Patent Publication Number: US-7583930-B2

Title: Transmission device, electric field communication transceiver, and electric field communication system

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
   The present invention relates to an electric field communication system, an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication transmission device that induce electric field in an electric field transmission medium and carry out data communications by use of the induced electric field. 
   BACKGROUND ART 
   A wearable computer that can be worn on a human body has attracted much attention, due to downsizing and sophisticating of mobile terminals. There has since been proposed a method as an example of data communications between such wearable computers, in which an electric field communication transceiver is integrally connected to a computer and allows the electric field that has been induced by the transceiver to transmit through a living body as an electric field transmission medium so as to carry out transmission/reception of data (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open Publication No. 2004-153708 and United States Patent Application Publication 2004/009226). 
     FIG. 1  illustrates a circuit model including a living body, a transmission device (transmitting section) and a transceiver according to related art. A transmission circuit  105  modulates data to be transmitted that is outputted from an I/O circuit  102  by a prescribed frequency f in a modulation circuit  115  and thereby outputs the data. The transmission circuit  105  is off an earth ground  116  and parasitic capacitance  109  is caused between a ground  108  of the transmission circuit and the earth ground  116 . By the way, R s    113  is an output resistor of the transmission circuit  105 . 
   In addition, there are caused parasitic capacitance  107  between a ground  108  of the transmission circuit  105  and a living body  104  and parasitic capacitance  110  between the living body  104  and the earth ground  116 . The living body  104  and a mobile terminal  100  are connected with each other via a transmission electrode  111  and an insulator  112 . In order to increase a voltage to be applied to the living body by causing resonance with the parasitic capacitances, a reactance section  106  is inserted between the transmission circuit and a transmission/reception electrode. In an electric field communication transceiver for use in electric field communication that is floating from the earth ground, there is known reactance adjustment that adjusts reactance of a variable reactance that has been inserted between the transmission/reception electrode and the transmission circuit by means of an amplitude monitor and a control signal generator in order to efficiently induce an electric field in a living body even when the parasitic capacitances are fluctuated (See the above-mentioned patent documents). 
   When such a circuit illustrated in  FIG. 1  is used, a voltage amplitude |V b | to be applied to the living body at the time of resonance is expressed by the following equation: 
                        V   b          =       1     2   ⁢     ΠR   s     ⁢     {       C   b     +       C   sb     ⁡     (     1   +       C   b     /     C   g         )         }         ⁢          V   s                    (   14   )               
where R s  represents an output resistance of the transmission circuit and |V s | represents an amplitude of an output signal from the transmission circuit. In addition, the parasitic capacitances  107 ,  109 ,  110  are designated by C sb , C g , and C b , respectively.
 
   When the transceiver  101  or the transmission device is thinned in order to down-size the mobile terminal  100 , C sb  is increased, thereby reducing the voltage amplitude |V b | that can be to be applied to the living body in accordance with the equation (14). Therefore, sufficient voltage cannot be obtained in a down-sized transceiver or transmission device, which makes it difficult to carry out communications. 
     FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram where a variable reactance is employed.  FIG. 2  illustrates an insulator  133  that comes in contact with a living body  131  such as a human body, a transmission/reception electrode  132  insulated by the insulator  133 , and an I/O circuit  30  that exchanges data with an external information processing apparatus (not shown). 
   In addition,  FIG. 2  illustrates a transmission circuit  134 , a switch  135 , a variable reactance section  136 , an electric field detection optical section  137 , a signal processing section  138 , a switch  139 , a demodulation circuit  140 , a wave forming section  141 , an amplitude monitor section  142 , and a control signal generation section  143  as a configuration for transmitting and receiving data. 
     FIG. 3  illustrates a configuration of a variable capacitance reactance as an example of a variable reactance. 
   In  FIG. 3 , a variable capacitance reactance section  601  is provided with alternating signal terminals  609 ,  610 , an inductor  687 , a buffer amplifier  686 , a variable capacitance diode  671  such as a varicap diode or the like, capacitors  685 ,  690 , resistors  688 ,  691 . The variable capacitance diode  671  and the inductor  687  compose a resonance circuit and electrostatic capacitance of the variable capacitance diode  671  is varied by a control signal  611  inputted from the control signal generation section  143 , thereby enabling adjustment of a resonance frequency. By the way, since there is a limit to a voltage applicable (withstand voltage), the variable capacitance diode  671  has to be used in a voltage range not exceeding the withstand voltage. 
   In addition, in an electric field communication transceiver employing a variable reactance, it is difficult to adjust a reactance value to a best-suited or substantially best-suited value unless the amplitude monitor section and the control signal generator are used. When accompanying the amplitude monitor section and the control signal generator, a circuit dimension of the electric field communication transceiver becomes larger, which is inconvenient in terms of integration into a wearable computer. Additionally, it is also inconvenient because power consumption may be increased. 
   Regarding power consumption, the following problem may arise. For example, an electric field communication transceiver may be applicable to entering/leaving management in a certain building or room. In this case, when the mobile terminal operates on a battery, such a mobile terminal is inconvenient and less secured because a person carrying such a mobile terminal cannot come out of the room if the battery becomes dead after he or she has entered the room. 
   In order to circumvent such inconveniency, there is required a mechanism in which electric power is provided to the mobile terminal (electric field communication transceiver) in a designated place to activate the mobile terminal and transmit data. If this is implemented in electric field communication, users can open a gate only by touching a part of the gate without taking the mobile terminal such as an ID card or the like out of their pocket, which can improve convenience. 
     FIG. 5  illustrates a system in which the transceiver illustrated in  FIG. 4  is used as an installed terminal side transceiver to which electric power is supplied. In a transceiver  701  as illustrated in  FIG. 4 , a ground  711  of a transmission circuit  703  that modulates data to be transmitted by a predetermined frequency f and outputs the modulated data is apart away from an earth ground  702 , thereby causing parasitic capacitance C g    704  therebetween. 
   In addition, there is caused parasitic capacitance C sb    704  between the ground  711  of the transmission circuit  703  and a living body  700  and parasitic capacitance C b    705  between the living body  700  and the earth ground  702 . In order to increase a voltage applied to the living body by causing resonance with these parasitic capacitances, a reactance section  710  is inserted between the transmission circuit  703  and a transmission/reception electrode  713 . 
     FIG. 5  is a schematic view of a system enabling an electric power transmission employing the transceiver  701  of  FIG. 4 . In  FIG. 5 , C gs    726  represents parasitic capacitance between the transmission/reception electrode  727  and an earth ground  730 ; C b    723  represents parasitic capacitance between the living body and the earth ground; C g    722  represents parasitic capacitance between a ground  725  of the mobile terminal side transceiver  716  and the earth ground  730 ; and Z L    718  (Z L =R L +X L ) represents impedance of the mobile terminal side transceiver  716 . 
   When C sg    724  and C b    723  are so small as to be neglected, series resonance is caused by a reactance X v    719 , C g    722 , and Z L    718 , thereby applying a higher voltage to a resistance component Re [Z L ]=R L  of Z L    718  to which electric power is supplied. However, C sg    724  and C b    723  are rather large in fact and not neglected, it is difficult to apply a higher voltage to R L . 
   The present invention has been made in view of the above disadvantages and the objective thereof is, first of all, a provision of a transmission device and a transceiver that are capable of preventing a reduction in amplitude of transmission voltage due to an increase in parasitic capacitance between the transmission/reception electrode and the living body that is prompted by down-sizing the transceiver or transmission device, preventing a reduction in voltage to be applied to an electric field transmission medium, and improving electric communication quality. 
   In addition, another objective of the present invention is a provision of an electric field transceiver that is capable of improving a withstand voltage characteristic of a variable capacitance diode, thereby preventing resonance suppression arising from an electric characteristic of a variable capacitance diode, and realizing an electric field communication with sufficient intensity. 
   Moreover, yet another objective of the present invention is a provision of an electric field communication transceiver in which there is realized a variable reactance means capable of self-compensating without any compensation circuit for a reactance value, thereby realizing improved communication at a lower consumption of electric power with a compact circuit. 
   Furthermore, the objective of the present invention is a provision of an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system that are capable of applying a higher voltage from an installation terminal side transceiver to a mobile terminal side transceiver, thereby supplying electric power to the mobile terminal side transceiver. 
   DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION 
   In order to achieve the objective, a first aspect of the present invention provides a transmission device that induces an electric field based on data to be transmitted and transmits the data to be transmitted via the induced electric field. The transmission device comprises a transmission means configured to transmit a modulated signal obtained by modulating the data to be transmitted with an alternating signal having a predetermined frequency, a transmission electrode configured to induce an electric field based on the modulated signal in the electric field transmission medium, a first reactance means provided between an output of the transmission means and the transmission electrode so as to cause resonance with each of parasitic capacitance produced between a ground of the transmission means and an earth ground, parasitic capacitance produced between the electric field transmission medium and the ground of the transmission means, and parasitic capacitance produced between the electric field transmission medium and the earth ground, and a second reactance means provided between the output of the transmission means and the ground of the transmission means or between the transmission electrode and the ground of the transmission means so as to cause resonance with each of the parasitic capacitances. 
   A second aspect of the present invention provides a transmission device according to the first aspect, wherein either one of the first reactance means and the second reactance means is a variable reactance means of which reactance value is adjustable, and wherein there is provided a reactance control means configured to control the reactance value of the variable reactance means so that a voltage which the transmission means applies to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked. 
   A third aspect of the present invention provides a transmission device according to the first aspect, wherein the first reactance means and the second reactance means are both a variable reactance means of which reactance value is adjustable, and wherein there is provided a reactance control means configured to control each reactance value of the first reactance means and the second reactance means so that a voltage which the transmission means applies to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked. 
   A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a transmission device according to the third aspect, wherein the reactance control means includes an adjustment signal generation means configured to generate an adjustment signal for use in adjustment of the reactance value, an amplitude detection means configured to use the adjustment signal outputted from the adjustment signal generation means so as to detect an amplitude of the voltage, a first control signal generation means configured to output a control signal that controls a reactance value of the first variable reactance means in accordance with the amplitude detected by the amplitude detection means, a second control signal generation means configured to output a control signal that controls a reactance value of the second variable reactance means in accordance with the amplitude detected by the amplitude detection means, a connection means configured to connect the amplitude detection means with the first control signal generation means in controlling of the reactance value of the first variable reactance means and to connect the amplitude detection means with the second control signal generation means in controlling of the reactance value of the second variable reactance means. 
   A fifth aspect of the present invention provides a transmission according to the fifth aspect, wherein the second variable reactance means is provided between the transmission electrode and the ground of the transmission means, wherein the reactance control means controls to adjust each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked and, after the reactance value of the second reactance means has been adjusted, the reactance control means varies minutely the reactance value, wherein there is provided a resistor to be connected in series with the second variable reactance means and the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the second variable reactance means, and wherein there is provided a connection means configured to connect the resistor with the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the second variable reactance means, and to connect the transmission means with the first variable reactance means and the resistor with the ground of the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the first variable reactance means. 
   A sixth aspect of the present invention provides a transmission device according to the third aspect, wherein the second variable reactance means is provided between the output of the transmission means and the ground of the transmission means, wherein the reactance control means controls to adjust each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked and, after the reactance value of the first reactance means has been adjusted, the reactance control means varies minutely the reactance value, and wherein there is provided a connection means configured to disconnect the second variable reactance means from the ground of the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the first variable reactance means and to connect the second variable reactance means with the ground of the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the second variable reactance means. 
   A seventh aspect of the present invention provides a transmission device according to the third aspect, wherein there is provided a self-adjusting variable reactance means in either the first variable reactance means or the second variable reactance means. The self-adjusting variable reactance means includes a resonance circuit for causing resonance with the parasitic capacitances, the resonance circuit being provided with an inductor and a variable capacitance diode of which electrostatic capacitance varies in accordance with a voltage applied thereto, and a resistor for applying a voltage across the anode and the cathode of the variable capacitance diode, the voltage being in accordance with a direct current obtained by rectifying with the variable capacitance diode a transmission signal inputted to the resonance circuit, and wherein a reactance value of either one of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means is controlled by the reactance control means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked, the either one of the variable reactance means being except for the self-adjusting variable reactance means. 
   An eighth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver that induces an electric field based on data to be transmitted in an electric field transmission medium to transmit the data to be transmitted via the induced electric field and receives data to be received via an electric field based on the data to be received that is induced in the electric field transmission medium. The transceiver comprises a transmission means configured to transmit a modulated signal obtained by modulating the data to be transmitted with an alternating signal having a predetermined frequency, a transmission reception electrode configured to induce an electric field based on the modulated signal in the electric field transmission medium and receive electric field based on data to be received, a first reactance means provided between the output of an transmission means and the transmission reception electrode so as to cause resonance with each of parasitic capacitance produced between a ground of the transmission means and an earth ground, parasitic capacitance produced between the electric field transmission medium and the ground of the transmission means, and parasitic capacitance produced between the electric field transmission medium and the earth ground, a second reactance means provided between the output of the transmission means and the ground of the transmission means or between the transmission reception electrode and the ground of the transmission means so as to cause resonance with each of the parasitic capacitances, a reception means configured to detect an electric field based on the data to be received, to convert the electric field into an electric signal, and to demodulate the signal so as to receive the data, a first connection means configured to disconnect a signal path from the output of the transmission means through the transmission reception electrode so as to prevent leakage of a reception signal to the transmission means at the time of receiving and to connect the signal path from the output of the transmission means through the transmission reception electrode so as to output a transmission signal to the transmission reception electrode at the time of transmitting, and a second connection means configured to disconnect the second reactance means from the ground of the transmission means so as to prevent leakage of the reception signal to the ground of the transmission means at the time of receiving, and to connect the second reactance means with the ground of the transmission means so as to allow the second reactance means to cause resonance at the time of transmitting. 
   A ninth aspect of the present invention provides a electric field communication transceiver according to the eighth aspect, wherein either one of the first reactance means and the second reactance means is a variable reactance means of which capacitance value is variable, and wherein there is provided a reactance means configured to control a reactance value of the variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission which the transmission means applies to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked. 
   A tenth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the eighth aspect, wherein the first reactance means and the second reactance means are a variable reactance means of which capacitance value are both a variable reactance means of which capacitance value is variable, and wherein there is provided a reactance control means configured to control each reactance value of the first reactance means and the second reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission that the transmission means applies to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked. 
   An eleventh aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the tenth aspect, wherein the reactance control means includes an adjustment signal generation means configured to generate an adjustment signal for use in adjusting the reactance value, an amplitude detection means configured to use the adjustment signal outputted from the adjustment signal generation means so as to detect an amplitude of a voltage of the transmission, a first control signal generation means configured to output based on the amplitude detected by the amplitude detection means a control signal to control a reactance value of the first variable reactance means, a second control signal generation means configured to output based on the amplitude detected by the amplitude detection means a control signal to control a reactance value of the second variable reactance means, and a connection means configured to connect the amplitude detection means with the first control signal generation means in controlling of the reactance value of the first variable reactance means and to connect the amplitude detection means with the second control signal generation means in controlling of the reactance value of the second variable reactance means. 
   A twelfth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the tenth aspect, wherein the second variable reactance means is provided between the transmission electrode and the ground of the transmission means, wherein the reactance control means controls to adjust each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked and, after the reactance value of the second reactance means has been adjusted, the reactance control means varies minutely the reactance value, and wherein there are provided a resistor to be connected in series with the second reactance means and the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the second variable reactance means, and a connection means configured to connect the resistor with the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the second variable reactance means and to connect the transmission means with the first variable reactance means and the resistor with the ground of the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the first variable reactance means. 
   A thirteenth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the tenth aspect, wherein the second variable reactance means is provided between the output of the transmission means and the ground of the transmission means, wherein the reactance control means controls to adjust each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked and, after the reactance value of the first reactance means has been adjusted, the reactance control means varies minutely the reactance value, and wherein there is provided a connection means configured to disconnect the second variable reactance means from the ground of the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the first variable reactance means and to connect the second variable reactance means and the ground of the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the second variable reactance means. 
   A fourteenth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the tenth aspect, wherein there is provided a self-reactance means in either the first variable reactance means or the second variable reactance means. The self-reactance means includes a resonance circuit for causing resonance with the parasitic capacitances, the resonance circuit being provided with an inductor and a variable capacitance diode of which electrostatic capacitance varies in accordance with a voltage applied thereto, and a resistor for applying a voltage across the anode and the cathode of the variable capacitance diode, the voltage being in accordance with a direct current obtained by rectifying with the variable capacitance diode a transmission signal inputted to the resonance circuit, and wherein a reactance value of either one of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means is controlled by the reactance control means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked, the either one of the variable reactance means being except for the self-adjusting variable reactance means. 
   A fifteenth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the tenth aspect, wherein the second variable reactance means is provided between the transmission reception electrode and the ground of the transmission means, wherein the reactance control means controls to adjust each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked, and, after the reactance value of the second reactance means has been adjusted, the reactance control means varies minutely the reactance value, and wherein the first connect means ( 31 ) connects the resistor with the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the second variable reactance means; connects the transmission means with the first variable reactance means and the resistor with the ground of the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the first variable reactance means; and disconnects the first variable reactance means from the transmission means at the time of reception. 
   A sixteenth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the tenth aspect, wherein the second reactance means is provided between the output of the transmission means and the ground of the transmission means, wherein the reactance control means controls to adjust each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked, and, after the reactance value of the first reactance means has been adjusted, the reactance control means varies minutely the reactance value, and wherein the second connection means disconnects the second variable reactance means from the ground of the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the first variable reactance means, and connects the second variable reactance means with the ground of the transmission means at the time of adjusting a reactance value of the second variable reactance means. 
   A seventeenth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to any one of the eighth through the sixteenth aspect, wherein an input to the reception means is connected to the first connection means, and wherein the first connection means disconnects a signal path from the transmission reception electrode to the input of the reception means at the time of transmission, and connects the signal path from the transmission reception electrode to the input of the reception means. 
   According to the first through the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, there can be provided a transmission device or a transceiver that is capable of preventing a reduction in the amplitude of the transmission voltage the reduction resulting from an increase due to downsizing of the transceiver or the transmission device in parasitic capacitance between the transmission electrode and the living body, and thus preventing a reduction in voltage applied to the electric field transmission medium, thereby improving a quality of electric field communications. 
   An eighteenth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver that carries out data communication via an electric field induced in an electric field transmission medium. The transceiver comprises a resonance circuit that is provided with an inductor for causing resonance in a transmission signal for the communication and a variable capacitance diode of which electrostatic capacitance varies in accordance with a voltage applied thereto, and a resistor that generates a voltage in accordance with a direct current obtained by rectifying with the variable capacitance diode the transmission signal inputted to the resonance circuit and applies the voltage across the anode and the cathode of the variable capacitance diode. 
   A nineteenth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the eighteenth aspect, wherein the resonance circuit causes resonance with parasitic capacitance between a ground of the electric field communication transceiver and an earth ground and parasitic capacitance between the electric field transmission medium and the earth ground. 
   A twentieth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the eighteenth or the nineteenth aspect, wherein the inductor, the variable capacitance diode, and the resistor are connected in series in the resonance circuit. 
   A twenty-first aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the eighteenth or the nineteenth aspect, wherein in the resonance circuit, the inductor is connected in series with a circuit in which the variable capacitance diode and the resistor are connected. 
   A twenty-second aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to any one of the eighteenth through the twenty-first aspect, wherein the inductor arranges at one terminal or both terminals thereof a capacitor for blocking an input of a direct current thereto. 
   According to the eighteenth through the twenty-second aspect of the present invention, there can be provided an electric field transceiver that is realized of a variable reactance means that enables self-adjustment of the reactance value thereof by omitting a reactance compensation circuit, thereby carrying out low electricity consumption and excellent communications with a smaller circuit size. 
   A twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver that induces an electric field based on data to be transmitted in an electric field transmission medium to carry out data communication by use of the electric field and carries out data reception via an electric field based on data to be received that is induced in the electric field transmission medium, an alternating signal output means configured to output an alternating signal having a first frequency, a transmission reception electrode configured to induce an electric field based on data to be transmitted so as to transmit the data, and to detect an electric field based on data to be received so as to receive the data, a first reactance means provided between an output of the alternating signal output means and the transmission reception electrode, the first reactance means causing resonance between parasitic capacitance between the transmission reception electrode and an earth ground and impedance that the electric field transmission medium close to the transmission reception electrode shares with the earth ground, a second reactance means provided between the output of the alternating signal output means and the earth ground or between the transmission reception electrode and the earth ground, the second reactance means causing resonance between parasitic capacitance between the transmission reception electrode and the earth ground and impedance that the electric field transmission medium close to the transmission reception electrode shares with the earth ground, a reception means configured to detect an electric field of an alternating signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency, a first filter means configured to allow passage of the alternating signal having the first frequency and to block the alternating signal having the second frequency, and a second filter means configured to allow passage of the alternating signal having the second frequency and to block the alternating signal having the first frequency. 
   A twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention provides an electric communication transceiver according to the twenty-seventh aspect, wherein either the first reactance means or the second reactance means is a variable reactance means of which reactance value is variable, and wherein there is provided a reactance control means configured to control a reactance value of the variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked. 
   A twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the twenty-seventh aspect, wherein the first reactance means and the second reactance means are a first variable reactance means and a second variable reactance means so that both of the reactance values thereof are variable, and wherein there is provided a reactance control means configured to control each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked. 
   A thirtieth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the twenty-eighth or the twenty-ninth aspect, wherein the reactance control means includes a calculation control memory section configured to store an amplitude of a transmission voltage applied to the electric field transmission medium for each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means and to extract a peak value of the amplitude, thereby to set each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means, and an amplitude detection means configured to detect amplitude of the transmission voltage. 
   A thirty-first aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the twenty-eighth or the twenty-ninth aspect, wherein the reactance control means includes an adjustment signal generation means configured to adjust each reactance value of the first variable reactance means and the second variable reactance means, an amplitude detection means configured to detect an amplitude of a transmission voltage by use of the adjustment signal outputted from the adjustment signal generation means, a first control signal generation means configured to output a signal to control a reactance value of the first variable reactance means in accordance with the amplitude detected by the amplitude detection means, a second control signal generation means configured to output a signal to control a reactance value of the second variable reactance means in accordance with the amplitude detected by the amplitude detection means, and a third connection means configured to connect at least the amplitude detection means with the first control signal generation means when a reactance value of the first variable reactance means is controlled, and to connect at least the amplitude detection means with the second control signal generation means when a reactance value of the second variable reactance means is controlled. 
   A thirty-second aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to the twenty-seventh aspect, wherein there are employed a self-adjusting variable reactance means in either the first reactance means or the second reactance means, the self-adjusting variable reactance means including a resonance circuit that is provided with an inductor and a variable capacitance diode of which electrostatic capacitance varies in accordance with a voltage applied thereto and configured to cause resonance with the parasitic capacitances, and a resistor configured to apply a voltage across the anode and the cathode of the variable capacitance diode, the voltage being generated by rectifying with the variable capacitance diode a transmission signal inputted to the resonance circuit, wherein the reactance control means controls one of the variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked, the one of the variable reactance means being not the self-adjusting variable reactance means. 
   A thirty-third aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication transceiver according to any one of the twenty-ninth through the thirty-first aspect, wherein both the first reactance means and the second reactance means employ a self-adjusting variable reactance means including a resonance circuit that is provided with an inductor and a variable capacitance diode of which electrostatic capacitance varies in accordance with a voltage applied thereto and configured to cause resonance with the parasitic capacitances, and a resistor applying a voltage across the anode and the cathode of the variable capacitance diode, the voltage being generated in accordance with a direct current obtained by rectifying the transmission signal inputted to the resonance circuit, and wherein the reactance control means controls one of the variable reactance means so that a voltage of the transmission applied to the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked, the one of the variable reactance means being not the self-adjusting variable reactance means. 
   A thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication system composed by combining the electric field communication transceiver according to any one of the twenty-seventh through the thirty-second with a second electric field communication transceiver, the second electric field communication transceiver comprising a transmission reception electrode configured to carry out induction of electric field based on data to be transmitted and reception of electric field based on data to be received, a rectifying electric power storage means configured to rectify an alternating signal having a first frequency, the signal being transmitted from the electric field communication transceiver, so as to generate a direct electric power and to output the electric power, a transmission means configured to modulate data to be transmitted with an alternating signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency so as to generate and transmit the modulated signal, a control data storage means configured to carry out storage of the data to be transmitted, output of the data to be transmitted to the transmission means, and control of the electric field communication transceiver, a first filter means configured to allow passage of an alternating signal having the first frequency and to block an alternating signal having the second frequency, and a second filter means configured to allow passage of an alternating signal having the second frequency and to block an alternating signal having the first frequency. 
   A thirty-fifth aspect of the present invention provides an electric field communication system according to the thirty-fourth aspect, wherein an alternating signal output means of the electric field communication transceiver is comprised of a transmission means configured to modulate the data to be transmitted with an alternating signal having the first frequency so as to generate and transmit the modulated signal, and wherein the second electric field communication transceiver is provided with a reception means configured to detect an alternating field having the second frequency in accordance with the data to be received so as to convert the detected electric field into an electric signal and demodulate the electric signal. 
   According to the twenty-seventh through the thirty-fifth aspect, there can be provided an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system that is capable of applying a larger voltage to the mobile terminal side transceiver from the installed terminal side transceiver, thereby transmitting electric power to the mobile terminal side transceiver. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
       FIG. 1  is an explanatory view of a transceiver according to related art. 
       FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram of an electric field communication transceiver employing a variable reactance section according to related art. 
       FIG. 3  is a schematic diagram for explaining a variable reactance section according to related art. 
       FIG. 4  is an explanatory view illustrating a configuration of another related-art electric field communication transceiver. 
       FIG. 5  is an explanatory view illustrating a configuration of an electric field communication system employing the electric field communication transceiver illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
       FIG. 6  is an explanatory view of a basic configuration of a transmission section of an electric field communication transceiver according to embodiments of the present invention. 
       FIG. 7  is an explanatory view of a second basic configuration of a transmission section of an electric field communication transceiver according to embodiments of the present invention. 
       FIG. 8  is a block diagram for explaining an electric field communication transceiver according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 9  is a block diagram of a reactance control section of the electric field communication transceiver according to the first embodiment. 
       FIG. 10  is a block diagram of one modified example of the electric field communication transceiver according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 11  is a block diagram of an electric field communication transceiver according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 12  is a block diagram of a reactance control section of the electric field communication transceiver according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 13  is an equivalent circuit of the electric field communication transceiver according to the second embodiment of the present invention when adjusting a variable reactance X p . 
       FIG. 14  is an equivalent circuit of a variable reactance section of the electric field communication transceiver according to the second embodiment of the present invention when adjusting a variable reactance X g . 
       FIG. 15  is a block diagram of one modified example of the electric field communication transceiver according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 16  is a block diagram for explaining an electric field communication transceiver according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 17  is a schematic diagram for explaining a self-adjusting variable reactance section of the electric field communication transceiver according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIGS. 18A to 18D  are a graph for explaining operation of the self-adjusting variable reactance section of the electric field communication transceiver according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 19  is a block diagram of a reactance control section of the electric field communication transceiver according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 20  is a schematic diagram for explaining one example of a self-adjusting variable reactance section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 21  is an explanatory view for explaining a self-adjusting variable reactance section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver according to one embodiment of the present invention at the time of transmission. 
       FIGS. 22A to 22D  are a graph for explaining a self-adjusting variable reactance section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 23  is a schematic diagram for explaining another example of a self-adjusting variable reactance section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 24  is a schematic diagram for explaining a variable reactance section of an electric field communication transceiver according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 25  is a schematic diagram of an electric field communication transceiver according to one embodiment of the present invention, which includes a variable reactance. 
       FIG. 26  is an equivalent circuit of the variable reactance section illustrated in  FIG. 24  with respect to high frequency alternating signal. 
       FIG. 27  is an equivalent circuit of the variable reactance section illustrated in  FIG. 24  with respect to low frequency alternating signal. 
       FIG. 28  is an explanatory view for explaining a variable reactance section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 29  is a schematic view for explaining a variable reactance section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 30  is a schematic view for explaining a variable reactance section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 31  is a schematic view for explaining a variable reactance section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 32  is an explanatory view illustrating a basic configuration of an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 33  is a block diagram illustrating an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 34  is a block diagram for explaining a reactance control operation in an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 35  is a graph for explaining a reactance control operation in an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 36  is a block diagram illustrating an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system according to another embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 37  is a block diagram of a second configuration of a reactance control section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 38  is a block diagram illustrating an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system according to yet another embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 39  is a block diagram for explaining a variable reactance of the electric field communication transceiver and the electric field communication system illustrated in  FIG. 38 . 
       FIGS. 40A to 40D  are a graph for explaining operation of the self-adjusting variable reactance section illustrated in  FIG. 39 . 
       FIG. 41  is a block diagram of another reactance control section that is applied to an electric field communication transceiver and an electric field communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 42  is a block diagram illustrating a transmission device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 43  is a block diagram illustrating a transmission device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 44  is a block diagram illustrating a transmission device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 45  is a block diagram illustrating an electric field communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention. 
   

   BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
     FIG. 6  illustrates a circuit model of a transmission section and a living body in order to explain a basic configuration of embodiments of the present invention. 
   In  FIG. 6 , a mobile terminal  10 , a transceiver  15 , an I/O circuit  40 , and a wearable computer  30  are illustrated. The mobile terminal  10  meets a living body  20  such as a human body by use of a transmission electrode  8  having an insulator  9  therebetween. Between the living body and an earth ground  14  such as a floor and an earth surface, there exists parasitic capacitance C b    13  between the living body  20  and the earth ground  14  and furthermore between the transceiver  15  and the earth ground  14 , there exists parasitic capacitance C g    12  between a ground of the transceiver  15  and the earth ground  14 . 
   The transceiver  15  provided in the mobile terminal  10  includes a transmission circuit  3 , an oscillator  4  provided in the transmission circuit  3 , and a modulation circuit  5 . Transmission output of the transmission circuit  3  is transmitted to the living body  20  through the transmission electrode  8 . 
   The transmission circuit  3  includes a transmission resistor R s    7  thereinside. Between the transmission circuit  3  and the transmission electrode  8 , there exists a reactance X g    2  in series, and between the transmission electrode  8  and a circuit ground  6 , there exists a reactance X p    1 . In addition, between the circuit ground  6  and the living body  20 , there exists parasitic capacitance C sb    11 . 
   In a first embodiment of the present invention, a voltage V b  applied to the living body  20  is raised by utilizing resonance employing two reactances (the reactance X g    2  and the reactance X p    1 ). 
   Reactance values of the reactance X g    2  and the reactance X p    1  in  FIG. 6  are designated as X g  and X p , respectively. Admittance (Y) in the left hand side with respect to a broken line in  FIG. 6  is expressed as follows:
 
 Y =(1 /jX   p )+ jωC   b   +j ω(( C   b   −1   +C   g   −1 ) −1   (1)
 
   Using this equation, V b  is expressed as: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         V 
                         b 
                       
                       = 
                       
                         
                           
                             C 
                             b 
                           
                           
                             
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                               C 
                               b 
                             
                           
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         
                           
                             Y 
                             
                               - 
                               1 
                             
                           
                           
                             
                               R 
                               s 
                             
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                               j 
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                   
                               
                               ⁢ 
                               
                                 X 
                                 g 
                               
                             
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                               Y 
                               
                                 - 
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                         ⁢ 
                         
                           V 
                           s 
                         
                       
                     
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     
                       = 
                       
                         
                           
                             C 
                             b 
                           
                           
                             
                               C 
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                               C 
                               b 
                             
                           
                         
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                             1 
                             + 
                             
                               
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                                     s 
                                   
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                                     j 
                                     ⁢ 
                                     
                                         
                                     
                                     ⁢ 
                                     
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                                       g 
                                     
                                   
                                 
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                               ⁢ 
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                           V 
                           s 
                         
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
             
             
               
                 ( 
                 2 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
       
     
   
   By substituting the equation (1) into the equation (2), the following equation will be obtained: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   V 
                   b 
                 
                 = 
                 
                   
                     V 
                     s 
                   
                   / 
                   
                     ( 
                     
                       1 
                       + 
                       
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                             C 
                             b 
                           
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                         ⁡ 
                         
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                               ω 
                               ⁡ 
                               
                                 ( 
                                 
                                   
                                     C 
                                     b 
                                   
                                   + 
                                   
                                     
                                       C 
                                       sb 
                                     
                                     ⁡ 
                                     
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                                         + 
                                         
                                           
                                             C 
                                             b 
                                           
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                                 ( 
                                 
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                                 p 
                               
                             
                           
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                             s 
                           
                           ⁡ 
                           
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                                 ω 
                                 ⁡ 
                                 
                                   [ 
                                   
                                     
                                       C 
                                       b 
                                     
                                     + 
                                     
                                       
                                         C 
                                         sb 
                                       
                                       ⁡ 
                                       
                                         ( 
                                         
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                                           + 
                                           
                                             
                                               C 
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                               - 
                               
                                 
                                   ( 
                                   
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                                     + 
                                     
                                       
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                 ( 
                 3 
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   When X g  is considered as a variable, the amplitude |V b | becomes peaked at
 
 X   g =(1 +C   b   /C   g )/{ω[ C   b   +C   sb ( C   b   /C   g )]−(1 +C   b   /C/X   p }  (4)
 
and, the value thereof becomes:
 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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                     b 
                   
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                             ω 
                             ⁡ 
                             
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                                   C 
                                   b 
                                 
                                 + 
                                 
                                   
                                     C 
                                     sb 
                                   
                                   ⁡ 
                                   
                                     ( 
                                     
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                                       + 
                                       
                                         
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                               ( 
                               
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                                     C 
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                 ( 
                 5 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
       
     
   
   In the equation (5), the amplitude can be increased by the reactance X p    1 . Therefore, a signal having a larger amplitude can be applied to the living body  20  by the configuration according to the present invention. 
     FIG. 7  illustrates a circuit model in which the reactance X p    1  is connected between a transmission output of the transmission circuit  3  and the circuit ground  6  of the transmission circuit  3 . Impedance (Z) in the left hand side with respect to a broken line in  FIG. 7  is expressed as follows: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 Z 
                 = 
                 
                   
                     j 
                     ⁢ 
                     
                         
                     
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                 ( 
                 6 
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   Using this equation, V b  is expressed as: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
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                         b 
                       
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                       ⁢ 
                       
                         
                           
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                 ( 
                 7 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
       
     
   
   By substituting the equation (6) into the equation (5), the following equation will be obtained: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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                 ( 
                 8 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
       
     
   
   When X p  is considered as a variable, the amplitude |V b | becomes peaked at 
                   X   p     =         1   +     Cb   /   Cg         ω   ⁢     {       C   b     +       C   sb     ⁡     (     1   +       C   b     /     C   g         )         }         -     X   g               (   8   )               
and the value thereof is expressed as:
 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                    
                   
                     V 
                     b 
                   
                    
                 
                 = 
                 
                   
                     1 
                     
                       1 
                       + 
                       
                         ( 
                         
                           
                             C 
                             b 
                           
                           / 
                           
                             C 
                             g 
                           
                         
                         ) 
                       
                       - 
                       
                         ω 
                         ⁢ 
                         
                             
                         
                         ⁢ 
                         
                           
                             X 
                             g 
                           
                           ⁡ 
                           
                             [ 
                             
                               
                                 C 
                                 b 
                               
                               + 
                               
                                 
                                   C 
                                   sb 
                                 
                                 ⁡ 
                                 
                                   ( 
                                   
                                     1 
                                     + 
                                     
                                       
                                         C 
                                         b 
                                       
                                       / 
                                       
                                         C 
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                       V 
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                 ( 
                 9 
                 ) 
               
             
           
         
       
     
   
   In the equation (9), the amplitude can be increased by the reactance X g    2 . Therefore, a signal having a larger amplitude can be applied to the living body  20  by this configuration. 
   A First Embodiment 
     FIG. 8  illustrates a block diagram of a transceiver  15  according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 
   In  FIG. 8 , the transceiver  15  indicated by a broken line, an I/O circuit  40  connected to the transceiver  15 , an insulator  9  that contacts to the living body  20  (not shown, but referable to in  FIG. 6 ), and a transmission/reception electrode  8  disposed beneath the insulator  9 . 
   In addition, the transceiver  15  is provided with a reception section  23 , a transmission section  16 , a switch  17 , a switch  18 , a variable reactance section X g    19 , a variable reactance section X p    21 , and a reactance control section  22 . One end of the switch  18  is connected to a circuit ground  29 . 
   The transceiver  15  having such a configuration supports half-duplex transmission in which the switches  17 ,  18  turn on at the state of transmission and off at the state of reception. In addition, the transceiver  15  is provided with the variable reactance X g    19  and a reactance controller  22  for controlling the reactance X p    21 , in order to retain resonance in accordance with changing parasitic capacitance. 
     FIG. 9  illustrates an internal block diagram of the reactance controller  22 . The reactance controller  22  as illustrated in  FIG. 9  includes thereinside an adjustment signal generation section  24  that generates an adjustment signal, a high input impedance amplitude monitor section  25  that monitors the amplitude of an input signal, a switch  26  that switches an output from the high input impedance amplitude monitor section  25 , a control signal generation section  27  that is controlled by the adjustment signal to output a control signal to the variable reactance section X g    21 , and a control signal generation section  28  that similarly outputs a control signal to the variable reactance section X g    19 . 
   In the first embodiment, there is adopted a method in which the reactance X g    19  and the reactance X p    21  are alternatively changed so as to be adjusted. First of all, while keeping constant the reactance X p    21  by keeping constant the control signal of the control signal generation section  27  and a 3  is connected with b 3  in the switch  26 , the reactance X g    19  is adjusted so that the amplitude |V b | of the voltage between the earth ground  14  and the living body  20  as referred to in  FIG. 9  becomes peaked. The input impedance of the high input impedance amplitude monitor section  25  is raised in order to prevent the amplitude monitor section that monitors the amplitude from influencing resonance. In addition, the high input impedance amplitude monitor section  25  outputs a signal based on the change of |V b | when changing minutely the reactance being adjusted into the control signal generation section  27 . The control signal generation section  27  determines a subsequent control signal from the inputted signal and outputs the signal determined. 
   Then, a 3  is connected with c 3  in the switch  26  thereby to allow the reactance X g    19  to remain unchanged, and the reactance X p    21  is adjusted so that |V b | becomes peaked. Subsequently, these procedures are repeated to obtain the most-preferable reactance value. The adjustment signal generation section  24  outputs a signal to control a switching of the switch  26  when adjusting and an operation of the control signal generation sections  27 ,  28  and the high input impedance amplitude monitor  25  as explained above. With this configuration, a voltage can be efficiently applied to the living body  20  even when the transceiver  15  is downsized, thereby realizing a transceiver that enables to keep an excellent communication condition. 
   By the way, although the variable reactance section X p  is connected between the transmission/reception electrode and the circuit ground in  FIG. 8 , the same effect is exhibited even when the variable reactance section X p  is connected between the transmission circuit output and the circuit ground, as described with reference to  FIG. 7 . In addition, although both reactance sections (the reactance X g    19  and the reactance X p    21 ) are configured as a variable reactance section in  FIG. 8 , either one of them can be a variable reactance section. By the way, a transmission device (transmission device  150 ), which only carries out transmission in contrast to the transceiver  15 , has a configuration realized by omitting the reception section  23 , the switch  17 , and the switch  18  from the transceiver  15 , as shown in  FIG. 42 . 
   Next, a modified example of the first embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to  FIG. 10 . 
   In a configuration illustrated in  FIG. 10 , the transmission section  16  and the reception section  23  are isolated by a switch  31  in order to prevent a transmission signal from leaking to the reception section  23  via the transmission/reception electrode  8 . At the time of transmission and reactance adjustment, a 1  and b 1  are connected in the switch  31 , whereas at the time of reception, a 1  and c 1  are connected. In addition, at the time of receiving, a control signal outputted from the reactance control section  22  is inputted into the reactance X g    19  and the reactance X p    21  so that the reactance value of the variable reactance (the reactance X g    19  and the reactance X p    21 ) is reduced. 
   With such a configuration, an electric circuit that constitutes an input stage of the reception section  23  is protected even when the transmission signal becomes larger due to resonance than a withstand voltage of the electric circuit. Therefore, this configuration allows for an electric field detector having a lower withstand voltage as an input stage of the reception section  23 . 
   A Second Embodiment 
     FIG. 11  illustrates a block diagram of a transceiver according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This transceiver adjusts each variable reactance at one time of adjustment, respectively. To this end, a switch  32 , a switch  18  and a resistor  33  as a load resistance are provided. First of all, in order to adjust the variable reactance section X p    21 , a 1  contacts with b 1  in the switch  32 ; a 2  contacts with b 2  in the switch  32 ; and the switch  18  turns on. 
     FIG. 12  illustrates a block diagram in order to describe an inner configuration of the reactance control section  22 . This configuration as illustrated in  FIG. 12  is substantially the same as that already illustrated in  FIG. 9  but different in that a condition switching signal is outputted from an adjustment signal generation section  24 . 
     FIG. 13  illustrates an equivalent circuit according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In this equivalent circuit, there are shown a signal source V s    35 , a resistor R s    36 , a resistor R dv    37 , a reactance X p    38 , and parasitic capacitance C sb    39  between a transmission electrode and an earth ground, a transmission/reception electrode  44 , parasitic capacitance C b    41  between a living body and the earth ground, and parasitic capacitance C g    42  between a ground of a mobile terminal side transceiver and the earth ground. 
   As understood from the equivalent circuit illustrated in  FIG. 13 , the reactance X p    38  and each parasitic capacitance constitute a series resonance circuit. When this circuit is adjusted so that an electric potential of the transmission/reception electrode becomes peaked, the reactance X p    38  becomes as expressed by the following equation: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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   In order to solve this problem, the reactance value X p  is minutely changed to X p +X 1 . At the same time, a 1  is connected with c 1  in the switch  1  and a 2  is connected with c 2 , of which equivalent circuit at this time is illustrated in  FIG. 14 . Assuming X p &gt;&gt;X 1 , |V b | is expressed as follows: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
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   As described, when adjusting the variable reactance section X g    19 , the variable reactance section X p    21  is minutely varied, thereby applying a larger signal to the living body. The variable reactance section X g    19  is adjusted while monitoring the voltage applied thereto, as is the case with the variable reactance section X p    21 . 
   At the time of reception, the switch  18  is turned off to break a connection between a 1  and c 1 . With this configuration and adjustment method, a voltage can be efficiently applied to the living body  20  even when the transceiver  15  is down-sized, thereby realizing a transceiver that enables to maintain an excellent communication condition. By the way, as shown in  FIG. 43 , a transmission device (transmission device  150 ), which only carries out transmission in contrast to the transceiver  15 , has a configuration realized by omitting the reception section  23 , the switch  17 , and the switch  18  from the transceiver  15  according to the second embodiment shown in  FIG. 11 . 
   Although the variable reactance section X p    21  is connected between the transmission/reception electrode  8  and the circuit ground  29  in  FIG. 11 , the same effect is exhibited even when the variable reactance section X p    21  is connected between the circuit ground  29  and the transmission circuit output from the transmission section  16 . 
   In this case, the resistor  33  as a load resistance as shown in the block diagram of  FIG. 15  is not necessary. Firstly, the switch  17  is turned on and the switch  18  is turned off in order to adjust the variable reactance section X g    19 . Then, when the voltage outputted to the transmission/reception electrode  8  is adjusted to become peaked, the variable reactance section X g    19  will have a value represented by the following equation: 
   
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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   Next, the variable reactance section X g    19  is slightly changed to make its reactance value X g +X 1 . Then, the switch  18  is turned on and the reactance section X p    21  is adjusted to make the voltage applied to the transmission/reception electrode  8  become peaked, thereby obtaining a larger amplitude as described with reference to  FIG. 11 . 
   The above configuration and adjustment method realize a transceiver that is capable of efficiently applying voltage to the living body so as to maintain an excellent communication condition even when the transceiver is downsized. By the way, a transmission device, which only carries out transmission, is composed by omitting the reception section  23  and the switch  17 . 
   In addition, even in the above embodiment, there may be an alternative configuration in which the input of the reception section  23  is connected to the switch  17  by which the transmission section  16  and the reception section  23  are isolated, as is the case with the modified example of the first embodiment shown in  FIG. 10 . 
   A Third Embodiment 
     FIG. 16  is a block diagram of a transceiver  15  according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 
   In the transceiver  15  shown in  FIG. 16 , a self-adjusting variable reactance section  52  that is capable of adjusting a reactance value without requiring a control section, instead of the variable reactance section X p    21  in the first and the second embodiment. 
     FIG. 17  illustrates a specific configuration of the self-adjusting variable reactance section  52 . Capacitors  53 ,  55  serve to block a direct current component and are considered as short-circuited for an alternating signal.  FIG. 18A  illustrates a relation between a direct current component ID and alternating voltage applied therebetween when the alternating voltage having an altitude of |VAC| is applied to a variable capacitance diode  56 . When reverse-biased voltage VDC is generated across the variable capacitance diode  56 , the variable capacitance diode  56  becomes short-circuited for shorter time and therefore ID becomes lower with respect to the same VAC. 
     FIG. 18B  illustrates voltage (equivalent to VDC) caused by the current ID flowing through a resistor  57 .  FIG. 18C  illustrates a dependence of capacitance C v  of the variable capacitance diode  56  on the voltage VDC. In addition,  FIG. 18D  illustrates a dependence of C v  on the amplitude |V b | of V b . Points in the graphs show a change in each current and voltage after an alternating signal starts to be inputted to the variable reactance. The initial value of the capacitance C v  is set as C 1 , which is a value at the time of VDC=0. In addition, |VAC| is proportional to |V b |. 
   When an alternating signal is inputted, the signal is rectified by the variable capacitance diode  56  and thus a direct current ID (a point  1  in  FIG. 18A ) is generated. This current flows the resistor  57  to generate a direct voltage VDC and the same voltage is applied to the variable capacitance diode. As a result, the capacitance C v  reduces (a point  1  in  FIG. 18C ) closer to a capacitance value that causes resonance and thus |V b | becomes larger. 
   While |VAC| becomes larger since it is proportional to |V b |, |VDC| also becomes larger and then the relation between |VDC| and ID comes to be shown by a point  2  in  FIG. 18A . Subsequently, while C v  reduces in the same way and |VAC| increases, VDC becomes larger and therefore a rate of change in ID dwindles and converges to zero. When a rate of change in ID becomes zero, |VAC| becomes constant and its amplitude has become closer to the amplitude at the time of resonance, when compared with one at the time of beginning. By using the self-adjusting variable reactance  52  like this, only one variable reactance section  50  to be controlled is required in the reactance control section  51 , thereby alleviating complexity in reactance adjustment. 
     FIG. 19  is a block diagram of the reactance control section  51 . This configuration shown in  FIG. 19  has basically the same as that of the reactance control section shown in  FIG. 9 . Namely, the reactance control section  51  is provided with a high input impedance amplitude monitor section  62  to monitor the input signal and generates a control signal in a control signal generation section  63  thereof. Additionally, since there is required only one variable reactance section  50  to be controlled in the reactance control section  51 , only one unit may be required as the control signal generation section  63 . With this configuration, there is realized a transceiver that is capable of efficiently applying voltage to the living body so as to maintain an excellent communication condition even when the transceiver is downsized. 
   By the way, although the self-adjusting variable reactance section  52  is connected between the transmission/reception electrode  8  and the circuit ground  29  in  FIG. 16 , the same effect is exhibited even when the self-adjusting variable reactance section  52  is connected between the transmission circuit output from the transmission section  16  and the circuit ground  29 . 
   Additionally, even in this embodiment, there may be an alternative configuration in which the input of the reception section  23  is connected to the switch  31  shown in  FIG. 10  to isolate the transmission section from the reception section thereby, as is the case with the modified example of the first embodiment shown in  FIG. 10 . By the way, a transmission device (transmission device  152 ), which only carries out transmission, has a configuration realized by omitting the reception section  23 , the switch  17 , and the switch  18  from the transceiver  15  according to the third embodiment shown in  FIG. 16 , as shown in  FIG. 44 . 
   According to the first through the third embodiment of the present invention, the amplitude of the transmission voltage is prevented from reducing, even when parasitic capacitance between the transmission electrode and the living body is increased by down-sizing the transceiver or the transmission device, thereby preventing a reduction in voltage to be applied to the electric field transmission medium. Therefore, there is provided a transceiver or a transmission device that is capable of improving quality of electric field communication. 
   &lt;Self-Adjusting Variable Reactance Section I&gt; 
   Referring to  FIGS. 20 through 23 , the self-adjusting variable reactance section will be detailed hereinafter. 
     FIG. 20  is a schematic diagram of the self-adjusting variable reactance section. While a self-adjusting variable reactance section  201  is used instead of the self-adjusting variable reactance section  52  in the transceiver  15  according to the above-described third embodiment, the self-adjusting variable reactance section  201  is applicable not only to the transceiver  15  but also to other electric field communication transceivers. 
   Referring to  FIG. 20 , the self-adjusting variable reactance section  201  is composed of alternating signal terminals  210 ,  211  to which a high frequency alternating signal is applied, capacitors  202 ,  206  for providing electrostatic capacitance, such as a condenser, a resistance  205 , and a variable capacitance diode  204 . 
   The self-adjusting variable reactance section  201  having such a configuration has a resonance circuit composed of an inductor  203  and the variable capacitance diode  204 , which serves to cause resonance. In addition, the two capacitors  202 ,  206  are disposed to block an incoming direct current component and, on the other hand, are considered as short-circuited for an incoming alternating signal. 
   Additionally, a voltage applied to the variable capacitance diode  204  and a direct current component of the current flowing therethrough are referred to as VDC and ID, respectively. The voltage VDC of the variable capacitance diode  204  is positive when reversely biased. 
     FIG. 21  is an explanatory view of an electric field communication transceiver  200  in which the self-adjusting variable reactance section  201  shown in  FIG. 20  is employed, the transceiver having a configuration different from the transceiver  15  according to the third embodiment, and of its transmission operation. 
   The reactance section  201  is disposed between a transmission circuit output  216  and a living body  215  as an electric field transmission medium in which an electric field has to be induced. Hereinafter, an alternating voltage component of the voltage between the living body  215  and the earth ground is designated as Vb 222 ; and an alternating voltage component of the voltage of the self-adjusting variable reactance section  201  is designated as VAC. 
   The transmission circuit output  216  has an oscillator  223  thereinside and a voltage caused by the generator  23  is designated as VS. By the way, an internal resistance of the transmission circuit  216  is referred to as R s    24 . The transmission circuit output  216  is connected to a transmission device ground  218  and a voltage VS with respect to the transmission device ground  218  is outputted in the oscillator  223 . The transmission device ground  218  is coupled to the earth ground  220  via parasitic capacitance C g    219  between the transmission device ground and the earth ground, while the living body  215  is coupled to the earth ground via parasitic capacitance C b  between the living body and the earth ground. 
   In such a configuration, at the time of transmission as shown in  FIG. 21 , a variable reactance  1  changes its reactance value with respect to the “parasitic capacitance C g    219  between the transmission device ground and the earth ground” and the “parasitic capacitance C b    221  between the living body and the earth ground” to control resonance, thereby making the reactance value converge closer to the optimum value. 
   Next, referring to graphs shown in  FIGS. 22A through 22D , there will be briefly described how each voltage and current signal changes when the reactance value is converging. 
     FIG. 22A  illustrates a relation of a direct current component ID in relation to an alternating voltage having an amplitude |VAC| when the voltage is applied to the variable capacitance diode  204 . When a reverse bias voltage VDC is generated across the diode, duration for the diode to become short-circuited shortens, thereby reducing ID with respect to the same VAC. 
     FIG. 22B  is a graph of voltage (equivalent to VDC) caused by ID flowing through the resistor  205 .  FIG. 22C  illustrates a dependence of the capacitance C v  of the variable capacitance diode on the voltage VDC.  FIG. 22D  is a dependence of the amplitude |V b | on C v . Points in the graphs show a change in each current and voltage after an alternating signal starts to be inputted to the variable reactance. The initial value of the capacitance C v  is set as C 1 , which is a value at the time of VDC=0. In addition, |VAC| is proportional to |V b |. 
   When an alternating signal is inputted, the signal is rectified by the diode and thus a direct current ID is generated (a point “ 1 ” in  FIG. 22A ). This current flows the resistor  57  to generate a direct voltage VDC and the same voltage is applied to the variable capacitance diode  204 . As a result, the capacitance C, reduces closer to a capacitance value that causes resonance (a point  1  in  FIG. 22C ) and thus |V b | becomes larger. 
   While |VAC| becomes larger since it is proportional to |V b |, |VDC| also becomes larger and then the relation between |VDC| and ID comes to be shown by a point “ 2 ” in  FIG. 22A . Subsequently, while Cv reduces in the same way and |VAC| increases, VDC becomes larger and therefore a rate of change in ID dwindles and converges to zero. When the rate of change in ID becomes zero, |VAC| becomes constant and its amplitude has become closer to the amplitude at the time of resonance when compared with one at the time of beginning. 
   By leveraging the above phenomenon, when the self-adjusting variable reactance section  201  is composed as shown in  FIG. 20 , the reactance value might not be equal to but is as close as possible to a value that fully causes resonance. Therefore, there is provided an electric field communication transceiver that is capable of self-adjusting a reactance value, without employing a compensation means that has once been used in conventional electric field transceivers, such as an amplitude monitor, a control signal generator, or the like. 
   &lt;Self-Adjusting Variable Reactance Section II&gt; 
     FIG. 23  illustrates anther configuration of a self-adjusting variable reactance section  201 . In this example, an inductor  203  and a variable capacitance diode  204  that cause resonance in the self-adjusting variable reactance section  201  are connected in series. Capacitors  202 ,  206  are disposed to block an incoming direct current component and, on the other hand, are considered as short-circuited for an incoming alternating signal. 
   Even in this configuration, when an alternating signal is inputted from an alternating signal terminal  210 , the variable capacitance diode  204  generates a direct current component, which in turn flows through a resistor  205  to generate a reverse bias voltage across the variable capacitance diode. This enables the reactance value to become closer to the value at the time of resonance. Therefore, a reactance value is self-adjusted without employing a compensation means that has once been required in conventional electric field transceivers, such as an amplitude monitor, a control signal generator, or the like. 
   According to the first and the second configuration described above, such an electric field communication transceiver that induces electric field in an electric field transmission medium and carries out communications via the induced electric field is comprised of a resonance circuit including an inductor that causes resonance with a transmission signal for communications and a variable capacitance diode in which an electrostatic capacitance changes in accordance with voltage applied thereacross, and a resistor that generates voltage in accordance with a direct current obtained by rectifying the transmission signal inputted to the resonance circuit by the variable capacitance diode and applies the generated voltage across the anode and the cathode of the variable capacitance diode. 
   The resonance circuit resonates with parasitic capacitance between the ground of the electric field communication transceiver and the earth ground and parasitic capacitance between the electric field transmission medium and the earth ground. In addition, the resonance circuit has the inductor, the variable capacitance diode, and the resistor connected in parallel. Moreover in the resonance circuit, the inductor is connected in series with the circuit in which the variable capacitance diode and the resistor are connected in series. 
   The inductor has the capacitor to block direct current incoming to one and/or both of the terminals thereof. 
   In addition, according to the self-adjusting variable reactance section according to the present invention described above, there is realized a variable reactance means that enables self-adjustment by omitting a compensation circuit of the reactance value, thereby providing the electric field communication transceiver that has a smaller scale of circuitry and enables well-established communications with low consumption electric power. 
   &lt;Variable Reactance Section I&gt; 
     FIG. 24  is a schematic diagram for explaining a configuration of a variable reactance of an electric field communication transceiver according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
     FIG. 24  illustrates a variable reactance section  301 , alternating signal terminals  302 ,  304  through which the variable reactance section  301  is connected to an external circuit, and a control signal input  303 . In addition, the variable reactance section  301  has capacitors  306 ,  310 ,  314 , an inductor  315 , resistors  7 ,  9 ,  11 ,  13 , a buffer amplifier  305 , and variable capacitance diodes  308 ,  312 . 
   By the way, the variable reactance section  301  is employed in an electric field communication transceiver  335  shown in  FIG. 25 . The electric field communication transceiver  335  includes an insulator  322  to be contacted to a living body  320  such as a human body, a transmission/reception electrode  323  to be mated with the insulator  322 , and an I/O circuit  21  that enables data communication with an external information processing apparatus or the like. 
   Furthermore, the electric field communication transceiver  335  is provided with a transmission circuit  324 , an oscillator  326  and a modulation circuit  325  that compose the transmission circuit  324 , a switch  327 , the variable reactance section  301  as shown in  FIG. 24 , an electric field detection optical section  328 , a signal processing section  329 , a switch  330 , a decoding circuit section  331 , a wave forming section  332 , an amplitude monitor section  333 , and a control signal generation section  334 . 
   When the electric field communication transceiver  335  having such a configuration employs the variable reactance section  301 , an alternating signal having a frequency that causes resonance is inputted to the alternating signal terminals  302 ,  304 ; a control signal for controlling a reactance value is inputted to the control signal input  303  from the control signal generation section  334 ; a transmission signal from the transmission circuit  324  is inputted to the alternating signal terminal  302  via the switch  327 ; and the output signal of the alternating signal terminal  4  is connected to the transmission/reception electrode  323 . 
   In addition, the capacitors  306 ,  310 ,  314  inside the variable reactance section  301  are connected to block a control signal having a frequency at least lower than that of an alternating signal. Moreover, the resistors  7 ,  9 ,  11 ,  13  are connected to prevent an alternating signal having a high frequency from leaking to a control signal circuit. The buffer amplifier  305  of the control signal input  303  is connected to prevent the variable reactance section  301  from being influenced to change the characteristic thereof by circuit elements included in the control signal generation section  334  connected at the pre-stage thereof. The variable reactance is realized by a resonance circuit by a combination of the inductance  315  and the variable capacitance diodes  308 ,  312 . 
     FIGS. 26 and 27  illustrate an equivalent circuit of the variable reactance section  301  shown in  FIG. 24 . Among them, it is an equivalent circuit for a high frequency signal that is shown in  FIG. 26 ; and it is an equivalent circuit for a low frequency signal that is shown in  FIG. 27 . 
   Firstly, in the equivalent circuit for an alternating signal shown in  FIG. 26 , the capacitors  306 ,  310 ,  314  that the variable reactance section  301  possesses are consider as short-circuited. In addition, the variable capacitance diodes  308 ,  312  are equivalently connected in series since the capacitor  10  is considered as short-circuited. Therefore, a voltage of the alternating signal is equally applied to each variable capacitance diode  308 ,  312 , respectively. 
   Accordingly, even when the voltage of the alternating signal becomes larger due to resonance, a voltage applied to each variable capacitance diode  308 ,  312  is halved and thus resonance will not be readily suppressed when compared with a configuration in which only one variable capacitance diode is employed. 
   In the equivalent circuit in  FIG. 26 , the inductor  340  is equivalent to the inductor  315  in  FIG. 24 ; a variable capacitance diode  341  is equivalent to the variable capacitance diode  308  in  FIG. 24 ; and a variable capacitance diode  342  is equivalent to the variable capacitance diode  312  in  FIG. 24 . Alternating signal terminals  900 ,  901  are equivalent to the alternating signal terminals  302 ,  304 , respectively. 
   When the voltage VAC is applied to the inductor  340 , the voltage VAC is also applied to the two variable capacitance diodes  341 ,  342  connected in series with the inductor  340 . Since the two variable capacitance diodes  341 ,  32  are connected in series, the voltage applied to each variable capacitance diode becomes VAC/2, provided that the variable capacitance diodes  341 ,  342  have electrically the same characteristic. 
   Although two variable capacitance diodes are used in this embodiment, two or more variable capacitance diodes can be used. When N variable capacitance diodes are used, the voltage VAC of the alternating signal applied to each variable capacitance diode becomes VAC/N. Therefore, suppression of resonance will be avoided to further degree when compared with where two variable capacitance diodes are used. 
   Next, the equivalent circuit shown in  FIG. 27  is an equivalent circuit of the variable reactance section  301  for a low frequency control signal. When observed from a viewpoint of the low frequency control signal, each capacitance  306 ,  310 ,  314  provided in the variable reactance section  301  is considered as open. Therefore, it is equivalent that the variable capacitance diodes  308 ,  312  are connected in series when seen from the buffer amplifier  305 . 
   Therefore, as shown in  FIG. 27 , a buffer amplifier  343  is equivalent to the buffer amplifier  305 ; variable capacitance diodes  345 ,  346  are equivalent to the variable capacitance diodes  308 ,  312 , respectively; resistors  347 ,  348 ,  349 ,  350  are equivalent to the resistors  7 ,  9 ,  11 ,  13 , respectively; and a control signal input  902  is equivalent to the control signal input  303 . Since a voltage V CON  ( 344 ) of the control signal outputted from the buffer amplifier  343  is applied to the variable capacitance diodes  345 ,  346 , respectively, the voltages across the variable capacitance diodes  345 ,  346  are both V CON . 
   When the variable reactance section is composed for example as shown in  FIG. 28 , not only the alternating signal but the control signal is equally divided and applied, in contrast to the variable reactance section  301  in the first embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, when two variable capacitance diodes are used, the control signal applied to each variable capacitance diode is halved, thereby halving a variable range of the capacitance when compared to that by the variable reactance section  301 . 
   Namely, the high frequency signal applied to alternating signal terminals  903 ,  905  is short-circuited to flow through capacitors  355 ,  360  and the voltage VAC is applied to the inductor  315 , for example. Since the variable capacitance diodes  358 ,  359  are merely connected in series, the voltage VAC applied to the inductor  315  is equally divided and the voltage VAC/2 is applied to each variable capacitance diode. 
   The control signal V CON  that is inputted from the control signal input  905  so as to control the capacitance of the variable capacitance diodes  358 ,  359  is applied to the variable capacitance diodes  358 ,  359  via the buffer amplifier  361  and then via the resistors  356 ,  357 . Each control signal applied to the variable capacitance diodes  358 ,  359  is both V CON /2. 
   On the other hand, the variable reactance section  301  according to this embodiment has a circuit configuration that prevents resonance suppression caused by an applied voltage higher than the withstand voltage and reduction of a range of the variable capacitance in the variable capacitance diode. 
   &lt;Variable Reactance Section II&gt; 
     FIG. 29  is a schematic diagram for explaining a configuration of a variable reactance section according to a second embodiment of the electric field communication transceiver of the present invention. 
   A variable reactance section  301  shown in  FIG. 29  has the same configuration as the variable reactance section  301  shown in  FIG. 24  according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in that alternating signal terminals  906 ,  907  and a control signal input  908  are provided. 
   However, it is characterized in that capacitors  365 ,  369 ,  372 ,  374 , resistors  375 ,  376 ,  377 ,  378 ,  379 ,  380 ,  381 , a reactance  266 , a buffer amplifier  367 , and variable capacitance diodes  368 ,  370 ,  371 ,  383  are provided as its inner configuration. 
   Since a voltage-current characteristic of a variable capacitance diode is generally asymmetric and a variable capacitance diode is short-circuited when an anode voltage is higher than a predetermined value determined by semiconductor properties, amplitude of an alternating signal is reduced. In order to prevent this, the variable capacitance diodes are connected in series and reversely, too, with respect to a high frequency alternating signal. With this configuration, even when the voltage exceeding the withstand voltage is applied to one variable capacitance diode thereby to short-circuit, the other variable capacitance diode connected reversely is not short-circuited. Therefore, amplitude of the alternating signal is not suppressed. 
   Namely, since the variable capacitance diodes  368 ,  370  and the variable capacitance diodes  371 ,  373  are connected reversely in series with each other, even when a voltage exceeding the withstand voltage is applied, a reduction in amplitude of the alternating signal due to short-circuit is not caused. 
   &lt;Variable Reactance Section III&gt; 
     FIG. 30  is a schematic diagram for explaining a variable reactance section according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In this configuration, an inductor  203  and variable capacitance diodes  523 ,  524  are connected in series to compose a variable reactance section  301 . A capacitor  226  is connected in order to prevent a control signal from leaking to an alternating signal terminal. In addition, in order to prevent a high frequency signal from leaking to a control signal section, resistors  220 ,  222  are connected. 
   Moreover, in order to prevent an electric potential of the cathode of the variable capacitance diode  523  from becoming zero for a low frequency signal and to prevent the anode of the variable capacitance diode  524  and a circuit ground  218  from being short-circuited for a low frequency signal, a resistor  221  is connected between the variable capacitance diode  523  and the capacitor  225 . Even when connected in this manner, a voltage of the alternating signal is divided and applied to each of the variable capacitance diodes  523 ,  524  and a voltage of the control signal is applied to each of the variable capacitance diodes  523 ,  524  without being divided. 
   Therefore, the circuit is configured so that a suppression of resonance, which is caused when the alternating signal comes to have a higher voltage than the withstand voltage, is prevented and a variable range in capacitance of the variable capacitance diodes  523 ,  524  is not reduced. 
   &lt;Variable Reactance Section IV&gt; 
     FIG. 31  is a schematic diagram for explaining a variable reactance section according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. This configuration of the fourth embodiment is a combination of the second and the third embodiment described above. 
   Namely, an inductor  203  and variable capacitance diodes  505  to  508  are connected in series to form variable reactance and the variable capacitance diodes  505  to  508  are also connected in series and reversely, too, for a high frequency alternating signal as shown in  FIG. 31 . Therefore, amplitude of the alternating signal will not be readily suppressed. 
   The aforementioned configuration of the above embodiments according to the present invention is an electric field communication transceiver that induces electric field based on data to be transmitted in an electric field transmission medium so as to carry out data transmission by using the induced electric field and that receives an electric field that is based on data to be received and induced in the electric field transmission medium so as to carry out data reception, comprising a variable reactance means that changes a reactance value so that a voltage of the electric field induced in the electric field transmission medium becomes peaked in order to control resonance with parasitic capacitance between a ground of a transmission device that conducts transmission and the earth ground and parasitic capacitance between the electric field transmission medium and the earth ground; an inductor that composes parallel resonance circuit serving to cause resonance in the variable reactance means; and plural variable capacitance means that are connected in series with one another and in parallel with the inductor in order to control resonance in the parallel resonance circuit. 
   The variable capacitance means comprises two variable capacitance diodes each having an anode and a cathode, wherein the anode of one variable capacitance diode and the cathode of the other variable capacitance diode are connected in series via a capacitor. The variable capacitance means serves to operate as the parallel resonance circuit composed of the inductor and the variable capacitance diode with respect to high frequency signal relating to data transmission since the capacitance is short-circuited. In the variable capacitance means, the variable capacitance diodes are insulated to be in parallel with respect to a low frequency signal relating to resonance control by means of the capacitor and therefore the capacitance of the variable capacitance diodes is controlled. 
   In addition, the variable capacitance means are connected in series with another variable capacitance means having the same configuration by connecting respective anode without a capacitor. 
   Moreover, there are connected in series at least three variable capacitance diodes. 
   According to the aforementioned embodiments of the present invention, withstand voltage characteristics can be improved and suppression of resonance due to an electrical characteristic of the variable capacitance diode can be improved, thereby providing an electric field communication transceiver that is able to realize electric field communication with high enough intensity. 
     FIG. 32  illustrates a principle of an electric power transmission system employing electric field communication. 
   An alternating signal is applied to a living body (electric field transmission medium)  401  from an installed terminal side transceiver  403  installed at an earth ground  404 ; the alternating signal is converted to direct electric power by a mobile terminal side transceiver  402  contacted to the living body  401 ; and the electric power is transmitted to a circuit (not shown) of the mobile terminal side transceiver  402 . In  FIG. 32 , a rectifier that converts the alternating signal to direct current electric power and transmission/reception sections are collectively represented by an input impedance Z L    410 . In addition, capacitance between a transmission/reception electrode  416  and the living body  401  is so large to be neglected. 
   Although a higher voltage needs to be applied to the Z L    410  in order to transmit the electric power efficiently to the mobile terminal side transceiver  402 , the voltage to be applied to the Z L    410  would be reduced by parasitic capacitance C g    405  existing between the mobile terminal side transceiver  402  and the earth ground  404  if applied direct from a signal source V s    414  to the living body  401 . In the system, the reactance X g    408  and X b    409  are provided in the installed terminal side transceiver  403  so as to cause resonance with the parasitic capacitance C g    405 , parasitic capacitance C sg    407  between the transmission/reception electrode  416  and the earth ground  404 , and parasitic capacitance C b    406  between the living body  401  and the earth ground  404 , thereby increasing the signal intensity. 
   A Fourth Embodiment 
     FIG. 33  illustrates a fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
   In  FIG. 33 , there are illustrated a mobile terminal side transceiver  402 , a living body  401  as an electric field transmission medium, an installed terminal side transceiver  403 , and a computer  427 . The installed terminal side transceiver  403  is provided with a variable reactance section X g    420  for maintaining resonance with varying parasitic capacitance and a reactance control section  422  for controlling a variable reactance section X b    421 . 
   Additionally, a transmission signal from the installed terminal side transceiver  403  has a different frequency from a transmission signal from the mobile terminal side transceiver  402  in order to constantly transmit electric power to the mobile terminal side transceiver  402 . In each transceiver, filters A  425 , B  426  are provided in order to discriminate these frequencies. The filter A  425  has a lower impedance at a frequency f 1  and a higher impedance at a frequency f 2  so as to allow a passage of a signal having the frequency f 1  therethrough and block a signal having the frequency f 2 . On the other hand, the filter A  426  has a higher impedance at a frequency f 1  and a lower impedance at a frequency f 2  so as to block a signal having the frequency f 1  and allow a passage of a signal having the frequency f 2  therethrough. 
   A signal applied to the living body  401  from the installed terminal side transceiver  403  is inputted to the rectifier/electric power reservoir  430  through a filter A  428  in the mobile terminal side transceiver  402 . In the rectifier/electric power reservoir  430 , the inputted alternating voltage is converted to a direct voltage that is then stored therein. The direct voltage is in turn distributed to each block (not shown) in the mobile terminal side transceiver  402 . After this distribution, data is transmitted from a terminal control/date storage section  432  to a transmission section. 
   The transmission section  431  modulates the inputted data with the frequency f 2  and applies the modulated data to the living body  401  through a filter B  429 . After having passed through the filter B  426  in the installed terminal side transceiver  402 , the signal is demodulated by a reception section  424  and inputted to the computer  427 . This is a data flow in the entire system. 
   Next, a method of controlling reactance will be described. 
     FIG. 34  is a block diagram of the reactance control portion  422 ; and  FIG. 35  illustrates a dependence of an amplitude |V b | of an applied voltage on reactance X g , X b . 
   As shown in  FIG. 35 , |V b | becomes peaked at a reactance value of X g.max  (X b ) when X g  is varied while keeping the reactance X b  constant. The peak value V b.max  (X b ) is dependent on the reactance X b  and becomes peaked at a certain reactance value. 
   The reactance control section  422  operates to find a peak value. While X g  is varied using X b  as a parameter, the voltage amplitude V b  is detected by an amplitude monitor and stored in a calculation/control/memory section. In this case, a high input impedance band-pass filter  436  having high input impedance is used at an input stage of the reactance control section  422  in order to prevent characteristic in a signal line for monitoring the amplitude from varying and to detect only a signal having the frequency f 1 . Next, after having passed through an amplitude monitor section  437 , the peak value of V b  is searched out at the calculation/control/memory section  435 , thereby setting the reactance value as X b , X g . 
   By the way, as shown in  FIG. 45 , when the mobile terminal side transceiver  402  is provided with a transmission section  433  and the installed terminal side transceiver  403  is provided with a transmission section  434  that carries out data modulation, instead of an alternating signal source  423 , there is obtained an electric field communication system  411  that enables duplex two-directional communication between the transceivers  402 ,  403 . In addition, a variable reactance (not shown) is inserted into the output of the transmission section  431  in the mobile terminal side transceiver  402  to cause resonance with parasitic capacitance, thereby increasing a signal to be applied to the living body  401  form the mobile terminal side transceiver  402 . 
     FIG. 36  illustrates a modified example of the fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
   Although the variable reactance section X b    421  is interposed between the transmission/reception electrode  418  and the earth ground in  FIG. 33 , the variable reactance section Xb  421  is interposed between the alternating signal source  423  and an earth ground in this modified example. The same effect can be obtained with even such a configuration. 
   According to the above configuration, the voltage applied to the living body  401  can be increased and as a result electric power can be transmitted to the mobile terminal side transceiver  402  carried along by the living body  401 . When an electric field communication system obtained by combining the installed terminal side transceiver  403  and the mobile terminal side transceiver  402  is employed, which has the above-mentioned configuration, highly convenient communication system can be realized. 
   A Fifth Embodiment 
     FIG. 37  illustrates a configuration of a reactance control section  422  according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. 
   In the configuration of the fifth embodiment, there is adopted an adjustment method in which the reactance control section  422  alternately varies each reactance value of a variable reactance control section X b    421  and a variable reactance control section X g    420 . 
   First, a reactance value of the variable reactance section X g    420  is adjusted so that |V b | shown in  FIG. 35  becomes peaked, while a reactance value of the variable reactance section X b    421  is kept constant. In this adjustment, a contact a of a switch  441  is connected to a contact c and thus an input signal is inputted to a control signal generation section A  442  via an amplitude monitor section  437 . A control signal generated in the control signal generation section A  442  is inputted to the variable reactance section X g    420  and the reactance value adjustment is carried out. 
   After the reactance value of the variable reactance section X g    420  has been adjusted, the switch  441  is switched over so that the contact a is connected to a contact b so as to maintain the reactance value of the variable reactance control section X g    420 . Then, a reactance value of the variable reactance section X b    421  is adjusted so that |V b | shown in  FIG. 35  becomes peaked. By repeating the above procedures, the reactance values come to reach the optimized reactance. The reactance control section  422  having such a configuration makes it possible to obtain the same effect as exhibited by the fourth embodiment as described above. By the way, the control signal generation section A  442  and the control signal generation section B  443  transmit a control signal for maintaining the reactance value toward the variable reactance control section X g    420  and the variable reactance section X b    421 , respectively, when an adjustment signal is not inputted thereto from an adjustment signal generation section  440 . 
   A Sixth Embodiment 
     FIG. 38  illustrates a schematic diagram for explaining a sixth embodiment of the present invention. 
   In the sixth embodiment, a self-adjustment variable reactance section  445  that is capable of adjusting its own reactance value is employed without necessitating the reactance control section  422 .  FIG. 39  illustrates a specific configuration of the self-adjustment variable reactance section  445 , in which capacitors  446 ,  450  are to block a direct component and considered as short-circuited for an alternating signal. 
     FIGS. 40A to 40D  are a view for explaining operation of the configuration shown in  FIG. 39 .  FIG. 40A  illustrates a direct current component ID that is generated when an alternating voltage having an amplitude |VAC| is applied to the variable capacitance diode  448  in relation to |VAC|. When a reverse bias voltage VDC is generated across the diode, a duration of time when the diode is short-circuited shortens, thereby reducing ID with respect to the same VAC. 
     FIG. 40B  is a graph of an electric potential (equivalent to VDC) caused by ID flowing through a resistor; and  FIG. 40C  illustrates a dependence of capacitance C v  of the variable capacitance diode on voltage VDC. In addition,  FIG. 40D  illustrates a dependence of an amplitude |V b | of V b  on C v . Points in the graphs show a change in each current and voltage after an alternating signal starts to be inputted to the variable reactance. An initial value of the capacitance C v  is set as C 1 , which is a value at the time of VDC=0. In addition, |VAC| is proportional to |V b |. 
   When an alternating signal is inputted, the signal is rectified by the diode and thus a direct current ID is generated (a point “ 1 ” in  FIG. 40A ). This current flows the resistor, thereby to generate a direct voltage VDC and the same voltage is applied to the variable capacitance diode. As a result, the capacitance C v  reduces down to a capacitance value that causes resonance (a point “ 1 ” in  FIG. 40C ) and thus |V b | becomes larger. 
   While |VAC| becomes larger since |VAC| is proportional to |V b |, VDC also becomes larger and then the relation between |VDC| and ID comes to be shown by a point “ 2 ” in  FIG. 22A . Subsequently, while |VAC| increases along with reduction of C v , VDC becomes larger and therefore a rate of change in ID dwindles and converges to zero. When the rate of change in ID becomes zero, |VAC| becomes constant and its amplitude has become closer to the amplitude at the time of resonance, when compared with one at the time of beginning. 
   Use of the self-adjusting variable reactance section  445  allows for one variable reactance to be controlled by the reactance control section, thereby alleviating complexity in adjustment. 
     FIG. 41  is a block diagram of the reactance  422  applied to the sixth embodiment. Since only one reactance, which is the variable reactance section  452 , is required to be controlled by the reactance control section  422 , there is accordingly only one control signal generation section  451 . 
   By the way, although the self-adjusting variable reactance section  445  is located at a next stage of the alternating signal source  423  in the sixth embodiment, the same effect is obtained when the self-adjusting variable reactance section  445  and the variable reactance section  452  are replaced with each other. 
   The electric field communication transceiver and the electric field communication system according to the embodiments of the present invention as described above can apply a larger voltage to the mobile terminal side transceiver from the installed terminal side transceiver, thereby transmitting electric power to the mobile terminal side transceiver. 
   INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
   The transmission device, electric field communication transceiver, and electric field communication system according to the present invention are composed integrally with a computer and applicable for example in a wearable computer system that can be worn on a human body.