Ideal for high value-added fields such as luxury goods and pharmaceuticals

STMicroelectronics has released the ST25TV Type 5 NFC tag IC, which adds robust anti-cloning, data protection, user privacy protection, and tamper detection capabilities to the convenience of the ISO 15693 Vicinity Standard.

ISO 15693 tags offer the advantage of exchanging data more reliably over longer distances and using smaller antennas compared to ISO 14443 tags.

ST25TV, the only ISO 15693 IC with tamper detection capabilities, enhances the security of tags in applications such as tamper-proof packaging and electronic product monitoring, reduces size, and is easy to install and read. In addition, it can interact with smartphones or RFID readers, making it suitable for consumer and professional products.

ST's new NFC Forum authentication chip is ideal for cloud-managed brand protection, product authentication and security assurance, and anti-counterfeiting applications using NFC smartphones in the luxury goods, pharmaceutical, and other high-value product sectors.

With various features provided along with tamper detection, it protects contactless use cases across retail, smart industries, logistics, and digital life, including physical web-based applications such as smart posters, asset tracking, access control, ID authentication, and gaming.

Each ST25TV IC is individually equipped with a 64-bit device identifier and verifies origin and prevents duplication through digital signatures using ST's TruST25™ methodology. User memory protects read/write passwords through up to 64-bit encryption and block-level write locking. Additionally, it features Kill and Untraceable modes with password and data/configuration locking functions to protect consumer privacy.

The ST25TV IC supports all ISO/IEC 15693 modulation, coding, subcarrier modes, and data transmission rates, and provides various block read/write modes with high-speed read access of up to 53 Kbit/s. EEPROM is available in two options.

With the 512-bit ST25TV512 and the 2K-bit ST25TV02K, it is possible to configure memory partitioning, provides durability of at least 100,000 write cycles, and ensures long-term protection and robustness by allowing data retention for 60 years.

The ST25TV512 and ST25TV02K are available in 75-micron or 120-micron sawn and bumped wafers or in a 1.7 x 1.4 mm 5-lead UFDFPN5 package, with pricing starting at $0.10 for 1,000 units. Mass production has entered for some configurations, and all package and memory options are expected to be available by mid-2018.