NTAG213, NTAG215 and NTAG216 have been developed by NXP Semiconductors as standard NFC tag ICs to be used in mass market applications such as retail, gaming and consumer electronics, in combination with NFC devices or NFC compliant Proximity Coupling Devices. NTAG213, NTAG215 and NTAG216 (from now on, generally called NTAG21x) are designed to fully comply to NFC Forum Type 2 Tag and ISO/IEC14443 Type A specifications.
Target applications include Out-of-Home and print media smart advertisement, SoLoMo applications, product authentication, NFC shelf labels, mobile companion tags.
Target use cases include Out-of-Home smart advertisement, product authentication, mobile companion tags, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi pairing, electronic shelf labels and business cards. NTAG21x memory can also be segmented to implement multiple applications at the same time.
Thanks to the high input capacitance, NTAG21x tag ICs are particularly tailored for applications requiring small footprints, without compromise on performance. Small NFC tags can be more easily embedded into e.g. product labels or electronic devices.
Features and benefits
Contactless transmission of data and supply energy
Operating frequency of 13.56 MHz
Data transfer of 106 kbit/s
Data integrity of 16-bit CRC, parity, bit coding, bit counting
Operating distance up to 100 mm (depending on various parameters as e.g. field strength and antenna geometry)
7-byte serial number (cascade level 2 according to ISO/IEC 14443-3)
UID ASCII mirror for automatic serialization of NDEF messages
Automatic NFC counter triggered at read command
NFC counter ASCII mirror for automatic adding the NFC counter value to the NDEF message
ECC based originality signature
Fast read command
True anticollision
50 pF input capacitance