Modulation circuit used in an IC-card reading/writing apparatus

摘要

A modulator (240) used in an IC card reader/writer (200) includes a phase variation detector (347) for detecting a varying point of the phase of a modulated signal, a signal processing circuit (340) for modifying the modulated signal for a half period at the phase varying point to have a frequency and amplitude twice those of the modulated signal, a first Miller integrator (350) for integrating the modified signal to produce a triangular wave signal, and a second Miller integrator (360) for integrating the triangular wave signal to produce a sinusoidal wave signal having a continuous phase. A demodulator (250) used in the reader/writer (200) includes a sync control circuit which controls a carrier sync signal (CSS) generation circuit (570) thereby to control the phase of a carrier sync signal in response to the discrimination as to whether the carrier sync signal (CSS) is in lead-phase or lag-phase relative to the signal modulated based on binary phase shift keying (BPSK). A control data signal and non-modulated carrier wave sent from the reader/writer (200) to the IC card (100) are converted into power for use by the IC card. <IMAGE>