A device comprising at least one controller handset possessing a housing and at least one control element that is arranged so as to protrude from the housing and to be movable with respect to the housing so as to allow a user to control at least one movement of at least one object that is external to the device, and a contactless transponder having at least one antenna that is housed in the at least one control element.

A wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless sensors. A wireless sensor includes a radio frequency (RF) receiving circuit, and a sensing element, where the sensing element affects the resonant frequency of the RF receiving circuit. The wireless sensor further includes a processing module operable to determine a first value for an adjustable element of a plurality of elements for a known environmental condition, a second value for the adjustable element for an unknown environmental condition, a difference between the first and second values that corresponds to a change, and to generate a coded value representative of the change. The wireless communication system further includes one or more sensor computing devices coupled to the plurality of wireless sensors via a network. A sensor computing device includes a second processing module operable to receive the coded value and determine a sensed environmental condition based on the coded value.

A wireless power circuit is presented that includes a transmit coil coupled to a first node; a receive coil coupled to the first node; a switch circuit coupled to the transmit coil and the receive coil opposite the first node, the switch switching the transmit coil to a second node in a transmit mode and switching the receive coil to the second node in a receive mode; a controller coupled to the first node and the second node, the controller coupled to provide signals to the switch circuit; and a self-start circuit coupled to the receive coil (or Tx coil) that automatically selects one of the coils to be used, the self-start circuit providing power to the switch circuit to hold the switch circuit in the receive mode (or predefined coil to be selected by default).

Embodiments describe a housing for an electronic device that includes a non-conductive filament wound around a least a first portion of a perimeter of the housing, and a conductive filament wound around a least a second portion of the perimeter of the housing. The non-conductive filament and the conductive filament are adhered together to form the housing.

A dual loop antenna is provided which can clearly set a boundary of a communication area and create a well-balanced communication area. A dual loop antenna includes a first loop antenna and a second loop antenna. The first loop antenna and the second loop antenna are formed on an x-y plane. The center of the first loop antenna and the center of the second loop antenna are located at positions on an x-axis at the same distance from the point of origin being the center of the dual loop antenna. A phase difference between currents flowing on the first loop antenna and the second loop antenna, respectively, is a value in a range from 130 degrees to 230 degrees.

An operation of calibrating the object using a reference reader is performed, the calibration operation including an operation of placing the reference reader at various distances away from the object that correspond to various values of a parameter within the object that is representative of the intensity of the signal received by the object, and, for each distance, an operation of determining an internal phase-shift compensation in the object with respect to a nominal internal phase shift, making it possible to obtain a load modulation amplitude that is higher, in terms of absolute value, than a threshold, and an operation of storing a lookup table of the various values of the parameter and the corresponding internal phase-shift compensations.

Disclosed are devices and methods for performing wireless charging of an electronic device and establishing a wireless connection with the electronic device for receiving data from the electronic device. Different modes of wireless data reception from the electronic device can be used to ensure that a power supply of the electronic device is charged without interruption.

An integrated circuit package includes a lead frame and an encapsulation that substantially encloses the lead frame. The lead frame further includes a first conductor comprising a first conductive loop and a second conductor galvanically isolated from the first conductor, proximate to and magnetically coupled to the first conductive loop to provide a communication link between the first and second conductor. The second conductor includes a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, and a wire coupling together the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion.

Embodiments presented herein are generally directed to techniques that provide a medical device component with the ability to communicate in both the near-field and far-field via a single antenna arrangement. More specifically, a medical device component includes an electronics circuit, a coil driver, an antenna arrangement, and an isolation circuit. The isolation circuit operates to extract far-field signals received at the antenna arrangement and provide these signals to the electronics circuit. The electronics circuit is protected from near-field signals received at the antenna arrangement via the isolation circuit.

An antenna comprises a coil element comprising a core element and coil wound around the core element, the core element arranged along a longitudinal direction and having a first front surface and a second front surface. A first metallic plate element and a second metallic plate element are provided. The first metallic plate element is arranged on a first side of the core element and extends with its first end in the longitudinal direction beyond the first front surface of the core element and its second end in the longitudinal direction adjacent the core element. The second metallic plate element is arranged on a second side of the core element opposite said second side and extends with its first end in the longitudinal direction beyond the second front surface of the core element and its second end in the longitudinal direction adjacent the core element.