US 12,333,363 B2
Method and apparatus for controlling circuitry with particular application to smartcards
Victor Diaz, London (GB); Vitor Freitas, London (GB); and Alison Lloyd, London (GB)
Assigned to Drayson Technologies (Europe) Limited, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/034,514
Filed by Drayson Technologies (Europe) Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/052824
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/090740, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2017273 (GB), filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401412 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 19/073 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/0715 (2013.01) [G06K 19/0723 (2013.01); G06K 19/07354 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smartcard circuit for control of a near field RF communications chip for a smartcard, the circuit comprising:
a primary inductive coupler for connection to a near field antenna of a smart card for obtaining an RF electrical signal from the antenna;
a secondary inductive coupler arranged for inductive coupling with the primary inductive coupler and connected to the chip for provision of the RF electrical signal from the primary inductive coupler to enable the chip to perform near field RF communications for the smartcard; and
switching circuitry coupled to the secondary inductive coupler and comprising an RF conduction path selectively operable to disable said provision of the RF electrical signal thereby to inhibit the chip from performing near field RF communications
wherein the RF conduction path is controlled by a transistor having a drain connected to one plate of at least one capacitor in the RF conduction path wherein a one-way conduction path is arranged so that transmission of RF signal along the RF conduction path causes accumulation of an electrical charge on the one plate of the at least one capacitor via the one-way conduction path.