ST25 NFC solutions

NFC sensor and processing node

NFC for personal health devices

NFC wireless charging

Eco-friendly NFC tag

 NFC-enabled sensor and processing node
Featuring Dynamic NFC Tag, environmental, motion and ambient light sensors with cryptographic
security, enables ultra low power IoT applications by transmitting sensor data via NFC

Low cost, low power, and close range,

complementary to other wireless technology
(i.e BT, LoRa…)

NFC Wireless Charging, Fast Transfer mode (FOTA),

Energy Harvesting (battery less) capability

NFC tag enables communication with NFC

reader/smartphones.
Compatible with DSH-ASSETRACKING dashboard.
 STEVAL-SMARTAG2
LPS22DF STTS22H
pressure temperature Environmental / Ambient Sensors

HTS221
Humidity
STBC15 battery
charger VD6283
ambient light

ST25DV64 LSM6DSO32X
NFC/EEPROM Acc+Gyro MLC

H3LIS331DL
Acceler.Hi-G Hi-g
STLQ020 LDO
voltage regulator LIS2DUX12
ULP accel MLC

Inertial Sensors
STSAFE A110 M41T62LC STM32L4P5CEU6
secure element RTC Crystal MCU Cortex-M4

Buttons
Reset/User
 STEVAL-SMARTAG1 STEVAL-SMARTAG2
• ST25DV64K dynamic NFC tag (64Kb EEPROM) with • ST25DV64KC dynamic NFC tag (64Kb EEPROM) with energy
energy harvester. harvester and FTM (OTA) / Latest Si rev, improved performances
• STM32L031K6 32MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ MCU with • STM32L4P5CEU6 120MHz ARM Cortex-M4 MCU with 512-Kbytes
32-Kbytes Flash and 8-Kbytes RAM Flash and 320-Kbytes RAM (STM32L0 pinout compatible)
• Sensors • Sensors
• LIS2DW12 three-axis linear accelerometer • LIS2DU12X ultra low power accelerometer with MLC
• LSM6DSO32X IMU with MLC, Sensor Hub capable, 32g full scale
• H3LIS331DL high-g accelerometer for shock logging
• LPS22HB piezo-resistive absolute pressure sensor • LPS22DF ultra low power piezo-resistive absolute pressure sensor
• HTS221 digital sensor for RH and temperature • HTS221 digital sensor for relative humidity and temperature
• • STTS22HH contact digital temperature sensor
• • VD6283 Hybrid filter multispectral sensor with light flicker engine
• STSAFE-A110 Secure Element (opt)
• M41T62LC Real Time Clock (opt)
• STLQ015 low drop linear regulator • STLQ020 low drop linear regulator
• CR2032 Battery powered • CR2032 disposable or LIR2032 rechargeable battery (opt)
• STBC15Q battery charger (opt)
 STSAFE-A110 summary
• Secure basis of connected device’s cryptographic identity
Typical applications • Additional security services; protect passwords/keys
• Verify FW signatures, certificate-storage/use
• Generic and USB-C Authentications
• Signature verification
• ECDH to establish secure ephemeral keys
Features • Secure channel establishment (TLS)
• Decrement counter
• Secure data storage
Certified perso service at ST Yes

Security / Certification CC EAL5+ HW

6k Bytes not counting keys(fits many extra certificates for multiple
User NV Memory (K Bytes) ecosystems/versions): 3X larger than ATECC608
Cryptography ECC, AES
SO8N
Package DFN 2x3
Communication Interface I²C (protected with AES-128 host keys)
Temperature range -40 ºC, +105 ºC
Evaluation/Demo Boards X-NUCLEO-SAFEA1A
Skew of Standard STSAFA110DFSPL02, STSAFA110DFSPL03 (DFN8)
Configuration STSAFA110S8SPL02, STSAFA110S8SPL03(SO8N)
 NFC data transfer for personal health devices
Enables healthcare devices such as NFC-enabled blood pressure monitors, heart monitors, weighing
scales and glucose meters to transmit health data via NFC through PHD protocol (IEEE11073 std)

Information is transferred via NFC and no additional

communication channel is needed.

NFC Dynamic Tag (ST25DV) Fast Transfer Mode

feature for high performances data exchange

Interoperability with smartphone ensured by

compliance with NFC Forum PHD specification
 Introduction to IEEE 11073

• ISO/IEEE 11073 is a family of standards designed to facilitate the communication between medical,
health care and wellness devices (like blood pressure monitors, weighing scales and glucose
meters) and external computer systems to be monitored by physicians, doctors…
• IEEE 11073 is in 2 parts:

11073 ‘Core Standards’

-10407 -10417 -10408

…. Device specialization (one for one
Blood Pressure Glucose Thermometer
device), defining the application layer

-20601 Optimized Exchange Protocol Transport and communication layer

BTLE NFC … Data link and physical layer

 ISO/IEEE 11073-20601

• IEEE 11073-20601 defines the communication protocol between personal health

devices or “Agents” and hosts or “Managers”
• Provides protocol for connection and reliable transfer of actions and data between Agents and
Managers
• Defines commands, agent configuration information and overall protocol
• Designed to be transport independent (Bluetooth, USB, NFC…)
• Optimizes data exchange & enables efficient reconnections
ISO/IEEE 11073-20601 • Receives measurements from one or more
• Takes measurements (sensor) Optimized Exchange agent systems
• Limited capabilities (RAM, ROM, CPU) & Protocol • Reacts on update events from agents, and
limited power resource (small battery) triggers events on the agent
• Connection to a single Manager with a • Can communicate with multiple agents using
point to point connection separate point-to-point connections
• Low cost (consumer device) • Ex : Mobile phone, computer system, health
• Fixed configurations system
(data type and format does not change)

Agent Manager
 PHD Agent PHD Manager

I2C NFC IEEE

iOS ST25
11073
MCU CoreNFC SW
Stack

STM32 ST25DVxxKC

IEEE 11073 PHD Profile Medical device dependent IEEE 11073 PHD Profile
Application layer
IEEE 11073-20601 Protocol IEEE 11073-20601

APDU → NDEF
ST25 PHD
ST25 PHD FW SW Stack
NDEF R/W NDEF → FTM

Transport layer ST25SDK

BSP + Component driver iOS CoreNFC

I2C

ST25DVxxKC
 ST design tools and deliverables

• PHD SW stacks supporting IEEE11073 standard (medical devices) for both agent
and manager
• Fast and easy SW development for any medical device (supported by IEEE
11073)
Manager
IEEE 11073 Lite Stack For demo IEEE 11073 Lite Stack
(APDU Commands) (APDU Commands)
• Demo :
• Classic ST25DV64KC Discovery Kit ST25 PHD ST25 PHD
SW Stack SW Stack
• Libraries Deliverables

• Mobile app source code FW ST25D ST25SDK

(on MCU)
iOS CoreNFC
 Transport disconnect
Transport connect
indication Disconnected
indication
Agent state machine

Connected Associated
Associated
Operating
Disassociating
Association
release request

Association release Waiting SetTime

response

Unassociated Waiting GetMDS

Association
request Waiting Approval

Associating Sending Config

Config ID unknown
 NFC wireless charging
Compliant with the NFC Forum specification for wireless charging, ST’s NFC readers
(poller) and tags (listener) enable the design of NFC wireless charging solutions.

Single, small form factor antenna for charging &

communication. Dynamic control of charging process.

Ideal for small battery-operated IoT devices (stylus,

wearables, earbuds, medical & fitness devices)

Allows 'on-the-go' charging via NFC-enabled

smartphone.
Transfer energy from poller to listener

• Wireless power transfers via NFC induction to charge receiver.

• Dynamic control of charging process.
• Detection of foreign objects to avoid damaging credit cards, passport, etc.
 NFC wireless charging at a glance

NFC (Near Field Communication) principle

• RF field is generated by NFC reader 13.56 MHz

• NFC tag is powered by RF field

NFC
NFC Reader
▪ Low energy transfer via energy harvesting (few mW) Dynamic Tag

• Data exchange between reader and tag

▪ Modulation of RF field

• with NFC wireless charging External Battery + Charger

▪ Strong RF field generated by NFC reader components
Ext. components
▪ High energy transfer via inductive coupling
▪ Data exchange controls power transfer Inductive Coupling
Energy & Data transfer

Power Transfer
up to 1 W*
Not incl. ext. PA
 A glance at NFC WLC technology

• Specified by NFC Forum

• WLC Listener (WLC-L) receives power from WLC Poller (WLC-P)​
WLC-L
• Based on NDEF message exchange between poller and listener​
• Two possible operation modes of power transfer
▪ Static mode (Easy implementation)
o Operates at a single power level (no power transfer negotiation)​
o Low maximum power (~ 100mW)​, no FOD required as field remains within existing
limits defined for NFC communication
▪ Negotiated mode (Higher power)
o Power transfer parameter negotiation to control power level for charging​ WLC-P
o Supports 4 power classes (0.25, 0.5, 0.75 or 1W usable power at the receiver)​
o FOD required (reader generates field strengths exceeding existing limits) ​
 NFC wireless charging compared to Qi
Antenna
footprint

3.1 in² (20 cm²)

Qi charging
Up to 45 W

1.55 in² (10 cm²)

Future
NFC charging
NFC Charging
Up to 1 W
Up to 3 W
0.15 in² (1 cm²) Power
0.1 W 1W 3W
 Benefits of using NFC WLC

• Tiny antenna footprints allow easy integration into small sized applications
▪ Targeted antenna dimension range down to below 0.15 in² (1 cm²)

• Ideal fit for complex form factors by using PCB or flex-PCB antennas

Leverage existing NFC implementation on products for charging (optimization BOM/System)

Increased mobility for devices through charging on-the-go and back-up with smartphone

Charging: wireless power transfer via induction to charge receiver

Charging control: dynamic control of charging process

Protection: detection of foreign objects to avoid damaging credit cards, passport,…

Communication: general NFC use cases like pairing, authentication, parameter setting, …
Interoperability through standardization by NFC Forum

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 Eco-friendly NFC tag
Ideal for IoT use cases such as green logistics, paper cards, tickets
and sustainable packaging

Fully re-pulpable paper substrate and renewable

paper, All excess aluminum is completely recycled

No etching process or plastic layers / No harmful

processing chemicals or chemical byproducts

NDEF allows data exchange including authenticity,

product specific information, and tamper status.
Native operation : no mobile application required
 ST25TV-ANDEF improvement
ST25TV-ANDEF F9P
Augmented NDEF
ST25TV F8H
Unique Tap Code (ANDEF)
Untraceable mode
Improved Tamper detect
Kill mode
Improved Untraceable mode
Tamper detect Features
User memory up to 2560-bit
Trust25 Digital Signature Kill mode
Password 64-bit Trust25 Digital Signature
User memory up to 2048-bit Password 64-bit

Improved read range on NFC Performance

phone & reader

Die size (0,82mm2) Die size reduction (0,5mm2) Cost

 ST25TN-ANDEF improvement

ST25TN-ANDEF F9P
ST25TA F8H
Augmented NDEF
User memory up to 2048-bit
Kill mode (with pwd)
Trust25 Digital Signature Unique Tap Code (ANDEF) Features
Password 128-bit User memory up to 1664-bit
General Purpose Output(GPO) Trust25 Digital Signature

Improved read range on NFC Performance

phone & reader

Die size (0,95mm2) Die size reduction (0,42mm2)

Cost
NFC Tag type 2
 ST’s ecosystem for an end-to-end
ST25 WebServer Demo is a web service that handles the ST25 Augmented NDEF
information’s provided into an URL query string

ANDEF URL
http://www.myst25.com/andef/index.php?data=
E002080007AAC7CBxWINE0000x311x00c
 TruST25™ digital signature overview

Chip proven authenticity services

• TruST25™ encompasses industrialization processes and

tools deployed by STMicroelectronics to create and write
Digital Signature in house and that benefits from Secure
product environment (HSM FIPS140-2)
• TruST25 is a STMicroelectronics trademark
TruST25
• Digital Signature allows applications to verify the authenticity
of a product
• A dedicated application note AN5104 describes the digital
Signature and how to read and verify the TruST25TM Digital
Signature. Application note distributed under NDA
• Public Key will be sent to customers