Features and benefits

• Highly integrated demodulator and decoder

• Buffered output drivers to connect an antenna with minimum number of external

components

• Integrated RF level detector

• Integrated Polling Loop for automatic device discovery

• RF protocols supported

– ISO/IEC 14443A, ISO/IEC 14443B PICC mode

– ISO/IEC 14443A, ISO/IEC 14443B PCD mode designed according to NFC Forum

digital protocol T4T platform and ISO-DEP (see Ref. [1])

– FeliCa PCD mode

– MIFARE PCD encryption mechanism (MIFARE 1K/4K)

– NFC Forum tags T1T, T2T, T3T, T4T and T5T (see Ref. [1])

– NFCIP-1, NFCIP-2 protocol (see Ref. [9] and Ref. [11])

– NFC Forum certification for P2P, reader and card mode (see Ref. [1])

– FeliCa PICC mode

– ISO/IEC 15693/ICODE VCD mode (see Ref. [10])

– NFC Forum-compliant embedded T4T for NDEF short record

– Support for Enhanced Contactless Polling by Apple (see Ref. [13]) (PN7161 only)

• Supported host interfaces

– NCI protocol interface according to NFC Forum standardization (see Ref. [2])

– I2C-bus High-speed mode (see Ref. [4])

– SPI-bus (see Ref. [5])

• Flexible clock supply concept to facilitate PN7160 integration

– Internal oscillator for 27.12 MHz crystal connection

– Integrated PLL unit to make use of device reference clock and facilitate PN7160

integration

• Integrated power management unit

– Direct connection to a battery (2.5 V to 5.5 V voltage supply range)

– Support different low-power states configuration: Hard Power-Down state and

Standby state activated by firmware

– Autonomous mode when host is shut down

• Automatic wake-up via RF field, internal timer and host interfaces

• Integrated non-volatile memory to store data and executable code for customization

– Anti tearing support to recover from tearing events

• Standards compliance

– NFC Forum Device Requirements (see Ref. [1])

– NCI 2.0

Applications

• Mobile devices

• Portable equipment (personal digital assistants, tablet, notebook, wearable)

• Consumer devices

• Smart home gateways