Patents by Inventor Walther PACHLER
Walther PACHLER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20200112339Abstract: A circuit for performing a near-field communication having a contactless circuit which is configured for the contactless exchange of data signals with an external contactless reading device, a security circuit which has a memory in which application identifiers are stored and which is configured to execute security-related applications, and a control circuit which is configured to execute non-security-related applications, wherein the contactless circuit, the security circuit and the control circuit are coupled with one another in such a way and, using at least one of the application identifiers, are configured in such a way that the data signals are supplied from the contactless circuit to the control circuit and vice versa exclusively by means of the security circuit. The security circuit can furthermore store bonding and authentication keys for applications in the control circuit in order to set up a secure data exchange channel for these applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Juergen Hoelzl, Josef Gruber, Walther Pachler
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Publication number: 20200065641Abstract: A chip card body, including a first metal layer having a first aperture, and an opening or recess configured to receive a coil-chip combination; a second metal layer having a second aperture; and a booster antenna inlay laminated between the first and second metal layers and configured to couple with the coil-chip combination.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Walther Pachler, Siegfried Hoffner
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Patent number: 10484050Abstract: A near field communication ring configured to be worn by a user is provided. The NFC ring may include at least one metal ring having a gap, a chip, and an antenna, wherein the chip and the antenna may be fixed to the at least one metal ring having a gap, and wherein the chip, using the antenna, is configured to provide a near field communication with an external device.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Walther Pachler, Josef Gruber, Juergen Hoelzl, Stephan Rampetzreiter
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Publication number: 20190197384Abstract: A chip card body including a metal plate, a reception region in the metal plate for receiving a chip and configured for inductive coupling of the metal plate to a chip received in the reception region; and at least one through-opening in the metal plate and configured such that at least a part of the metal plate acts as an antenna for delivering an electromagnetic signal to the reception region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventor: Walther Pachler
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Patent number: 10235543Abstract: A booster antenna structure for a chip card. The booster antenna structure includes a first electrical circuit, which forms a first resonant circuit, a second electrical circuit which forms a second resonant circuit, and a parallel coupling between the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit. The booster antenna structure is formed of a single wire.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Walther Pachler, Stephan Rampetzreiter, Harald Witschnig
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Patent number: 10117621Abstract: An implantable device includes a body part and a piezoelectric part. The body part is configured to grasp a pulsatile organic or inorganic tissue. The piezoelectric part is mechanically coupled to the body part and is configured to convert a varying shear force transferred from the body part to the piezoelectric part into voltage. An implantable system, comprises the implantable device and a stent like object configured to be inserted and deployed within a pulsatile or static tissue. The implantable device is configured to form a sealed junction with the pulsatile tissue while pressing against an outer circumference area of the stent.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Jan Berger, Bernhard Wedl, Dirk Hammerschmidt, Walther Pachler, Horst Theuss, Harald Witschnig
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Publication number: 20180248586Abstract: A near field communication ring configured to be worn by a user is provided. The NFC ring may include at least one metal ring having a gap, a chip, and an antenna, wherein the chip and the antenna may be fixed to the at least one metal ring having a gap, and wherein the chip, using the antenna, is configured to provide a near field communication with an external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Walther Pachler, Josef Gruber, Juergen Hoelzl, Stephan Rampetzreiter
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Patent number: 10043126Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip card module for a chip card is provided. The chip card module may include a carrier with a first side and an opposite second side, a chip arranged over the first side of the carrier, an antenna arranged over the carrier. The antenna may be electrically conductively coupled to the chip and configured to inductively couple to a second antenna formed on a chip card body of the chip card. The chip card module may further include a capacitor electrically conductively coupled to the chip, the capacitor including a first electrode arranged over the first side of the carrier, and a second electrode arranged over the second side of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Walther Pachler, Stephan Rampetzreiter
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Patent number: 9943228Abstract: A functional skin patch having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface is provided. The functional skin patch includes a functional unit having a thermo harvester and an antenna unit. The thermo harvester has a first terminal thermally connected to the first surface and a second terminal. The antenna unit has a first terminal thermally connected to the second terminal of the thermo harvester and a second terminal thermally connected to the second surface. The antenna unit has a stacked layer structure including, in this sequence, a metal layer thermally connected to the second terminal of the thermo harvester, a ferrite layer thermally connected to the metal layer, and an antenna layer thermally connected to the ferrite layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Robert Kappel, Thomas Herndl, Gerald Holweg, Walther Pachler
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Publication number: 20170346533Abstract: A boosted near field communication device includes an electronic circuit, a transceiver circuit, an interface coupling the electronic circuit with a host controller, and a memory containing a first information about an activation characteristic of the electronic circuit. The transceiver circuit is configured to determine a timing requirement of a reading device based on one or more request signals, activate the electronic circuit with energy obtained at least one of from an electromagnetic field generated by the reading device or from a battery on receiving a request signal from the reading device, and ensure that after activating the electronic circuit, the electronic circuit can receive and process a request signal from the reading device corresponding to the determined timing requirement by using the determined timing requirement and the first information about an activation characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Juergen Hoelzl, Walther Pachler, Josef Gruber
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Patent number: 9825361Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a first antenna configured to couple to an electromagnetic field from a first frequency band and a second antenna configured to couple to an electromagnetic field from a second frequency band, the second frequency band being different than the first frequency band. The first antenna is connected in series with the second antenna as an electrical supply line therefor.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Walther Pachler, Gerald Holweg
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Publication number: 20170316303Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip card module for a chip card is provided. The chip card module may include a carrier with a first side and an opposite second side, a chip arranged over the first side of the carrier, an antenna arranged over the carrier. The antenna may be electrically conductively coupled to the chip and configured to inductively couple to a second antenna formed on a chip card body of the chip card. The chip card module may further include a capacitor electrically conductively coupled to the chip, the capacitor including a first electrode arranged over the first side of the carrier, and a second electrode arranged over the second side of the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Walther Pachler, Stephan Rampetzreiter
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Patent number: 9734445Abstract: In various embodiments, a circuit arrangement is provided, including a first antenna tuned to a first frequency range, a second antenna tuned to a second frequency range being different from the first frequency range, a controller coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein the controller is configured to receive its operational power via at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna, and a deactivating structure configured to deactivate the communication of the controller via the second antenna upon reception of electromagnetic waves with the first frequency range via the first antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Walther Pachler, Matthias Emsenhuber, Josef Haid
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Patent number: 9727766Abstract: A chip card reading arrangement is provided including a chip card reading device including a data processing circuit and a reader antenna coupled to the data processing circuit arranged at a surface of the chip card reading device for placing a chip card to communicate with the chip card reading device via the reader antenna. The data processing circuit is configured to process at least one of signals received via the reader antenna and signals to be transmitted via the reader antenna. The chip card reading arrangement further includes an antenna structure including an antenna body, a first antenna and a second antenna coupled to the first antenna and surrounded by the first antenna. The antenna structure is arranged on and fixed to the surface of the chip card reading device such that the reader antenna surrounds the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Walther Pachler, Juergen Hoelzl, Josef Gruber
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Patent number: 9646242Abstract: In various embodiments, a booster antenna for a chip arrangement is provided. The booster antenna includes: a first circuit, which forms a first resonant circuit; a second circuit, which forms a second resonant circuit, wherein the first circuit is electrically conductively connected to the second circuit; and a third circuit, which forms a third resonant circuit, wherein the third circuit is electrically conductively connected to the second circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Guenter Hofer, Gerald Holweg, Walther Pachler
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Publication number: 20170111128Abstract: A localization system includes an animal transceiver and a floor transceiver circuit. The animal transceiver is configured to be fixed to an animal to transceive a radio frequency signal. The floor transceiver circuit is arranged on a floor surface and configured to determine a position of the animal transceiver within the floor surface on the basis of the radio frequency signal received from the animal transceiver. An animal cage includes a cage configured to accommodate an animal, and the localization system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Dirk Hammerschmidt, Gerald Holweg, Walther Pachler
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Publication number: 20170012355Abstract: A ferrite antenna is disclosed. The ferrite antenna includes a ferrite core a first main face, a second main face opposite to the first main face, and side faces connecting the first and second main faces. A first plurality of conductor wires are disposed at the first main face of the ferrite core; a second plurality of conductor wires disposed at the second main face of the ferrite core. A first connection member is disposed at a first side face of the ferrite core, the first connection member including a first plurality of connection wires; and a second connection member is disposed at a second side face of the ferrite core, the second connection member including a second plurality of connection wires; wherein the first and second pluralities of conductor wires and the first and second plurality of connection wires are interconnected in such a way that they form an antenna coil, wherein the ferrite core is disposed in the interior space of the antenna coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Walther Pachler, Gottfried Beer, Juergen Hoelzl, Juergen Schilling, Harald Witschnig
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Publication number: 20160317095Abstract: An implantable device includes a body part and a piezoelectric part. The body part is configured to grasp a pulsatile organic or inorganic tissue. The piezoelectric part is mechanically coupled to the body part and is configured to convert a varying shear force transferred from the body part to the piezoelectric part into voltage. An implantable system, comprises the implantable device and a stent like object configured to be inserted and deployed within a pulsatile or static tissue. The implantable device is configured to form a sealed junction with the pulsatile tissue while pressing against an outer circumference area of the stent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Jan Berger, Bernhard Wedl, Dirk Hammerschmidt, Walther Pachler, Horst Theuss, Harald Witschnig
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Publication number: 20160239695Abstract: A chip card reading arrangement is provided including a chip card reading device including a data processing circuit and a reader antenna coupled to the data processing circuit arranged at a surface of the chip card reading device for placing a chip card to communicate with the chip card reading device via the reader antenna. The data processing circuit is configured to process at least one of signals received via the reader antenna and signals to be transmitted via the reader antenna. The chip card reading arrangement further includes an antenna structure including an antenna body, a first antenna and a second antenna coupled to the first antenna and surrounded by the first antenna. The antenna structure is arranged on and fixed to the surface of the chip card reading device such that the reader antenna surrounds the second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Walther Pachler, Juergen Hoelzl, Josef Gruber
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Patent number: 9412062Abstract: In various embodiments, a Radio Frequency Identification apparatus includes a coupling body having a metal material and a transponder chip configured to contactlessly transmit data. The transponder chip is physically coupled to the coupling body, has a storage element which stores the data, and has a first electrode which is at a distance from the coupling body. The coupling body is in the form of a second electrode for the transponder chip configured to couple the transponder chip to an external Radio Frequency Identification reader for reading the data.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Walther Pachler, Gerald Holweg, Guenter Hofer