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Method and device for managing information exchange between a main element, for example a NFC controller, and a set of at least two auxiliary elements

US9515701B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS · FR
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. · US

Inventors

Pierre Rizzo · Aix-en-Provence, FR
Alexandre Charles · Auriol, FR
Juergen Boehler · Munich, DE
Thierry Meziache · Marseille, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 12, 2011
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 1, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B5/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.

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