STMicrolectronics (ST), fully integrated proximity communication (NFC) system-on-chip

ST new flexible security chip support in mobile phones and consumer electronic products in a quick and easy implementation of NFC technology to help achieve the billing, traffic applications, such as near field communication services

China, 2008 February 13 — STMicrolectronics (NYSE: STM) today for rapid rise of the NFC (near field communication) market with advanced silicon technology, new, fully integrated security system-on-chip (SoC) solutions.

NFC technology to users of advanced wireless or contactless communication services such as mobile e-billing. Use ST's advanced 0.13 Micron embedded non-volatile memory EEPROM technology, new product ST21NFCA integrates a complete NFC system all of the required hardware and software, including support for NFC short-range Super Sprint and communication standards.

NFC is a rapid rise of the short distance communication connection standards, to a variety of applications in consumer electronics devices, greatly simplifying the interaction.

Mobile phones and other devices are able to implement this technology, make it possible to secure electronic payment. In the mobile phone is this technology promotion and application of the main driving force, other applications also include contactless bank cards, transportation ticketing systems and smart poster.

ST21NFCA for mobile device or personal computer environment and development, is a flexible, fully integrated system-on-chip integrated circuit, have the 13.56MHz band contactless communication all hardware features, fit the design to the RF card reader system and radio frequency labels or contactless smart cards.

New products also integration of host controller interface (HCI) function and I2Cbus and SPIbus interface and compatible for mobile UICC (universal integrated circuit card) and NFC controller connection of single wire protocol (SWP) ETSI specifications.

Based on ST's advanced SIM card series product implementation of technology and architecture, ST21 ST21NFCA contains advanced smart card microcontrollers and 36 Kbytes electrical erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), 112 Kbytes of user read-only memory (ROM) and 4 Kbytes of random access memory (RAM).

In addition, ST21NFCA also includes an integrated RF analog front end (AFE) circuits and support existing ultra distance and short distance contactless communication standard embedded firmware. Chip fully integrated firmware for major mobile and portable consumer equipment manufacturers to quickly and easily design and realization of the short range communication technology.

"NFC technology proved to have great potential applications, for example: payment by mobile phone security or electronic traffic ticket," ST smart card chip Division Director Marie-France Florentin said, "has 20 years of smart cards and secure microcontroller development experience in the wireless communications market and accumulated advanced silicon technology and key expertise, ST is the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers to provide a fully integrated and flexible system-on-chip, which will enable them to integrate NFC technology to mobile phone products, and get a very short time to market.

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New products using QFN32 package, major customers in Q2 2008 engineering sample can be obtained, it is expected that Q4 2008 started mass production.

　　

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