A relaying device for providing optimum communication between a
non-contact information medium and an information read/write device, and
a communication system employing the relaying device, in which the
adverse effect on communication, brought about by limitations on the
mounting site of the information read/write device may be eliminated. The
relaying device is formed by a resonance circuit 34 including a first
antenna coil 31, electro-magnetically coupled to an antenna coil 11 of
the information read/write device 10, a second antenna coil 32, connected
in series with the first antenna coil 31 and electro-magnetically coupled
to an antenna coil 21 of the non-contact information medium 20, and a
tuning capacitor 33 connected in series with the first antenna coil 31
and the second antenna coil 32. The first antenna coil 31, second antenna
coil 32 and the tuning capacitor 33 making up the resonance circuit 34 is
resonated with the same resonance frequency as that of the resonance
circuit 13 of the information read/write device 10 and that of the
resonance circuit 23 of the non-contact information medium 20.