ISO/IEC 15693 Analog Front End (AFE) for Proximity Integrated Circuit Card (PICC)

Overview

Key Features

• fully compliant with the ISO/IEC 15693/18000-3 standard and the relevant ISO/IEC 10373-7 tests
• contactless transmission of both data and power
• ASK modulation with 10% or 100% modulation index
• RF front end including the two antenna pads, a tuning capacitor, several demodulators, a clock extractor and a load modulator
• power manager including a LDO regulator, a voltage reference and a power-on reset generator
• operating junction temperature range: -25°C to +85°C
• generated power supply voltage range (vdd): nominal core supply voltage ±10%
• silicon area smaller than 0.4 mm² in a 130 nm process with poly capacitors and HV devices
• straightforward integration through a APB or AHB interface (customized on request)
• digital controller available separately

Benefits

• ISO/IEC 15693 compliant
• ISO/IEC 18000-3 compliant
• ISO/IEC 10373-7 compliant
• Wireless power harvesting
• Straightforward integration

Deliverables

• GDSII stream and layer map file
• Library Exchange Format (LEF) file
• Circuit Description Language (CDL) netlist
• Liberty Timing File (.lib)
• VHDL behavioral model
• design specification

Technical Specifications