ELECTRONICS FOR USE IN SMART CARDS AND OTHER NEAR FIELD RF COMMUNICATIONS ENABLED SYSTEMS

A mounting system for a near field radio frequency (RF) communicator, the system comprising: a splitter, for splitting an alternating electrical signal received from an antenna of the smart card and having: a first output for providing a first part of the alternating electrical signal to an RF input of said chip, and a second output for providing a second part of the alternating electrical signal for powering an auxiliary circuit; a matching network, at the first output of the splitter, and arranged to provide: an input impedance selected based on the impedance of the first output of the splitter, and an output impedance selected based on the impedance of the RF input of said chip; wherein the network comprises a first inductor for electrical connection to said chip and a second inductor, and the second inductor is arranged for inductive coupling to the first inductor thereby to provide RF coupling, with DC isolation and/or common mode isolation, to the RF input of said chip.