NFC Verification IP

Overview

NFC (Near Field Communication) Verification IP provides a smart way to verify the NFC, which is simple wireless communication between the close coupled devices. NFC Verification IP data transfer can be done at different data rates. The SmartDV's NFC Verification IP is fully compliant with standard ISO/IEC-18092, ISO/IEC-14443, ISO/IEC-15693, ECMA-340 and NFC FORUM Specifications and provides the following features.

NFC Verification IP is supported natively in SystemVerilog, VMM, RVM, AVM, OVM, UVM, Verilog, SystemC, VERA, Specman E and non-standard verification env

NFC Verification IP comes with optional Smart Visual Protocol Debugger (Smart ViPDebug), which is GUI based debugger to speed up debugging.

Key Features

Compliant with NFC Specification ISO/IEC 18092, ISO/IEC 14443, ISO/IEC 15693, NFC Forum and ECMA 340 standards.
Complete NFC PCD/PICC functionality.
Support Half Duplex of operations.
Supports all the four data rates.

106 kbps
212 kbps
424 kbps
848 kbps

Supports two different kinds of communication modes.

Active communication mode
Passive communication mode

Support both Type A and Type B.
Support NFC forum Tag 1 to Tag 5.
Supports the follwing Command Set

Basic Command Set
Select Data Commands
Read Data Commands
Write Data Commands

Supports the Multi Activation feature, which allows the Initiator to hold several Targets active simultaneously.
Supports the chaining feature, which allows the Initiator or Target to transmit information that does not fit in a single block, by dividing the information into several blocks.
Supports configurable timing functions.

Guard time
Frame delay time
Frame waiting time
Waiting Time extension

Supports the following types of error insertion and detection.

Sync error
DID error
Length error
Acknowledgement error
Invalid command error
CRC error
Parity error

Re-transmission of corrupted messages.
Supports to change the parameters(Transfer speed and Frame length) of PCD and PICC after the activation.
Supports Frame with error correction.
Glitch insertion and detection.
Monitors, detects and notifies the testbench of significant events such as transactions, warnings, timing and protocol violations.
Supports constraints Randomization.
Status counters for various events on bus.
Supports bus accurate timing and timing checks.
Callbacks in Transmitter, Receiver and Monitor for user processing of data.
NFC Verification IP comes with complete test suite to test every feature of NFC specifications.
Functional coverage for complete NFC features.

Benefits

Faster testbench development and more complete verification of NFC designs.
Easy to use command interface simplifies testbench control and configuration of Initiator and Target.
Simplifies results analysis.
Runs in every major simulation environment.

Block Diagram

Deliverables

Complete regression suite containing all the ISO/IEC18092/14443/15693/ECMA340/NFC FORUM testcases.
Examples showing how to connect various components, and usage of Initiator, Target and Monitor.
Detailed documentation of all classes, task and function's used in verification env.
Documentation contains User's Guide and Release notes.

Technical Specifications

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