STMicroelectronics and Stollmann Partner to Deliver Turnkey NFC Interface Solutions with ST’s ST21NFCA Chip

Joint Agreement between STMicroelectronics and Stollmann offer turnkey NFC interface solutions, complete with all the necessary hardware and software components, to leading manufacturers of handsets and mobile consumer devices. Near Field Communication (NFC), is a fast-growing wireless connectivity technology that can be used with various consumer devices, including mobile phones, enabling fast and secure short-range data-transfer wireless services, such as payment and transport ticketing applications. ST’s NFC chips and Stollmann’s NFC software stack are now available for sampling to lead customers, and provide all the API (Application Programming Interface) and implementation technology required to meet NFC standards, including compliance with NFC Forum specifications. Stollmann adapts portable NFC software with the Java JSR-257 API to ST’s NFC chips, including the extended functions that will be supported by ST. ST’s ST21NFCA chip supports all popular formats for contactless smart cards and RFID tags as well as an extended set of wired interfaces and protocols. These include I2C and SPI interfaces with ETSI HCI and a Single-Wire Protocol (SWP) interface for Secure Elements (SE). This chip supports all NFC modes (Peer-to-peer, Reader/Writer and CardEmulation)…

Mobile Communication Links with ST21NFCA
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