Patents Represented by Attorney Theodore E. Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A. Galanthan
  • Patent number: 6031419
    Abstract: A contactless chip card, receiving binary data transmitted by radio frequency, includes a demodulator for the binary data. The demodulator includes a circuit for the detection of the transmitted signals, a rectifier circuit, a bandpass filter, two comparators and a memory circuit. The bandpass filter provides a low-frequency signal used as a reference for the two comparators and a high-frequency signal that is compared with the references varying with the low frequency signal. As a result, the demodulation is independent of the mean level of the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Andrews James Roberts, Frederic Subbiotto