The system (4) is provided for managing at least one sub-assembly (2) of an electric battery. Each sub-assembly comprises a plurality of power storage cells (12). The system includes, for each power storage cell, a circuit (14) for managing the state of the cell and a communication circuit (16), which is configured such that it receives and transmits data relative to the cell. The communication circuit is configured such that it transposes, over a carrier frequency, the data to be received and transmitted, the value of said carrier frequency being greater than or equal to 1 GHz. The management system further includes, for each sub-assembly, a loss cable (18) connecting the power storage cells of said sub-assembly. The loss cable acts as a waveguide and is coupled by capacitive coupling to the communication circuit of each power storage cell.

A wireless communication apparatus may include: an oscillator including a coil assembly exposed to an outside of the wireless communication apparatus, a variable capacitor, and a negative resistor; and a phase locking circuit connected to the coil assembly and the negative resistor. The phase locking circuit may be configured to generate a control signal to lock an oscillation frequency of the oscillator based on an oscillation signal generated by the oscillator, and provide the generated control signal to the variable capacitor.

There is provided a capacitive communication system including an object and a capacitive touch panel. The object includes a plurality of induction conductors configured to have different potential distributions at different time intervals by modulating respective potentials thereof. The capacitive touch panel includes a plurality of sensing electrodes configured to form a coupling electric field with the induction conductors to detect the different potential distributions at the different time intervals. When the different potential distributions match a predetermined agreement between the object and the capacitive touch panel, a near field communication is formed between the object and the capacitive touch panel.

Ocular devices worn on the eye and through-body communication networks for communicating with an ocular device and other devices interconnected to the through-body communication network are disclosed. Devices and networks for using the body to communication between an ocular device and an on-body and off-body communication networks are disclosed. An ocular device includes electrodes configured to be electrically coupled to the body through tear fluid of the eye when worn on the eye of a user. Electrodes interconnected to the body establish communication with on-body network devices and off-body network devices.

A self-capacitance based remote power delivery device includes a power source, an energy harvesting device, and a substrate. The power source and the energy harvesting device are configured to be capacitively coupled to a self-capacitive body. The substrate is configured to be capacitively coupled to a portion of the self-capacitive body in contact with the substrate.

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes first and second via structures in a substrate. Each via structure defines a coupling element that extends from the via structure toward the other via structure such that the coupling elements capacitively couple with one another in an area between the first and second via structures.

An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal portions such as metal sidewalls. The housing may form an antenna ground for an antenna. An antenna resonating element for the antenna may be formed from a stack of capacitively coupled component layers such as a display layer, touch sensor layer, and near-field communications antenna layer at a front face of the device. An additional antenna may be formed from a peripheral resonating element that runs along a peripheral edge of the device and the antenna ground. A rear face antenna may be formed using a wireless power receiving coil as a radio-frequency antenna resonating element or may be formed from metal antenna traces on a plastic support for light-based components.

A contactless communication method comprises retro-modulation of a carrier signal received at the terminals of an antenna in an alternation of modulated states and unmodulated states. The modulated state comprises a modulation of a load at the terminals of the antenna at zero impedance, and the transitions from the modulated state to the unmodulated state are controlled at an instant determined by a first delay.

One example discloses a device including a near-field electromagnetic induction (NFEMI) antenna, including: a first inductive coil having a first end coupled to a first feed connection and a second end coupled to a second feed connection; a second inductive coil, having a first end coupled to either end of the first inductive coil or either one of the feed connections; wherein a second end of the second inductive coil is electrically open-ended; wherein the first inductive coil is configured to receive or transmit near-field magnetic signals; and wherein the second inductive coil is configured to receive or transmit near-field electric signals.

A capacitive coupling circuit device is provided with a capacitive coupling circuit and a ground-side feedback circuit. The capacitive coupling circuit demodulates a modulated signal, which is obtained by modulating an input signal and transmitting a modulated input signal through a coupling capacitor. The ground-side feedback circuit is inserted between a first ground terminal on a signal input side of the capacitive coupling circuit and a second ground terminal on a signal output side of the capacitive coupling circuit. The ground-side feedback circuit is configured by connecting a second capacitor in series to a parallel circuit of a first capacitor and a first resistor. Alternatively, the ground-side feedback circuit may be configured by connecting the second capacitor and a third capacitor in series to both ends of the parallel circuit of the first capacitor and the first resistor, respectively.