User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- The PN7150 architecture overview
- 2. NCI Overview
- 3. DH interface
- 5. Initialization & Operation configuration
- 6. Reader/Writer Mode
- 6.1 T1T, T2T, MIFARE Ultralight, MIFARE Classic and MIFARE Plus tags
- 6.1.1 Access through the [NCI] Frame RF Interface
- 6.1.2 [PN7150-NCI] extension: TAG-CMD Interface
- 6.1.3 [PN7150-NCI] extension: Payload structure of the TAG-CMD RF Interface
- 6.1.4 [PN7150-NCI] extension: REQs & RSPs rules
- 6.1.5 [PN7150-NCI] extension: List of REQs & RSPs
- 6.1.6 [PN7150-NCI] extension: raw data exchange REQs & RSPs
- 6.1.7 [PN7150-NCI] extension: T2T & MFU REQs & RSPs
- 6.1.8 [PN7150-NCI] extension: MIFARE Classic REQs & RSPs
- 6.1.9 Access through the TAG-CMD RF Interface
- 6.2 T3T tag
- 6.3 T4T & ISO-DEP Tags/Cards
- 6.3.1 Access through the Frame RF Interface
- 6.3.2 Access through the ISO-DEP RF Interface
- 6.3.3 [PN7150-NCI] extension: Presence check Command/Response
- 6.3.4 [PN7150-NCI] extension: S-Block Command/Response
- 6.3.5 [PN7150-NCI] extension: WTX notification
- 6.3.6 [PN7150-NCI] extension: Higher bit rates in Poll NFC-A & NFC-B
- 6.4 [PN7150-NCI] extension: 15693 & I-Code tags
- 6.5 [PN7150-NCI] extension: KOVIO tags
- 6.1 T1T, T2T, MIFARE Ultralight, MIFARE Classic and MIFARE Plus tags
- 7. Card Emulation Mode
- 8. P2P Initiator & Target Mode
- 9. RF Discovery Management
- 9.1 RF Discovery functionalities
- 9.2 NFC FORUM Profile as defined in [NCI]
- 9.3 [PN7150-NCI] extension: additional technologies not yet supported by the NFC FORUM
- 9.4 [PN7150-NCI] extension: Low Power Card Detector (LPCD) Mode
- 9.5 [PN7150-NCI] extension: EMVCo Profile in Poll & Listen Modes
- 9.6 [PN7150-NCI] extension: Power optimization
- 10. Configurations
- 11. Test Mode
- 12. PN7150 Practical approach
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ennas. The LPCD is therefore monitoring the antenna impedance, to see if there is a
significant variation which is interpreted as being caused by a Card/Tag being in proximity.
To achieve that, the LPCD periodically generates very short pulses of RF Field, without
any modulation, and measures some antenna characteristics during this pulse. The time
between these RF pulses is defined by the TOTAL_DURATION parameter, as specified
for the RF Discovery in [NCI].
When a Card/Tag enters the field, there is an antenna impedance variation. If this variation
is higher than a pre-defined threshold, the NFC FORUM polling loop profile is automatically
started (the LPCD is not supported when using EMVCo polling loop profile). The PN7150
is then sending technology specific request commands, expecting a response since the
LPCD detected a change on the antenna impedance.
N
ote: the LPCD may also be triggered by a metal object, which can influence the Antenna
i
mpedance in a similar way as a Card/Tag. The PN7150 will anyhow detect that this object
is not a contactless device since it immediately starts sending contactless commands to
check if a Card/Tag can respond.
T
he Low Power Card Detector is configured and enabled/disabled thanks to a specific
configuration parameter TAG_DETECTOR_CFG described in →10.2.1.
The threshold is also defined by an additional configuration parameter
TAG_DETECTOR_THRESHOLD_CFG described in the same section.
The figure below describes the RF Discovery when the LPCD is enabled:
Polling phase
Listening phase
LPCD
RF pulse
F
ig 38. RF Discovery sequence in case of Low Power Card Detector mode