NFC Standards

ISO/IEC 14443

ISO/IEC 14443: foundational NFC proximity standard at 13.56 MHz. Defines physical, RF, anti-collision, and protocol layers for contactless smart cards.

ISO/IEC 14443-3A (NFC-A)

ISO/IEC 14443-3A (NFC-A): Type A initialization and anti-collision for NFC tags. Basis for NTAG, MIFARE Ultralight, and most NFC Forum …

ISO/IEC 14443-3B (NFC-B)

ISO/IEC 14443-3B (NFC-B): Type B initialization for ePassports and ID documents. 10% ASK modulation with NRZ-L coding for government credentials.

ISO/IEC 14443-4

ISO/IEC 14443-4: NFC transmission protocol enabling APDU commands. Foundation for Type 4 tags, DESFire, payment cards, and secure NFC applications.

ISO/IEC 15693 (NFC-V)

ISO/IEC 15693 (NFC-V): vicinity coupling standard for long-range NFC up to 1.5 m. Basis for NFC Type 5 tags in …

JIS X 6319-4 (NFC-F / FeliCa)

JIS X 6319-4 (NFC-F): FeliCa standard at 212/424 kbps for ultra-fast transit. Powers Suica, PASMO, Octopus with sub-100ms transaction speed.

ISO/IEC 18092 (NFCIP-1)

ISO/IEC 18092 (NFCIP-1): core NFC peer-to-peer protocol at 106-424 kbps. Defines device-to-device communication for NFC handover and data exchange.

ISO/IEC 21481 (NFCIP-2)

ISO/IEC 21481 (NFCIP-2): NFC mode switching between reader, card emulation, and P2P. Enables multi-mode operation in a single NFC controller.

ISO/IEC 7816-4

ISO/IEC 7816-4: APDU command protocol for NFC smart cards and Type 4 tags. Defines SELECT, READ, UPDATE commands for payments …

ECMA-340

ECMA-340: freely available NFC protocol specification aligned with ISO 18092. Open-access peer-to-peer NFC standard from Ecma International.

NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF)

NDEF: NFC Forum standard message format for tag data and P2P exchange. Universal encoding for URI, Text, Smart Poster, and …

EMV Contactless Specifications

EMV Contactless: payment specifications for tap-to-pay via NFC. Covers Visa payWave, Mastercard PayPass over ISO 14443 with secure cryptograms.