Design Constraints for NFC Devices [Hardcover]

Near field communication (NFC) can appear to be a simple intuitive technology for exchanging data between close devices. In reality, these contactless structures that combine components and antennas must respect important and specific working constraints.

Illustrated by a number of detailed technological examples, this book discusses the multiple normative (ISO, CEN, NFC Forum, EMVCo, etc.) and regulatory (ERC, FCC, ETSI, radiofrequency, private and ecological pollution, etc.) constraints, as well as the applied, typological, functional, structural, environmental or interoperability constraints that a NFC device might face.

Design Constraints for NFC Devices also presents techniques that enable us to free ourselves from the technological constraints of current NFC operations encountered in banking, public transport, administration, automotive, industrial, communicating object and Internet of Things applications.

Acknowledgements xi

Preface xiii

Introduction  xvii

Part 1. Introduction to – and Reminders About – NFC 1

Introduction to Part 1  3

Chapter 1. Recap of the Principles Employed in NFC  5

1.1. The physical fundaments of “contactless” and NFC 5

1.1.1. Phenomenon of propagation and radiation 5

1.1.2. Classification of fields and spatial regions 6

1.1.3. Spatial regions 6

1.1.4. Far field: r >> λ/2π (Fraunhofer zone) 6

1.1.5. Intermediary field: r approximately equal to λ (Fresnel zone) 7

1.1.6. Near field: r << λ/2π (Rayleigh zone) and the origin of NFC  7