Data Sheet

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Rev. 3.2 — 20 September 2012
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NXP Semiconductors
PN532/C1
Near Field Communication (NFC) controller
11. Abbreviations
Table 13. Abbreviations
Acronym Description
ASK Amplitude Shift keying
BPSK Bit Phase Shift Keying
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
ECMA European Computer Manufacturers Association organization
HPD Hard Power Down
HSU High Speed UART
Initiator Generates RF field at 13.56 MHz and starts the NFCIP-1 communication.
LDO Low Drop-Out regulator
MSL Moisture Sensitivity Level
NFCIP NFC Interface and Protocol
NFC-WI NFC Wired Interface to connect NFC front end to a SIC
PCD Proximity Coupling Device. Definition for a Card Reader/ Writer accord-
ing to the ISO/IEC 14443 Specification
PICC Proximity Cards. Definition for a contactless Smart Card according to the
ISO/IEC 14443 specification
SIC Secure Integrated Circuit (can be a Smart Card IC, a Secure Access
Module (SAM),...)
SPI Serial Parallel Interface
SPD Soft Power Down mode
Target Responds to initiator command either using load modulation scheme (RF
field generated by Initiator) or using modulation of self-generated RF field
(no RF field generated by initiator during target answer).
UART Universal Asynchronous Receive Transmit