Abstract: A data carrier (DC) has a receiving-means configuration (RC) which includes a switching means (S) and a first transmission coil (L1), which can be short-circuited with the aid of the switching means (S), and at least one second transmission coil (L2 ), which is arranged in series with the first transmission coil (L1), and capacitor configuration (CC), which is arranged in parallel with at least the second transmission coil (L2), the receiving means configuration (RC) being configured to be controllable as regards the value of at least one of its elements comprising the at least one second transmission coil (L2) and the capacitor configuration (CC).

Abstract: In a method of communication between a communication station (1) and a plurality of data carriers (2) an interrogation signal (IDB) is generated with the aid of interrogation signal generating means (7) in order to start an interrogation cycle (IPER) and is supplied to all the data carriers (2) and with the aid of response signal generating means (63) each data carrier (2) generates a response signal (RDB), of which response signals (RDB) some of the response signals (RDB) are received separately and some are received non-separately, and the communication station (1) detects each separately received response signal (RDB) and consequently identifies the relevant data carrier (2), and an acknowledge signal (QDB) is supplied to each identified data carrier (2) whose response signal (RDB) has been received separately by the communication station (1), which acknowledge signal (QDB) is detected with the aid of acknowledge signal detection means (59) in each data carrier (2) and thus sets each identified data carrie

Abstract: A data carrier (1) for contactless communication with a communication station has a substrate means (2) and a communication resonant circuit (3) connected to the substrate means (2) and consisting of a communication coil (4) and of a capacitor configuration (6) and having a resonant frequency (fR) which should have a nominal value, changing means (9) for changing the resonant frequency (fR) being provided, which changing means enable the resonant frequency (fR) to be changed from an initial value both to higher frequency values and to lower frequency values.

Abstract: In a data carrier (1) having a transmission coil (2) and having an integrated circuit (3) connected to the transmission coil (2) the integrated circuit includes rectifier means (9), energy storage means (10), data processing means (13) and load modulation means (14), and additional means (18) are connected to the load modulation means (14) and to the energy storage means (10), the additional means (18), when the load modulation means (14) are in their active condition, enabling a part of the energy stored in the transmission coil (2) to be applied to the energy storage means (10), which are connected to the additional means (18), the energy storage means (10) connected to the additional means (18) being utilized for powering the data processing means (13).