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Antenna device and door handle device

US7679571B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by
33References
11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 16, 2005
Grant dateMar 16, 2010
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C2209/65
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmission/reception antenna (21) comprises a core (31) and a coil (32) wound around the core (31). One of a plurality of core sheets (31a) constituting the core (31) is utilized as a sensor electrode (23). Conductors (33, 34) extending from the two ends of the coil (32) are connected to a transmission/reception drive circuit (22). The conductor (35) extending from a capacitance detector (24) is connected to one of the conductors (33, 34) extending between the coil (32) and the transmission/reception drive circuit (22). Consequently, the capacitance detector (24) is alternately connected to the sensor electrode (23) through a parasitic capacitance C1 generated between the coil (32) and the sensor electrode (23) (core sheet (31a)).

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