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The RCC uses both the low-frequency (LF) and high-frequency (HF) wireless communication system. The RCC communication distance is controlled under 10 cm. However, current RCCs suffer from compatibility issues, and the LF communication distance is lower than 0.5 cm in some phones with completely metallic shells. In this paper, we propose an improved LF communication system design, including an LF transmitter circuit, LF receiver chip, and LF-HF communication protocol. The LF receiver chip has a rail-to-rail amplifier and a self-correcting clock recovery differential Manchester decoder, which do not have the limitations of accurate gain and high system clock. The LF receiver chip is fabricated in a 0.18 \u03bcm CMOS technology platform, with a die size of 1.05 mm \u00d7 0.9 mm and current consumption of 41 \u03bcA. 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