NXP Semiconductors
PN7150X
High performance NFC controller with integrated firmware
PN7150X All information provided in this document is subject to legal disclaimers. © NXP B.V. 2018. All rights reserved.
Product data sheet Rev. 3.4 — 11 July 2018
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2 General description
Best plug´n play and high-performance full NFC solution PN7150X is a full NFC
controller solution with integrated firmware and NCI interface designed for contactless
communication at 13.56 MHz. It is compatible with NFC forum requirements.
PN7150X is designed based on learnings from previous NXP NFC device generation. It
is the ideal solution for rapidly integrating NFC technology in any application, especially
those running O/S environment like Linux and Android, reducing Bill of Material (BOM)
size and cost, thanks to:
• Full NFC forum compliancy (see [1]) with small form factor antenna
• Embedded NFC firmware providing all NFC protocols as pre-integrated feature
• Direct connection to the main host or microcontroller, by I
2
C-bus physical and NCI
protocol
• Ultra-low power consumption in polling loop mode
• Highly efficient integrated power management unit (PMU) allowing direct supply from a
battery
PN7150X embeds a new generation RF contactless front-end supporting various
transmission modes according to NFCIP-1 and NFCIP-2, ISO/IEC 14443, ISO/IEC
15693, MIFARE Classic IC-based card and FeliCa card specifications. It embeds an
ARM Cortex-M0 microcontroller core loaded with the integrated firmware supporting the
NCI 1.0 host communication. It also allows to provide a higher output power by supplying
the transmitter output stage from 3.0 V to 4.75 V.
The contactless front-end design brings a major performance step-up with on one hand
a higher sensitivity and on the other hand the capability to work in active load modulation
communication enabling the support of small antenna form factor.
Supported transmission modes are listed in Figure 1. For contactless card functionality,
the PN7150X can act autonomously if previously configured by the host in such a
manner.
PN7150X integrated firmware provides an easy integration and validation cycle as all the
NFC real-time constraints, protocols and device discovery (polling loop) are being taken
care internally. In few NCI commands, host SW can configure the PN7150X to notify for
card or peer detection and start communicating with them.
aaa-023871
CARD
(PICC)
T4T - ISO/IEC 14443 A
T4T - ISO/IEC 14443 B
READER
(PCD - VCD)
ISO/IEC 14443 A
ISO/IEC 14443 B
ISO/IEC 15693
MIFARE Classic 1K/4K
MIFARE DESFire
Sony FeliCa
(1)
NFC FORUM
NFC-IP MODES
P2P ACTIVE
106 TO 424 kbps
INITIATOR AND TARGET
P2P PASSIVE
106 TO 424 kbps
INITIATOR AND TARGET
NFC FORUM T3T
READER FOR NFC FORUM
Tag Types 1 TO 5
Figure 1. PN7150X transmission modes
