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STMicroelectronics ST54M NFC Controller & Secure Element SoC - Coming Soon

STMicroelectronics ST54M NFC Controller and Secure Element System-on-Chip (SoC) is a single-die convergence solution combining an NFC controller, an embedded secure element (eSE), and/or an embedded SIM (eSIM). The ST54M is Android Ready SE compliant and supports MIFARE® and FeliCa® technologies, making it ideal for various contactless applications. This generation of STMicroelectronics ST54M is now quantum-resistant, thanks to its PQC hardware accelerator that supports the ML-KEM (FIPS-203) and ML-DSA (FIPS-204) algorithms.

Features

  • Single die integrating an NFC controller (contactless front-end - CLF) and a secure element (SE)
  • Small package WLCSP90, ECOPACK-compliant
  • NFC controller
    • Arm® Cortex®-M3 microcontroller
    • 100% re-flashing capability for firmware update
    • Enhanced active load modulation technology
    • Step-up DC/DC for Tx drive up to 3W
    • Optimized for extremely small or metal frame antennas
    • Optimized low-power consumption modes
    • Selectable ultralow power hibernate state
    • Battery voltage monitoring
    • Proprietary in-frame synchronization (IFS) in card emulation (CE) to ensure stability in battery low and switched off modes
    • System clock
      • Fractional-N PLL input range of 19.2MHz to 76.8MHz
      • External crystal oscillator (27.12MHz and 54.24MHz)
    • 32.768kHz, 16MHz and 32MHz support for EMC tests
    • Automatic wake-up via communication interfaces, GPIO, RF field, or tag detection, and power supply detection
  • Communication interfaces
    • CLF interfaces
      • One I3C/I2C target interface: I3C up to 12.9MHz, I2C supporting Standard, Fast, and Fast+ modes
      • Two SWP master interfaces up to 1.695Mbit/s
      • GPIOs
      • One UICC Class B and C power supply
    • SE interfaces
      • Two I3C/I2C target interfaces: I3C up to 12.9MHz, I2C supporting Standard, Fast, and Fast+ modes
      • Two SPI target interfaces up to 26 MHz
      • One Class C ISO/IEC 7816-3 interface up to 20MHz (Class D ready)
      • GPIOs
  • RF communications
    • Reader/writer mode
      • NFC Forum™ Type 1/2/3/4/5 tags
      • FeliCa
      • ISO/IEC 15693
      • MIFARE (MIFARE R/W mode feature availability is pending on license conditions)
    • Card emulation mode
      • ISO/IEC 14443 Type A and B
      • FeliCa
      • MIFARE
      • Intelligent card switch
    • Peer-to-peer mode
      • ISO/IEC 18092 - NFCIP-1 initiator and target
  • Secure microcontroller
    • Arm Cortex M35P 32-bit RISC core
    • 4.5Mbytes of Flash memory
    • 16Kbyte memory cache
    • 150Kbytes of user RAM
    • Selectable ultralow power hibernate and standby states
    • Supports state-of-the-art secure element operating systems
    • CC EAL5+/EAL6+ certification
    • Hardware security-enhanced DES and AES
    • KECCAK hardware accelerator for NTT ML-KEM and ML-DSA PQC algorithms
    • MIFARE Classic® cryptography hardware accelerator
    • NESCRYPT coprocessor for public key cryptography algorithm
    • Supports embedded-SIM (eSIM) applications in compliance with the GSMA specification
    • Secure ranging support in connection with an external UWB subsystem
  • Electrical characteristics
    • Battery voltage support from 2.1V to 5.1V
    • I/O dedicated voltage level (VPS_IO): 1.2V and 1.8V compatibility
    • Ambient operating temperature -30°C to + 85°C

Applications

  • Secure connectivity (eSIM)
  • Mobile payment
  • Transit ticketing
  • Access control
  • Mobile ID
  • NFC charging
  • Digital car key

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Publicado: 2026-06-25 | Actualizado: 2026-06-30