WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY
BCM20795S2
• NFC-compliant, highly inte-
grated, low-power, low-cost,
40 nm NFC controller.
• Active load modulation for target
mode operation with small size
compact antenna.
• NFC Forum NFC controller inter-
face.
• NFC Forum Reader/Writer, Peer-
to-Peer and Card Emulation
modes.
• Designed for low-power mobile
applications.
BCM20795S2
Mobile
 Phones
Handheld
 Devices
 Tablets
 Printers
 Routers
Set-Top-
 Boxes
Games
 Consoles
Internet of
 Things
Near Field Communications Controller
OVERVIEW
The Broadcom® BCM20795S2 is an NFC-compli-
ant highly integrated, low-power, low-cost, 40 nm
NFC controller brought to you by the leaders in
wireless communications. The BCM20795S2 fea-
tures secure configuration and patch download for
applications involving the management and oper-
ation of NFC secure elements.
This stand-alone NFC controller is based on the
world-recognized, best-in-class NFC IP from
Broadcom. The BCM20795S2 size-optimized
architecture is housed in a QFN32L package that
measures 4.0 mm × 4.0 mm × 0.9 mm, and
requires minimal external components.
The BCM20795S2 is designed for low-power
mobile applications. The BCM20795S2 is
designed to be an integral part of all NFC stan-
dards-compliant systems.
The IP base that comprises the BCM20795S2 is
the next generation in a family of products that tar-
gets the entire NFC ecosystem. Follow-on
devices will include multiradio (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,
FM, GPS) combo chips, making the
BCM20795S2 an ideal starting point for mobile
customers looking for a clear path to cost and
board space reduction.
FEATURES
NFC
• Support for the ISO/IEC 18092, ISO/IEC 21481,
ISO/IEC 14443 Types A, B, and B’, Japanese
Industrial Standard (JIS) (X) 6319-4, and ISO/
IEC 15693 standards.
• Extended data rates to 848 kbps.
• Flexibility in antenna size down to very compact
sizes due to the introduction of Active Load
Modulation (ALM).
• Combined Load Modulation (CLM) for dynamic
switching between PLM and ALM as necessary
to improve communications with legacy reader
terminals.
• Reader/Writer (R/W) mode:
– Support for Fast Tag Read (FTR) mode.
– Support for R/W mode over SWP to UICC/SE
for digital and protocol level mPOS
functionality.
• Active and Passive Peer (P2P) mode.
• Tag/Card Emulation (CE) mode:
– Active load modulation generator for EMVCo
PICC performance from a small antenna.
– Support for host-switched-off CE mode and
auto-cascade power-up.
• Dual Single Wire Protocol (SWP) interfaces:
– SWP_0 with platform PMU power switching
to UICC SIM card, embedded SE, or remov-
able SE
– SWP_2 for embedded secure element.
• Support for application tunnelling to secure
elements over SWP.
• Support for AID routing between host and SWP
secure elements also including, AID blocking
based on power state.
• Support for both long and short SELECT AID
routing allowing for coexistence of multiple
wallets.
• Internal low-power oscillator for periodic wake-
up and mode switch operation.
• Low-Power Target Detection (LPTD) mode for
extremely low average current consumption
Sniff mode.
• NFC Forum NFC Controller Interface (NCI)
Version 1.1 for host interface.
• Built-in antenna self-test function.
General
• Integral low dropout (LDO) regulator for direct
connection to platform battery.
• Clock sourced from platform reference fre-
quency input for minimum BOM (or external
XTAL option).
• ARM Cortex-M0 with 256 KB ROM and 54 KB
RAM.
• Support for UART and BSC (I2C-compatible) for
host interface.
• Multiple low-power modes for flexible power
management.
• Low power consumption in all modes.
• Minimum hardware size and BOM.
 Reference Clock
VBAT
Input

14 – VDDC_CAP

17 – VDDA_CAP
24 – XTAL_XOP

23 – XTAL_XON

26 – VDD_VCO
25 - VDD_XTAL

27 – VDD_ADC

15 – REG_PU
28 – GPIO_B0

29 – GPIO_B1

16 - VBAT
CLK_REQ - 32 Internal LPO, XTAL, PLL,
Power Management
and Clock Management
NFC_WAKE - 30

VDDIO - 4 21 – ANTTAG_P
Reader Subsystem
I2C (+ Active Tag Load Mod) 19 – ANTRDR_P
Host Interface Options
MCU CLF Interface
I2C_REQ : UART_CTS_N - 5
and
Subsystem
I2C_SCL : UART_RTS_N – 1 18 – ANTRDR_N Matching
UART
I2C_SDA : UART_TXD -2 Tag Subsystem 20 – ANTTAG_N

UART_RXD -3

Strap High : Strap Low 6

HOST_WAKE - 31 Secure Element I/Fs

Test I/F QFN Paddle
VDD_ANT – 32

SWPIO_0 - 13
VDDSWPIN_0 - 11
TM2 - 7

VDDSWP_0 - 12

N/C – 10
VDDSWP_2 – 8

SWPIO_2 - 9
Platform SIM Power
SWPI

UICC-0 or SE Embedded SE

Functional Block Diagram

APPLICATIONS • Simplified connectivity between wireless • Peer mode transactions

devices (BT/Wi-Fi Connection • Smartposter tag reading/writing
• Contactless payment
Handover)
• Mobile handsets • Access control
• Contactless ticketing
• Mobile handsets with mPOS

ORDERING INFORMATION Part Number

QFN-32L, 4.0 mm × 4.0 mm × 0.9 mm (nominal) BCM20795S2KML1G

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