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PN544
Near field communication (NFC) controller
8.1.2 FeliCa PCD mode
The FeliCa mode is the general reader/writer to card communication scheme according to
the FeliCa specification. The following diagram describes the communication on a
physical level, the communication overview describes the physical parameters.
PN544
ISO/IEC 18092 Felica
PCD mode
PCD to PICC 8..30 % ASK
Manchester coded
212..424 kbit
PICC to PCD, >12% ASK Loadmodulation
Manchester coded
212..424 kbit
Card (PICC)
Felica
Fig 5. FeliCa reader/writer Communication Diagram
Table 5. Communication overview for FeliCa reader/writer
Communication
direction
FeliCa
Transfer speed
212 kbit/s
PN544 → card Modulation on reader side
8-30% ASK
bit coding
Manchester Coding
Bitlength
(64/13.56) μs
card → PN544 Loadmodulation on card side >12% ASK
bit coding
Manchester coding
FeliCa Higher
transfer speeds
424 kbit/s
8-30% ASK
Manchester Coding
(32/13.56) μs
>12% ASK
Manchester coding
The contactless UART of PN544 and the on-chip CPU handle the FeliCa protocol.
Nevertheless a dedicated external host has to handle the application layer
communication.
134812
Objective short data sheet
Rev. 1.2 — 4 September 2007
© NXP B.V. 2007. All rights reserved.
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