US 12,476,670 B2
Near field communication device, terminal device having the same, and operation method of the near field communication device
Seokyeong Kwon, Hwaseong-si (KR); Nyeongmin Kwon, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Seokhyun Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/895,326.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0172181 (KR), filed on Dec. 3, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0023825 (KR), filed on Feb. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0179256 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 5/72 (2024.01); H04B 5/20 (2024.01); H04B 5/45 (2024.01); H04B 5/48 (2024.01)
CPC H04B 5/72 (2024.01) [H04B 5/20 (2024.01); H04B 5/45 (2024.01); H04B 5/48 (2024.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A near field communication (NFC) device comprising:
a phase detector configured to receive a reference clock signal, detect a phase of the reference clock signal, output a generated clock signal having a frequency synchronized with the reference clock signal, and store phase information of the generated clock signal as a first digital code;
a phase delay calculator configured to
compare a phase of the generated clock signal with a reference phase to calculate a delta value while performing an active load modulation (ALM) operation, wherein the delta value corresponds to a phase difference between the phase of the generated clock signal and the reference phase, and
store the delta value as a second digital code; and
a transmission clock generator configured to reflect phase information stored as the first digital code and the second digital code to output a transmission clock signal.