A communication device according to the disclosure includes: a signal generator that generates, on the basis of the first signal received from a communication partner through a coil, a second signal that synchronizes with the first signal; a first modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal on the basis of the second signal; a second modulator configured to be able to modulate the first signal; and a communication controller that selects, on the basis of the first signal, whichever modulator is to be operated, from the first modulator and the second modulator.

A modulation scheme conversion device includes: a backscattering tag to which a tag signal is provided; and a tag signal forming unit for forming a tag signal. The modulation scheme conversion device multiplies a radio signal, which has been modulated in a first modulation scheme, and a tag signal, and reconfigures the multiplied signal by using a second modulation scheme, so as to backscatter the reconfigured signal, wherein the reconfiguration is performed in a physical (PHY) layer.

A reader includes: a transmission device that repeatedly transmits, at a cycle corresponding to the code length of a prescribed code string, an electromagnetic wave that is phase-adjusted with the prescribed code string; a reception device that receives the reflected wave from the object to be identified, cyclically overlaps a reception signal relating to the reflected wave at the cycle of the code length, and calculates the correlation value of the overlapped result and the prescribed code string; and a control device that controls the transmission device and varies the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic wave in a steplike manner to perform a frequency sweep within a prescribed frequency band, controls the reception device, causing the reception device to calculate the correlation value for each transmission frequency, and specifies the attributes of the object to be identified on the basis of the correlation value for each transmission frequency.

A reader includes: a transmission device that repeatedly transmits, at a cycle corresponding to the code length of a prescribed code string, an electromagnetic wave that is phase-adjusted with the prescribed code string; a reception device that receives the reflected wave from the object to be identified, cyclically overlaps a reception signal relating to the reflected wave at the cycle of the code length, and calculates the correlation value of the overlapped result and the prescribed code string; and a control device that controls the transmission device and varies the transmission frequency of the electromagnetic wave in a steplike manner to perform a frequency sweep within a prescribed frequency band, controls the reception device, causing the reception device to calculate the correlation value for each transmission frequency, and specifies the attributes of the object to be identified on the basis of the correlation value for each transmission frequency.

A wirelessly triggered device for implantation in vivo is disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the wirelessly triggered device comprises an electrically conductive suture; and an electronic circuit coated with a biocompatible encapsulating material and communicatively coupled to the electrically conductive suture, the electronic circuit arranged to convert a received wireless triggering signal into an electrical signal for passing through the conductive suture. A reader for use with the device and an electrically conductive surgical thread is also disclosed, among other aspects.

Techniques are provided for asset location using backscatter communication. A methodology according to an embodiment includes receiving a signal, generated by a tag associated with an asset in response to a broadcast signal. The broadcast signal comprising a base code sequence, and the received signal comprising the broadcast signal modulated by a tag code sequence and shifted in frequency by a frequency offset. The methodology further includes translating the received signal by the frequency offset to generate a translated received signal, demodulating the translated received signal to remove the tag code sequence modulation to generate a demodulated received signal, cross-correlating the base code sequence with the demodulated received signal to generate a correlation signal, and determining a range to the asset based on a time delay associated with a peak of the correlation signal. The tag may be located based on the range and an estimated direction to the tag.

A contact lens according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lens section that is worn on an eyeball; an acquisition section that is provided in the lens section and acquires biological information; and an output section that outputs the biological information acquired by the acquisition section to an external apparatus to be worn on a human body. The output section has one or a plurality of coil antennas extending along a front surface of the lens section, and a capacitor that is coupled to the one or the plurality of coil antennas in series or in parallel.

According to various embodiment, an electronic device may include at least one communication processor, an RFIC, a power amplifier, and at least one modulator configured to provide the power amplifier with a supply voltage set for a first unit of time in a first mode or in a second unit of time shorter than the first unit of time in a second mode. The at least one communication processor may be configured to control the at least one modulator to provide the supply voltage according to the second mode and to switch from the second mode to the first mode when a variation in a voltage associated with a first element for providing the supply voltage is greater than or equal to a threshold magnitude while the supply voltage is provided to the power amplifier according to the second mode. Other various embodiments are possible as well.

According to various embodiment, an electronic device may include at least one communication processor, an RFIC, a power amplifier, and at least one modulator configured to provide the power amplifier with a supply voltage set for a first unit of time in a first mode or in a second unit of time shorter than the first unit of time in a second mode. The at least one communication processor may be configured to control the at least one modulator to provide the supply voltage according to the second mode and to switch from the second mode to the first mode when a variation in a voltage associated with a first element for providing the supply voltage is greater than or equal to a threshold magnitude while the supply voltage is provided to the power amplifier according to the second mode. Other various embodiments are possible as well.

A radio control transmitter, comprising a grip portion gripped by an operator when performing remote control of a control target, a base portion disposed at one end of the grip portion, and a head portion disposed at the other end of the grip portion and having an operating member for controlling the control target, transmits a control signal to the control target in response to an operation of the operating member including a wheel that controls a traveling direction of the control target. The radio control transmitter further comprises a switch mechanism including an operating lever, to which the wheel is detachably attached, disposed at an outer peripheral portion of the switch operating member attached to a main body fitting portion of the head portion, and a switch disposed in the switch operating member to activate a pre-assigned function when the operating lever is pulled toward an axially outer side of a rotation shaft of the wheel.