EP2621018B1 - Mobile wireless communications device including parallel nfc loop antennas and associated methods - Google Patents
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Description
- This application relates to the field of communications, and more particularly, to wireless communications systems and related methods.
- Mobile communication systems continue to grow in popularity and have become an integral part of both personal and business communications. Various mobile devices now incorporate Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) features such as calendars, address books, task lists, calculators, memo and writing programs, media players, games, etc. These multi-function devices usually allow electronic mail (email) messages to be sent and received wirelessly, as well as access the internet via a cellular network and/or a wireless local area network (WLAN), for example.
- Some mobile devices incorporate contactless card technology and/or near field communication (NFC) chips. NFC technology is commonly used for contactless short-range communications based on radio frequency identification (RFID) standards, using magnetic field induction to enable communication between electronic devices, including mobile wireless communications devices. This short-range high frequency wireless communications technology exchanges data between devices over a short distance, such as only a few centimeters.
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2011/076582 discloses an antenna arrangement for a mobile device. - United States Patent Publication No.
2009/179812 discloses an antenna apparatus that features a base member having an antenna unit and a loop pattern wound in such a manner that a magnetic field of the loop pattern is generated along the same direction as that of the antenna unit, and the loop pattern has been formed by a plurality of loops connected parallel to each other. - International Patent Publication No.
2010/143849 discloses an NFC antenna using dual resonance, wherein a closed circuit is formed by a capacitor and a loop antenna, and a relay unit is attached to a portable wireless terminal that forms a resonance to a predetermined frequency signal mutually transmitted between a portable wireless terminal reader and an NFC chip, and in the course of communicating between the NFC chip and the reader, the relay unit relays a signal transmitted by the reader to an NFC antenna unit, and the NFC chip relays a signal transmitted through the NFC antenna unit to the reader to thereby increase a recognition distance capable of obtaining predetermined information. - United States Patent Application No.
2007/182658 discloses an antenna construction that allows the thickness of an antenna structure be lower than that of planar antennas according to prior art without sacrificing the radiation efficiency at the desired RF-bands as 900 MHz GSM and 1800 MHz/1900 MHz DCS/PCS. - United States Patent No.
5 198 826 discloses a wide-band loop antenna consisting of a main loop antenna conductor and a sub-loop antenna conductor. - Aspects of an invention are defined in the independent claims. Some optional features are defined in the dependent claims.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless mobile communications system in accordance with an example embodiment. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the antenna assembly illustrated inFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram illustrating example mobile wireless communications device components that may be used with the system and devices ofFIGS. 1 and2 . - The present description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which various embodiments are shown. However, many different embodiments may be used, and thus the description should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.
- In accordance with one exemplary aspect, a mobile wireless communications device comprises a portable housing, an NFC transceiver carried by the portable housing, and an antenna assembly carried by the portable housing and coupled to the NFC transceiver. The antenna assembly may comprise a plurality of nested loop antennas coupled in parallel, and progressively increasing in size from an innermost loop antenna to an outermost loop antenna.
- As will be explained in greater detail below, the antenna assembly maintains payment certification requirements (as defined by EMVCo) for large tags, while also increasing performance for small tags. Small tags may be used for Bluetooth pairing and interfacing with docking stations, for example. The plurality of nested loop antennas may be non-concentric. This further helps to increase magnetic flux coverage for the small tags.
- The plurality of nested loop antennas may comprise three loop antennas. Each loop antenna may have a rectangular shape with opposing ends and opposing sides coupled thereto.
- The mobile wireless communications device may further comprise a pair of antenna feed points, and wherein the plurality of nested loop antennas each have respective ends adjacent one another, and adjacent the pair of antenna feed points and coupled thereto. The antenna assembly may further comprise a dielectric substrate, and wherein each loop antenna may comprise at least one loop conductor carried by the dielectric substrate.
- The portable housing may comprise a removable battery cover, and wherein the antenna assembly may be carried by the removable battery cover. The innermost loop antenna may be about 15 mm by 15 mm, and the outermost loop antenna may be about 85 mm by 54 mm.
- The mobile wireless communications device may further comprise a cellular transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a cellular antenna coupled to the cellular transceiver.
- A method aspect is directed to making a mobile wireless communications as described above. The method may comprise positioning an NFC transceiver within a portable housing, and coupling an antenna assembly to the NFC transceiver within the portable housing. The antenna assembly may comprise a plurality of nested loop antennas connected in parallel, and progressively increasing in size from an innermost loop antenna to an outermost loop antenna.
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FIG. 1 , the mobilewireless communications device 10 includes aportable housing 12 and anNFC transceiver 20 carried by the portable housing, and anantenna assembly 30 coupled to the NFC transceiver. Theantenna assembly 30 includes a plurality of loop antennas connected in parallel, as will be discussed in greater detail below. TheNFC transceiver 20 may communicate with anNFC terminal 40, and may operate in either a device reader mode and a device card emulation mode. - The mobile
wireless communications device 10 also includeswireless transceiver circuitry 50 carried by theportable housing 12, and an antenna 52 coupled to thewireless transceiver circuitry 50. Thewireless transceiver circuitry 50 may be cellular transceiver circuitry or other types of wireless communications circuitry, and may communicate any combination of voice and data, such as email, via awireless network 14. - Example mobile
wireless communications devices 10 include portable or personal media players, such as music or MP3 players, and video players. Mobilewireless communications devices 10 may also include portable gaming devices, portable or mobile telephones, smartphones, tablet computers, and digital cameras, for example. - The mobile
wireless communications device 10 includes a display 54 carried by a front exterior surface of theportable housing 12. The display 54 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD) and may be configured to display information relating to a data or voice communications. - A
processor 56 is carried theportable housing 12 and is coupled to thewireless transceiver circuitry 50, theNFC transceiver 20 and the display 54. Theprocessor 56 may be implemented using hardware and software components for causing the mobilewireless communications device 10 to perform the various functions or operations described herein. - The mobile
wireless communications device 10 also includes apower source 58. For example, thepower source 58 may be a rechargeable battery. Nonetheless, other types of power sources may be used. - The mobile
wireless communications device 10 is particularly advantageous with respect to NFC communications, as will now be discussed in greater detail. Theantenna assembly 30 maintains payment certification requirements (as defined by EMVCo) for large tags, while also increasing performance for small tags. - By way of background, NFC is a short-range wireless communications technology in which NFC-enabled devices are "swiped," "bumped" or otherwise moved in close proximity to communicate. NFC enables exchange of data between two or more wireless devices, generally by inductive coupling. Inductive coupling may be used for completing payment card transactions, for interfacing with smart posters, for Bluetooth pairing and interfacing with docking stations, for example. Payment cards include credit cards, gift cards and bank cards, for example.
- Inductive coupling refers to the generation of voltage/current in one loop or coil due to (and proportional to) a change in voltage/current (and hence the corresponding magnetic field) in another loop or coil. The two loops are termed as being "inductively coupled" to each other, and which may thus be viewed as antennas. Currently, NFC communications is standardized and designed to operate within the globally available and unlicensed radio frequency ISM band of 13.56 MHz.
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antenna assembly 30 includes a plurality ofnested loop antennas FIG. 2 . Although threeloop antennas wireless communications device 10. - The selected number of loop antennas to be connected in parallel still needs to support a quality (Q) factor of less than 35, as readily appreciated by those skilled in the art. The Q factor is determined by dividing the inductive reactance (ohms) by the resistive losses in the loops (ohms) at the operating frequency.
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loop antennas innermost loop antenna 32 to anoutermost loop antenna 36. Theloop antennas NFC transceiver 20. Theloop antennas - In addition, the
loop antennas antenna assembly 30 may include adielectric substrate 66, with eachloop antenna - As discussed above, the mobile
wireless communications device 10 includes apower source 58 that may be configured as a rechargeable battery carried by a back exterior surface of theportable housing 12. Therechargeable battery 58 is removable from theportable housing 12. For this particular configuration of a mobilewireless communications device 10, theportable housing 12 comprises aremovable battery cover 15, and wherein theantenna assembly 30 is carried by the removable battery cover, as illustrated inFIG. 2 . - Performance of the
antenna assembly 30 will now be discussed in reference to TABLE 1. Antenna performance will be compared against a single antenna. Performance of the single antenna and theantenna assembly 30 are directed towards 4 different tag sizes that conform to industry standards. - The smallest tag size is 15x15 mm, the middle tag sizes are circular shaped and have a diameter of 30
TABLE 1 DEVICE READER MODE PERFORMANCE Tag Size Single Loop Antenna (Max 'Z' Distance) Triple Loop Antenna (Max 'Z' Distance 15x15 mm 15 mm 21 mm 30 mm dia. 24.5 mm 28.5 mm 38 mm dia. 27 mm 30 mm 85x54 mm 35 mm 36 mm DEVICE CARD EMULATION MODE PERFOMANCE Modulation Type Single Loop Antenna (Max 'Z' Distance) Triple Loop Antenna (Max 'Z' Distance) A 53.5 mm 55 mm B 51 mm 52.5 mm - The smallest tag size may be used for Bluetooth pairing and interfacing with docking stations, for example. The circular shaped tags may be used to receive web site information, for example, from smart posters.
- The largest tag size meets EMVCo contactless specifications for payment systems. EMVCo, owned by American Express, JCB, MasterCard and Visa, ensures global interoperability of chip-based payment cards with acceptance devices, including point of sale terminals and ATMs.
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NFC transceiver 20 in a device reader mode will be discussed first. The max "z" distance for each antenna configuration corresponds to a height or separation distance from theNFC terminal 40. For the smallest tag size, the single antenna has a separation distance of 15 mm, and theantenna assembly 30 has a separation distance of 21 mm. For the circular shaped tag having the 30 mm diameter, the single antenna has a separation distance of 24.5 mm, and theantenna assembly 30 has a separation distance of 28.5 mm. For the circular shaped tag having the 38 mm diameter, the single antenna has a separation distance of 27 mm, and theantenna assembly 30 has a separation distance of 30 mm. For the largest tag size, the single antenna has a separation distance of 35 mm, and theantenna assembly 30 has a separation distance of 36 mm. - The increased separation distances provided by the
antenna assembly 30 flattens out as antenna sizes increase. However, theantenna assembly 30 advantageously increases small tag reading distances. Theloop antennas antenna assembly 30 are coupled to antenna feed points 60 and 62, which provide a voltage generated by theNFC transceiver 20. The voltage provided by the feed points 60, 62 generate current that travels around eachloop antenna - The
loop antennas small loop antenna 32 is about 1/5 the size of thelarge loop antenna 36, it only picks up about 1/5 of the magnetic field as compared to that of thelarger loop antenna 36. Similar analysis applies to the middle loop antenna 34. - Since the
loop antennas size loop antennas 32, 34 are positioned within the largersize loop antenna 36 toward the top of the mobilewireless communications device 10, the field patterns are directed toward the top. The inductive coupling from thelarger loop antenna 36 helps to increase the inductive coupling of the middle loop antenna 34, and the inductive coupling from the middle andlarger loop antennas 36, 34 help to increase the inductive coupling of thesmall loop antenna 32. - Operation of the
NFC transceiver 20 in a device card emulation mode will be now discussed. The max "z" distance for each antenna configuration corresponds to a height or separation distance from theNFC terminal 40. Based on ISO standards, there is a modulation type A and a modulation type B. For the single antenna, the separation distances correspond to 53.5 mm and 51 mm, respectively. For theantenna assembly 30, the separation distances correspond to 55 mm and 52.5 mm, respectively. There is a slight increase in performance with theantenna assembly 30. - As noted above,
antenna assembly 30 needs to support a quality (Q) factor of less than 35. Another definition of the Q factor corresponds to bandwidth. The wider the bandwidth the lower the Q factor. With a single antenna configuration, resistances are typically added to drop the Q factor to meet the data rate requirement. In lieu of adding resistances, additional loop antennas can be connected in parallel to maintain the same Q factor. In other words, the headroom associated with the single antenna can be applied to parallel antennas while increasing NFC performance for smaller size tags. - Example components of a mobile
wireless communications device 1000 that may be used in accordance with the above-described embodiments are further described below with reference toFIG. 3 . Thedevice 1000 illustratively includes ahousing 1200, a keyboard orkeypad 1400 and anoutput device 1600. The output device shown is adisplay 1600, which may comprise a full graphic LCD. Other types of output devices may alternatively be utilized. Aprocessing device 1800 is contained within thehousing 1200 and is coupled between thekeypad 1400 and thedisplay 1600. Theprocessing device 1800 controls the operation of thedisplay 1600, as well as the overall operation of themobile device 1000, in response to actuation of keys on thekeypad 1400. - The
housing 1200 may be elongated vertically, or may take on other sizes and shapes (including clamshell housing structures). The keypad may include a mode selection key, or other hardware or software for switching between text entry and telephony entry. - In addition to the
processing device 1800, other parts of themobile device 1000 are shown schematically in FIG. 4. These include acommunications subsystem 1001; a short-range communications subsystem 1020; thekeypad 1400 and thedisplay 1600, along with other input/output devices memory devices other device subsystems 1201. Themobile device 1000 may comprise a two-way RF communications device having data and, optionally, voice communications capabilities. In addition, themobile device 1000 may have the capability to communicate with other computer systems via the Internet. - Operating system software executed by the
processing device 1800 is stored in a persistent store, such as theflash memory 1160, but may be stored in other types of memory devices, such as a read only memory (ROM) or similar storage element. In addition, system software, specific device applications, or parts thereof, may be temporarily loaded into a volatile store, such as the random access memory (RAM) 1180. Communications signals received by the mobile device may also be stored in theRAM 1180. - The
processing device 1800, in addition to its operating system functions, enables execution ofsoftware applications 1300A-1300N on thedevice 1000. A predetermined set of applications that control basic device operations, such as data andvoice communications device 1000 during manufacture. In addition, a personal information manager (PIM) application may be installed during manufacture. The PIM may be capable of organizing and managing data items, such as e-mail, calendar events, voice mails, appointments, and task items. The PIM application may also be capable of sending and receiving data items via awireless network 1401. The PIM data items may be seamlessly integrated, synchronized and updated via thewireless network 1401 with corresponding data items stored or associated with a host computer system. - Communication functions, including data and voice communications, are performed through the
communications subsystem 1001, and possibly through the short-range communications subsystem. Thecommunications subsystem 1001 includes areceiver 1500, atransmitter 1520, and one ormore antennas communications subsystem 1001 also includes a processing module, such as a digital signal processor (DSP) 1580, and local oscillators (LOs) 1601. The specific design and implementation of thecommunications subsystem 1001 is dependent upon the communications network in which themobile device 1000 is intended to operate. For example, amobile device 1000 may include acommunications subsystem 1001 designed to operate with the Mobitex™, Data TAC™ or General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) mobile data communications networks, and also designed to operate with any of a variety of voice communications networks, such as AMPS, TDMA, CDMA, WCDMA, PCS, GSM, EDGE, etc. Other types of data and voice networks, both separate and integrated, may also be utilized with themobile device 1000. Themobile device 1000 may also be compliant with other communications standards such as 3GSM, 3GPP, UMTS, 4G, etc. - Network access requirements vary depending upon the type of communication system. For example, in the Mobitex and DataTAC networks, mobile devices are registered on the network using a unique personal identification number or PIN associated with each device. In GPRS networks, however, network access is associated with a subscriber or user of a device. A GPRS device therefore typically involves use of a subscriber identity module, commonly referred to as a SIM card, in order to operate on a GPRS network.
- When required network registration or activation procedures have been completed, the
mobile device 1000 may send and receive communications signals over thecommunication network 1401. Signals received from thecommunications network 1401 by theantenna 1540 are routed to thereceiver 1500, which provides for signal amplification, frequency down conversion, filtering, channel selection, etc., and may also provide analog to digital conversion. Analog-to-digital conversion of the received signal allows theDSP 1580 to perform more complex communications functions, such as demodulation and decoding. In a similar manner, signals to be transmitted to thenetwork 1401 are processed (e.g. modulated and encoded) by theDSP 1580 and are then provided to thetransmitter 1520 for digital to analog conversion, frequency up conversion, filtering, amplification and transmission to the communication network 1401 (or networks) via theantenna 1560. - In addition to processing communications signals, the
DSP 1580 provides for control of thereceiver 1500 and thetransmitter 1520. For example, gains applied to communications signals in thereceiver 1500 andtransmitter 1520 may be adaptively controlled through automatic gain control algorithms implemented in theDSP 1580. - In a data communications mode, a received signal, such as a text message or web page download, is processed by the
communications subsystem 1001 and is input to theprocessing device 1800. The received signal is then further processed by theprocessing device 1800 for an output to thedisplay 1600, or alternatively to some other auxiliary I/O device 1060. A device may also be used to compose data items, such as e-mail messages, using thekeypad 1400 and/or some other auxiliary I/O device 1060, such as a touchpad, a rocker switch, a thumb-wheel, or some other type of input device. The composed data items may then be transmitted over thecommunications network 1401 via thecommunications subsystem 1001. - In a voice communications mode, overall operation of the device is substantially similar to the data communications mode, except that received signals are output to a
speaker 1100, and signals for transmission are generated by amicrophone 1120. Alternative voice or audio I/O subsystems, such as a voice message recording subsystem, may also be implemented on thedevice 1000. In addition, thedisplay 1600 may also be utilized in voice communications mode, for example to display the identity of a calling party, the duration of a voice call, or other voice call related information. - The short-range communications subsystem enables communication between the
mobile device 1000 and other proximate systems or devices, which need not necessarily be similar devices. For example, the short-range communications subsystem may include an infrared device and associated circuits and components, a Bluetooth™ communications module to provide for communication with similarly-enabled systems and devices, or a near field communications (NFC) sensor for communicating with an NFC device or NFC tag vian NFC communications. - Many modifications and other embodiments will come to the mind of one skilled in the art having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is understood that various modifications and embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.
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- A mobile wireless communications device (10) comprising:a portable housing (12) ;an NFC transceiver (20) carried by said portable housing (12); andan antenna assembly (30) carried by said portable housing (12) and coupled to said NFC transceiver (20), and comprisinga plurality of nested loop antennas (32, 34, 36) coupled in parallel and being non-concentric and progressively increasing in size from an innermost loop antenna to an outermost loop antenna, with each loop antenna having a rectangular shape with a first pair of opposing sides and with a second pair of opposing sides coupled thereto, anda pair of antenna feed points (60, 62), said plurality of nested loop antennas each having respective field patterns and each having a respective first side, wherein the first sides are adjacent one another and adjacent said pair of antenna feed points, and with the first sides also being coupled to said pair of antenna feed points.
- The mobile wireless communications device of Claim 1, wherein said plurality of nested loop antennas comprises three loop antennas.
- The mobile wireless communications device of Claim 1, wherein said antenna assembly further comprises a dielectric substrate (66), and wherein each loop antenna comprises at least one loop conductor carried by said dielectric substrate.
- The mobile wireless communications device of Claim 1, wherein said portable housing comprises a removable battery cover (15), and wherein said antenna assembly is carried by said removable battery cover.
- The mobile wireless communications device of Claim 1, wherein said innermost loop antenna is about 15 mm by 15 mm, and wherein said outermost loop antenna is about 85 mm by 54 mm.
- The mobile wireless communications device of Claim 1, further comprising a cellular transceiver (50) carried by said portable housing, and a cellular antenna (52) coupled to said cellular transceiver.
- A method for making a mobile wireless communications device (10) comprising:positioning an NFC transceiver (20) within a portable housing (12); andcoupling an antenna assembly (30) to the NFC transceiver (20) within the portable housing (12), the antenna assembly (30) comprisinga plurality of nested loop antennas (32, 34, 36) connected in parallel and being non-concentric and progressively increasing in size from an innermost loop antenna to an outermost loop antenna, with each loop antenna having a rectangular shape with a first pair of opposing sides and with a second pair of opposing sides coupled thereto, anda pair of antenna feed points (60, 62),the plurality of nested loop antennas each having respective field patterns and each having a respective first side, wherein the first sides are adjacent one another and adjacent said pair of antenna feed points, and with the first sides also being coupled to said pair of antenna feed points.
- The method of Claim 7, wherein the plurality of nested loop antennas comprises three loop antennas.
- The method of Claim 7, wherein the antenna assembly further comprises a dielectric substrate (66), and wherein each loop antenna comprises at least one loop conductor carried by the dielectric substrate.
- The method of Claim 7, wherein the portable housing comprises a removable battery cover (15), and wherein the antenna assembly is carried by the removable battery cover.
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