NFC for mobile telephone
An electronic entity for a mobile terminal including a subscriber identity card and power supply therefor. The electronic entity includes a near-field communication device, an antenna, and a wire-based interface with the mobile terminal to provide the power supply. A voltage converter supplies operating power to the near-field communication device via the wire-based interface which in turn supplies power to the subscriber identity card.
1. An electronic entity adapted for a mobile terminal, said mobile terminal being able to comprise a subscriber identity card and able to provide a first electrical power supply suitable for operation of the subscriber identity card,
said electronic entity comprising:
a near-field communication device with which is associated a threshold operating value of the device;
an antenna for the near-field communication device; and
a wire-based interface intended to link the near-field communication device to the mobile terminal, said wire-based interface carrying the first electrical power supply from the mobile terminal to the near-field communication device,
wherein a voltage converter receives the first electrical power supply from the terminal via the wire-based interface, and provides the near-field communication device with a second electrical power supply suitably adapted according to said threshold operating value of the device; and
wherein the near-field communication device, on the basis of the second electrical power supply, provides a third electrical power supply to the subscriber identity card, said third electrical power supply having a value substantially equal to the first electrical power supply.
2. The electronic entity according to claim 1 , wherein said mobile terminal is able to additionally comprise a battery suitable for connection to the wire-based interface.
3. The electronic entity according to claim 1 , additionally comprising a power connection suitable for supplying electrical power from the antenna to the near-field communication device, wherein said near-field communication device provides, using the electrical power from the antenna, the third electrical power supply to the subscriber identity card via the wire-based interface.
4. The electronic entity according to claim 1 , wherein the wire-based interface comprises a protocol connection between the subscriber identity card and the near-field communication device.
5. A mobile terminal, adapted both for operating in a mobile communication network and for managing near-field communications, able to comprise a subscriber identity card and able to provide a first electrical power supply suitable for operation of the subscriber identity card,
said terminal including an electronic entity which comprises:
a near-field communication device with which is associated a threshold operating value of the device;
an antenna for the near-field communication device; and
a wire-based interface intended to link the near-field communication device to the mobile terminal, said wire-based interface carrying the first electrical power supply from the mobile terminal to the near-field communication device,
wherein a voltage converter receives the first electrical power supply from the terminal via the wire-based interface, and provides the near-field communication device with a second electrical power supply suitably adapted according to said threshold operating value of the device; and
wherein the near-field communication device, on the basis of the second electrical power supply, provides a third electrical power supply to the subscriber identity card, said third electrical power supply having a value substantially equal to the first electrical power supply.
6. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , able to additionally comprise a battery suitable for connection to the wire-based interface.
7. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the electronic entity additionally comprises a power connection suitable for supplying electrical power from the antenna to the near-field communication device, wherein said near-field communication device provides, using the electrical power from the antenna, the third electrical power supply to the subscriber identity card via the wire-based interface.
8. The mobile terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the wire-based interface comprises a protocol connection suitable for communication between the subscriber identity card and the near-field communication device.
9. A mobile communication system comprising a plurality of mobile terminals according to claim 5 .