NFC Tag

by 15/09/2014

Any PICC which contains data formatted according to the specification published by NFC Forum specifications. Doing so, the data are 'open' and therefore understandable by any compliant application.

Definitioner

NFC Forum

An international association that aims to standardize the applications of NFC in the 13.56MHz range. Their main contribution is the NFC Tags specification.

NFC

Near-field communication. A subset of RFID, where the operating distance is much shorter than the wavelength of the radio waves involved. This is the case for both ISO 14443 and ISO 15693: the carrier frequency is 13.56MHz, leading to a wavelength of 22m. The proximity and vicinity ranges are shorter than this wavelength.

PICC

Proximity integrated-circuit card. This is the standard name for any contactless card compliant with the ISO 14443 standards (proximity: less than 10cm). This could either be a smartcard or a memory card, or also any NFC object running in card emulation mode. Common names are contactless card, or RFID card, NFC tag.