of a diameter of the ferrite bar, at 17010 the ferrite bar, at 17014 a dimension of the ferrite bar in the longitudinal direction, at 17011 a dimension of the ferrite bar in the longitudinal direction with the coil winding 17012 wound therearound and at 17013 effect of state of passing magnetic flux through change in a magnetic field caused by an electric wave.
  • Fig. 21 is a system block diagram showing a receiving circuit of a conventional type of electric wave clock.
  • a coil (L element and inductance element) 18005 in an antenna section 18004 comprises a capacitor (C element) 18006 and an L/C resonance circuit, takes out change in a magnetic field caused by an electric wave as an electric power, and sends a signal via a power amplifying circuit section 18001 and a tuning circuit section 18002 in the downstream side therefrom to a signal processing circuit in the further downstream side therefrom, and herein the tuning circuit section has generally a reference oscillation circuit section 18003 and is based on the heterodine configuration.
  • the type of antenna is based on a magnetic field to power conversion system using a coil winding antenna, and to secure a certain degree of sensitivity (such as, for instance, a radius of 500 km in case of JG2AS, 40 kHz, and 1 kw transmission), a certain cross-sectional area decided by a diameter 17009 of the ferrite bar shown in Fig. 20C is required against the passing magnetic flux 17013 shown in Fig. 20C, and at the same time the number of turns of the coil winding must be several hundred turns (at least 200 turns).
  • a certain degree of sensitivity such as, for instance, a radius of 500 km in case of JG2AS, 40 kHz, and 1 kw transmission
  • a certain cross-sectional area decided by a diameter 17009 of the ferrite bar shown in Fig. 20C is required against the passing magnetic flux 17013 shown in Fig. 20C, and at the same time the number of turns of the coil winding must be several hundred turns (at least 200 turns).
  • Length 17014 of the ferrite bar shown in Fig. 20C itself is not an important parameter.
  • this type of antenna is based on a conversion system from a magnetic field to an electric power, and the impedance decided by the total number of turns of the coil winding can not be so large, which means that a diameter of the coil winding can not be so small. For this reason, in a case where a dimension 17011 of a total length of the coil winding in Fig. 20C is short, then an outer diameter 17008 of the coil winding in Fig. 20c becomes larger. In the current state of art, in the state as shown in Fig.
  • the circuit scale becomes substantially large, which causes not only cost increase, but also increase in power consumption.
  • this invention provides electronic equipment comprising:
  • this invention provides electronic equipment comprising:
  • this invention provides electronic equipment comprising:
  • the differential amplifier, comparator and electric change container can form part of the decoding circuit.
  • this invention provides electronic equipment comprising:
  • a Hall element is used in place of a winding coil in the antenna section.
  • a Hall element is used as an antenna as described above, as a receiving circuit, and in place of the conventional type of system comprising the steps of taking out an electric power, amplifying the electric power, and then tuning the power, there is employed a circuit means comprising the steps of detecting a change in a magnetic field, detecting change in reluctance (Hall effect), detecting change in a voltage, taking out the voltage change, amplifying the voltage change, and filtering the amplified voltage (active filter).
  • a charge amplifier is used for amplifying voltage change, and further a receiving circuit is used in which tuning is executed with an analog filter (FIR) comprising an analog memory (sample-and-hold) having a circulating type of shift register and a comparator.
  • FIR analog filter
  • a charge amplifier for amplifying voltage change is used in a decode circuit for decoding signals superimposed on electric waves, and decoding is executed by the analog filter comprising an analog memory (sample-and-hold) having a circulating type of shift register and a comparator.
  • the antenna section comprises magnetic reluctance elements.
  • Fig. 1A is a system block diagram showing a Hall element antenna and a receiving circuit 1001 in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • designated at the reference numeral 1002 is a Hall element antenna according to the present invention, at 1003 an input terminal, at 1004 an FET amplifier (AMP) circuit section (where the power is amplified by around 30 dB), at 1005 a flat amplifier circuit section (where the power is further amplified by around 30 dB), at 1006 an active filter circuit section (where the power is further amplified by around 20 to 25 dB.
  • the total amplification factor is around 85 dB.
  • the selectivity; Q 10 to 30, at 1007 a node 1, at 1008 a wave detecting section (for detecting, biasing, and rectifying electric waves), at 1009 an output terminal.
  • Fig. 1B shows a signal waveform at the node 1 1007 in Fig. 1A.
  • Fig. 1C shows a signal waveform at the output terminal 1009 in Fig. 1A.
  • JG2AS is transmitted from Nazaki Transmission Center in Miwa-Machi, Ibaraki Prefecture with the frequency of 40 kHz and a power of 1 kw.
  • the signal format is described in detail later, but is based on coding processing with ASK coding (Amplitude Shift Keying) . Accordingly, the signal as shown in Fig. 1B is required to be transmitted with a rectangular wave as shown in Fig. 1C in the final stage. Logically, the signal is used after being inverted once by an inverter.
  • Fig. 2 is a detailed circuit diagram showing the Hall element antenna and a receiving circuit 2001 (equivalent to the receiving circuit 1001 in Fig. 1A) in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • This circuit comprises a Hall element antenna section 2016 with constant current bias 2003 added to the Hall element therein; an input terminal 2017 connected to the Hall element; an FET amplifier (AMP) circuit 2019 (equivalent to the circuit 1004 in Fig. 1) in which a resistor 2018; a JFET (junction, J; FET) 2020 and a constant current bias 2004 having a same value as that of a constant current bias added to the Hall element are connected to each other as shown in the figure; a flat amplifier (AMP) circuit section 2005 (equivalent to the section 1005 in Fig.
  • AMP flat amplifier
  • a serial capacitance (coupling capacitance, a coupling capacitor) 2021, an NPN transistor 2022, a resistor 2011, a resistor 2012, and a resistor 2013 are connected as shown in the figure
  • an active filter circuit section 2002 (equivalent to the section 1006 in Fig. 1A) ) in which a serial capacitance (coupling capacitance), an NPN transistor 2025, a resistor 2026, a resistor 2027, a resistor 2028, a capacitance 2007, a capacitance 2008, and a resistor 2014 are connected as shown in the figure
  • a wave detecting circuit section (for detecting, biasing, and rectifying waveforms) 2010 (equivalent to the section 1008 in Fig.
  • a serial capacitance 2015, a diode 2029, a resistor 2030, a capacitance 2031, an NPN transistor 2032, and a resistor 2033 are connected as shown in the figure; an output terminal 2034; a Vdd terminal 2035; and a GND terminal 2036.
  • a capacitance 2023 is provided between the Vdd 2006 and GND.
  • the reference numeral 2024 indicates a serial capacitance.
  • Fig. 17 is a detailed circuit diagram showing a case where the flat amplifier circuit section 2005 and the active filter circuit section 2002 in Embodiment 1 of the present invention as shown in Fig. 2 are realised with another configuration.
  • noises are cut off to some extent by the active noise filter circuit section 19002, and noises are further cut off by the crystal filter section 19003, so that a signal with few noises can be outputted to the wave detecting circuit.
  • Fig. 18 is a detailed circuit diagram showing a case where the flat amplifier circuit section 2005 and the active filter circuit section 2002 in Embodiment 1 of the present invention as shown in Fig. 2 are realised with a CMOS inverter respectively.
  • a power source for each CMOS inverter is connected to the Vdd terminal 2035 in Fig. 2.
  • CMOS inverters As described above, as CMOS inverters are used in this configuration, power consumption is low, and further as noises are cut off to some extent in the active filter circuit section and are further cut off in the crystal filter, an output signal with low noise can be outputted to the wave detecting circuit.
  • the receiving circuit 2001 in Embodiment 1 described above can effectively receive signals also from a coil antenna, and that an amplifier circuit section may be added to each section and an amplifier section in each section may be removed according to an output signal level from the Hall element antenna or the coil antenna, or an input signal level required for the wave detecting circuit.
  • Fig. 3A and Fig. 3B are a simulated view (a) for illustrating operation of the Hall element in Embodiment 1 of the present invention and a graph (b) showing the electric characteristics thereof respectively.
  • the Hall element obtains a voltage which appears at a terminal crossing a bias current Ic at right angles when the bias current Ic as shown in the figure is flowing through a semiconductor pellet 3003 made of such a material as InSb (indium/antimony), GaAs (gallium/arsenic) or Si (Silicon), and when a magnetic flux B 3002 is loaded in the positional relation as shown in the figure, namely a Hall voltage V H , and the Hall voltage V H increases in proportion to the magnetic flux density B and also increases in proportion to the bias current Ic.
  • a reluctance (factor) of a Hall element (semiconductor) changes according to magnetic flux density B.
  • the reluctance change (Hall effect) is converted to a voltage change signal by the circuit configuration in the Hall element antenna section 2016 in Fig. 2 as well as by the resistor 2018, then the voltage (it may be called transimpedance herein) is once amplified in the FET 2020 and then changed into a differential signal by the serial capacitance 2021 and further amplified, and then signal selection (tuning) is executed in the active filter circuit section 2002. Thcn wave detection and wave rectification are executed.
  • the Hall element according to the present invention makes use of the attenuation characteristics (up to around 100 kHz) of a response speed against change of a magnetic field in the Hall element.
  • Fig. 4 is a time code waveform of an electric wave for the standard time (in Japan) in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • JG2AS is an ASK coded signal with the frequency of 40 kHz, but the signal as one cycle is 1 sec, and as a code a signal for 1 is 0.5 sec, and a signal for 0 is 0.8 sec, and a signal for P is 0.2 sec each for coding.
  • Information on minute, hour, and days is transmitted as a combination of these signals for 1, 0, and P.
  • a frequency of the clock signal is 40 kHz, but the frequency is 77.5 kHz in Germany, and 60.0 kHz in England, but in the present invention, only some of constants for the active filter circuit section are required to be selectable, and there is no need for changing constants for the antenna section itself like in the L/C resonance type of antenna, which means that the Hall element antenna is more excellent as compared to the L/C resonance type of antenna.
  • the processing system for coding for 1, 0 and P varies from country to country, but it is needless to say that the means with a digital circuit using a microcomputer (CPU) in a section after the wave detecting circuit section can quite easily to allow for variations in coding.
  • Fig. 5A is a view showing external appearance of a wrist watch 5002 based on the analog pointer system for an electric wave clock realised with the Hall element antenna and receiving circuit in Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • Fig. 5B is a view showing external appearance of the Hall element antenna section in Embodiment 1 of the present invention, This section is accommodated in the antenna case section 5001 shown in Fig. 5A.
  • practically ferrite (or other ferromagnetic body) disks 5003, 5005 each having a diameter 5006 of several millimetres are stacked at both sides of the Hall element 5007, and the thickness 5004 is several millimetres.
  • Fig. 5C is a cross-sectional view showing a portion of the Hall element antenna section according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
  • An area of the cross section decided by a diameter 5008 of a ferrite disk 5009 through which a magnetic flux 5013 passes decides the sensitivity, so that a diameter 5008 of several millimetres is enough, and at the same time the length does not increase like in a coil antenna (for the reasons as described above), and also the thickness of the antenna as a whole is within several millimetres. Accordingly, as shown by the wrist watch shown in Fig. 5A as an example thereof, it is understood that restrictions in designing are largely reduced as compared with those in the conventional technology because a volume ratio of the antenna section against a total volume of a watch as a whole can substantially be reduced.
  • a Hall element antenna is accommodated not in the section like that shown in Fig. 5A, but in other sections.
  • designated at the reference numeral 5012 is a ferrite disk, at 5011 a Hall element chip (pellet), and at 5010 a housing case (package) for the Hall element.
  • Fig. 6 is a system block diagram showing a receiving circuit 6001 for an electric wave clock according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • the reference numeral 6018 indicates a block diagram showing a charge amplifier (for amplifying signals) in the receiving circuit and a signal identifying circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • This symbol is hereinafter called a charge amplifier in the present specification] 6012, a feedback capacitance (0.2 pF) 6011, a switch element (Although this type of switch symbol is used for simplifying description of the system, actually a transmission gate comprising a MOS transistor is used) 6002, a feedback capacitance 6015, a switch element 6014, a charge amplifier (x 10-times amplifier) 6016, a coupling capacitance (2.0 pF) 6013, a comparator circuit section 6019, a shift register circuit section (8 stages) 6021, a 40 kHz clock circuit section (It is recommended that the clock circuit section has the configuration in which a frequency can be switched according to an area such as, for instance, Japan or Germany) 6017, a sample-and-hold (analog memory) circuit section 6023, an output control circuit section 6025, and a buffer circuit 6028 are connected to each other by, in addition to the regular signal lines through which received signals flow, hit signal lines 6020 and 6027, a reset signal
  • both the conventional type of coil antenna as shown in the figure and the analog amplifier-and-filter circuit according to Embodiment 2 operate effectively, and also a combination of the Hall element antenna according to Embodiment 1 therewith is effective.
  • a receiving circuit with lower power consumption can be realised by matching to the selectivity characteristics in the Hall element antenna.
  • Fig. 7 is a circuit diagram showing a charge amplifier circuit section 7002 (equivalent to thc circuits 6012, 6016 in Fig. 6, circuits 8009, 8011 in Fig. 8, circuit 12004 in Fig. 12, and circuits 15012, 15014 in Fig. 15) in the analog amplifier-and-filter circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • the circuit has a Vdd terminal 7001 as well as the configuration in which a P-channel type of MOS transistor (PMOS) 7004, a PMOS 7003, an N-channel type of MOS transistor (NMOS) 7006, an NMOS 7005, and an NMOS 7009 are connected to each other as shown in the figure, and also the circuit has a GND terminal 7010 and a Vref input terminal 7011 as well as the configuration in which a Vref voltage 7013 is connected to the Vref input terminal in the state where a depression type of NMOS 7012 and an enhancement type of NMOS 7014 are connected to a differential amplifier comprising a signal input terminal 7007.
  • the reference numeral 7008 indicates an output terminal.
  • Fig. 8 is a circuit diagram showing a comparator circuit 8001 (equivalent to the circuit 6019 in Fig. 6 and the circuit 15004 in Fig. 15) in the analog amplifier-and-filter circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • This comparator circuit section 8001 has an input terminal 8007 as well as the configuration in which a coupling capacitance (0.2 to 1.4 pF) 8008, a charge amplifier 8009, a feedback capacitance (0.2 pF) 8005, a switch element 8003, a switch element 8004, a reset signal line 8002 working on the switch elements, a feedback capacitance (0.2 pF) 8006, a coupling capacitance (1.0 pF) 8010, a charge amplifier 8011, a trigate inverter (INV1, Vth ⁇ Vdd/2) 8012, a trigate inverter (INV2, Vth > Vdd/2) 8013, an inverter 8014, and an exclusive OR (EOR) circuit 8015 are connected as shown in
  • Fig. 19 is a detailed circuit diagram showing a case where a sample hold signal input terminal 21001 for receiving a sample hold signal input 21002 and a switch element 21003 operating in synchronism to the sample hold signal are added to the comparator circuit section 8001 in the analog amplifier-and-filter circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention as shown in Fig. 8.
  • Fig. 10 is a circuit diagram showing a sample-and-hold (analog memory) circuit section 10003 (equivalent to the circuit 6023 in Fig. 6 and to the circuit 15015 in Fig. 15) in the analog amplifier-and-filter circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • This sample-and-hold circuit section 10003 has a signal input terminal 10001 as well as the configuration in which a plurality (8 stages herein) of Write switch elements (Write for signal write) 10002, a capacitor 10004 for storing and maintaining a plurality of data (analog values), a plurality of SEL switch elements (SEL: Select for signal read or output) 10006, a Write address line 10005, a SEL address line 10007, a circulating type of (free-run) shift register (8 stages). (The number of stages should be increased more for higher data resolution) 10009 are connected as shown in the figure, and the sample-and-hold circuit 10003 also has a signal output terminal 10008, a SEL signal input terminal 10011, and a clock signal input terminal 10010.
  • Fig. 11 is a detailed circuit diagram for 1 bit in the sample-and-hold circuit section 10003 in the analog amplifier-and-filter circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • designated at the reference numeral 11034 is an input signal, at 11013 a switch element, at 11012 a switch element, at 11016 a PMOS, at 11014 a Write address line, at 11015 a capacitance (1.0 pF), at 11026 a switch element, at 11027 a PMOS, at 11017 an NMOS, at 11019 an NMOS, at 11025 an OUT-A output (current) terminal, at 11028 an NMOS, at 11029 an NNOS, at 11033 an OUT-A output (current) terminal, at 11022 a SEL signal input, at 11023 an OUT-A address signal input, at 11024 an OUT-B address signal input, at 11018 a switch element, at 11020 a switch element, at 11021 a SEL-A signal line, at 11030 a switch element,
  • Fig. 9 is a simulated view showing waveform computing for 1 bit in the sample-and-hold circuit 10003 in the analog amplifier-and-filter circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • two samples 9003, 9004 closest to a sample (data, value) for the i-th sample of the analog signal waveform 9008 are samples (i-2) and (i-1) and the values are Ai-2 and Ai-1
  • the average value is outputted to OUT-A output terminal 11025 shown in Fig. 10.
  • V voltage
  • I current
  • Fig. 12 is a circuit diagram showing a buffer circuit 12001 (equivalent to the circuit 6028 in Fig. 6 and to the circuit 15021 in Fig. 15) in the analog amplifier-and-filter circuit according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
  • the buffer circuit 12001 has the configuration in which PMOS 12002, resistors 12012 and 12013, Vref (2.5 V) 12011, a charge amplifier 12004, an NMOS 12003, a constant current source 12005, switch elements 12009 and 12010 are connected as shown in the figure, and the buffer circuit 12001 also has an output terminal 12006 (Herein, as all the Vout-A or Vout-B again converted to a voltage, and the systems A and B described above are buffer circuits, so that they are displayed with a common sign), and a SEL signal input terminal 12007.
  • the reference numeral 12008 indicates an output signal OUT-A or OUT-B from the sample-and-hold circuit. Because of the configuration as described above, only a significant hit signal is selected, and further only a significant signal element synchronised to the frequency of 40 kHz is buffered, so that further power saving can be realised.
  • Fig. 13 is a graph showing an FM multiplex broadcast base-band spectrum for explaining a receiving circuit and a decoder circuit for a receptor according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
  • a wrist watch receiving a signal carried on electric wave and playing some functions, there is a so-called receptor having an appearance similar to that of the electric wave clock described above. Also this receptor receives electric waves and performs some functions, but the functions are slightly different from those of an electric wave clock, and information delivered by a sub-carrier multiplexed on an electric wave for FM broadcasting (Carrier: Several tens MHZ to 200 MHz) plays, for instance, a role of paging function (pocket-bell function).
  • a spectrum allocated to the receptor is a sub-carrier multiplexed centring on a frequency of 66.5 kHz as shown in Fig. 13.
  • a technological object of this receptor equipment is to accurately decode the sub-carrier with low power consumption.
  • Fig. 14 is a system block diagram for illustrating a receiving circuit for a receptor according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
  • This receiving circuit has an antenna 14001, an RF (radio) circuit block 14002; has a sub-carrier decoding circuit block 14004 comprising an A/D converter circuit section 14005, a timing circuit section 14009, a digital filter circuit section 14006, a wave detecting circuit section 14007, a protocol decoder circuit section 14008; and also has a CPU circuit block 14011 built with a CPU 14012 at the centre.
  • a Base-band signal fetched into the RF circuit block (base-band signal like 14003) is at first converted to a digital signal by the A/D converter 14005 simultaneously when the signal goes into the decoder circuit block 14004, and then the signal is subjected to processing (such as decoding).
  • This system configuration is based on the so-called DSP (Digital Signal Processing) system with a number of processing stages (resulting in a large circuit scale and high cost), so that large clock noise is generated (so that a further deeply structured circuit configuration is required for filtering), resulting in high power consumption (as the entire system is operating according to a high-speed clock).
  • DSP Digital Signal Processing
  • Fig. 15 is a system block diagram 15001 showing a sub-carrier decoding circuit for the receptor according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
  • the sub-carrier circuit has the configuration in which coupling capacitances 15011 and 15013, charge amplifiers 15012 and 15014, feedback capacitances 15007 and 15008, switch elements 15002 and 15003, a clock oscillator (a central frequency of 66.5 kHz of a sub-carrier for the receptor) 15019, a comparator circuit section 15004, a shift register 15006, a sample-and-hold circuit section 15015, an output control circuit section 15033, a buffer circuit section 15021, an AM-PSK (AM; Amplitude Modulation, PSK: Phase Shift Keying) wave-detecting circuit section 15022, a protocol decoder circuit section 15023, and a CPU interface circuit section 15024 are connected by, in addition to a signal line through which a base-band signal 15031 basically passes, hit signal lines 15005 and 15010, a reset signal line 15009,
  • a data output terminal at 15026 a CS terminal, at 15027 a WR terminal, at 15028 an INT terminal, and at 15029 a SLEEP terminal.
  • a section at the left from the dotted line 15030 is an analog signal stage, and at the right therefrom a digital signal stage.
  • Processing up to decoding is executed with an analog FIR filter in this analog signal stage, and wave detection and conversion of the signal to digital signal waveform are executed simultaneously in said AM-PSK wave detecting circuit (which may have the configuration like that of the wave detecting circuit in Embodiment 1), and the further processing is executed in the digital signal stage.
  • AM-PSK wave detecting circuit which may have the configuration like that of the wave detecting circuit in Embodiment 1
  • the further processing is executed in the digital signal stage.
  • most operations executed in the sub-carrier decoding circuit are executed in the analog mode (which provides a substantial advantage because an A/D converter or a digital FIR is not used), so that a low-noise (clock noise) (and accordingly small scale and low-cost) circuit with the small number of processing stages and low power consumption can be realised.
  • This embodiment is not only applicable to decoding of a sub-carrier for the receptor, but is effective and at the same time useful from viewpoints of low power consumption and low cost, even if it is applied to decoding of coded signals in communications using a photo sensor (a photo-diode or the integration thereof) or to a similar decoding circuit or antenna tuning (for control of the section 14014 in Fig. 14) in other type of radio equipment (such as a portable telephone set, a pager, or a character-multiplexed radio set).
  • a photo sensor a photo-diode or the integration thereof
  • a similar decoding circuit or antenna tuning for control of the section 14014 in Fig. 14
  • radio equipment such as a portable telephone set, a pager, or a character-multiplexed radio set.
  • Fig. 16A is a view showing external appearance of an MR element used in electronic equipment according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
  • Fig. 16B is a graph showing characteristics of an MR element used in the electronic equipment according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
  • Fig. 16C is a block diagram showing a receiving circuit in the initial stage in a case where the MR element according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention is used in an antenna.
  • Embodiment 1 of the present invention relating configuration of an antenna section therein, a Hall element antenna was described, but this embodiment relates to a case where an MR (magnetic reluctance) element is used.
  • the magnetic reluctance element (MR element) is obtained by providing patterns on a magnetic reluctance film 16003 made of such a material as InSb or CoNi on a pellet (substrate) 16001 as shown in Fig. 16A, and when a magnetic flux B comes onto a plate surface in the vertical direction, resistance between electrodes 16002 and 16010 shows the characteristics as shown in Fig. 16B.
  • the vertical axis indicates minus. Namely when a magnetic flux increases, the resistance drops.
  • the fact that there is provided an offset 16005 is one of the features of the present invention, but also the sensitivity is high. However, there is substantial influence by a temperature.
  • the circuit should preferably have the configuration as shown in Fig. 16C in which two pieces of MR elements 16007 and 16008 are used in series to form the circuit.
  • the reference numeral 16006 indicates a coupling capacitance
  • the reference numeral 16009 indicates a JFET.
  • a small-sized and low cost system with low power consumption which has not been realised with the conventional technology, is provided for an antenna and a receiving circuit making use of electric waves described above or those from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite or the like.
  • GPS Global Positioning System

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