Claims
- 1. An apparatus for contactless data and energy transmission, comprising:
- a stationary part including
- a first coil and a second coil,
- an oscillator having a first oscillator output coupled to said first coil to provide a reference signal and a second oscillator output,
- a phase modulator coupled to said second oscillator output and said second coil to provide an information signal;
- evaluator means connected to and being activated by said second coil to evaluate amplitude variations in the information signal provided by the second coil to provide a corresponding data signal,
- a movable part including
- a third coil and a fourth coil,
- first rectifier means connected to said third coil and second rectifier means connected to said fourth coil, each of said rectifier means having first and second inputs and first and second outputs,
- said first output of said first rectifier means being connected to said first output of said second rectifier means and forming a reference potential clamp,
- a phase demodulator having a first demodulator input connected to said third coil, a second demodulator input connected to said fourth coil, and at least one control output for outputting a signal corresponding to the relative phase between the reference signal and the information signal,
- first and second voltage regulators each having an input, an output, a control output and a reference potential connection, said outputs of said first and second voltage regulators being connected to one another and forming a supply voltage clamp,
- first and second amplitude modulators each having a reference potential connection, an output and a control input,
- reversing switch means having first and second inputs and first and second outputs for connecting a data signal present at one of said first and second inputs to one of said outputs in dependance on a signal at the other of said first and second inputs,
- said reference potential connections of said first and second voltage regulators and of said first and second modulators being connected to said reference potential clamp,
- said second output of said first rectifier means being connected to said input of said first voltage regulator and to said output of said first amplitude modulator, said second output of said second rectifier means being connected to said input of said second voltage regulator and to said output of said second amplitude modulator, said control output of said phase modulator being connected to said control input of said first voltage regulator,
- an invertor connected between said control output of said phase demodulator and said control input of said second voltage regulator,
- said control output of said phase demodulator being connected to said first input of said reversing switch means, said first output of said reversing switch means being connected to said control input of said first amplitude modulator, and said second output of said reversing switch means being connected to said control input of said second amplitude modulator, said second input of said reversing switch means being means for receiving a data signal, said stationary part and said movable part together forming coupling means for coupling
- said first and third coils to form a coil pair and said second and fourth coils to form a coil pair, and for deactivating said first amplitude modulator and said second
- voltage regulator, or
- said first and fourth coils to form a coil pair and said second and third coils to form a coil pair, and for deactivating said second amplitude modulator and said first voltage regulator, and that
- the apparatus is enabled to simultaneously transmit data from said stationary part to said movable part by phase modulation and from said movable part to said stationary part by amplitude modulation;
- whereby energy is transmitted only with the coil pair including said first coil and data are received only with the coil pair including said second coil.
- 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said stationary and movable parts are parts of a data exchange system and said movable part is part of a key.
- 3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said stationary and movable parts are parts of a data exchange system and said movable part is part of a chip card.
- 4. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said stationary and movable parts are parts of an access system and said movable part is part of a key.
- 5. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said stationary and movable parts are parts of an access system and said movable part is part of a chip card.
- 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first and second voltage regulators have control elements associated with a respective one of said third and fourth coils of said movable part.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/956,550, filed Oct. 2, 1992, abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/590,088, filed Sep. 28, 1990, abandoned.
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