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jeferson
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January 30, 2026
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RFID old design and RFID new design - support request

  • January 30, 2026
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Hello people.

 

In 2020, our company made a PCB prototype (designed by me) which included a chip " ST25R95-VMD5T ". Our results were not good, but maybe this was due to a poor filter circuit and due to a poor matching circuit. The tag reading distance was very small, and the prototypes were not fixed (filter and matching), and we abandoned the project. 

 

So in the same year of 2020, we were planning to make another PCB prototype, but then using the chip " ST25R3911B-AQFT ", with the intention that the reading of tags could reach a bigger distance, but we ended up not doing this prototype in 2020.

 

Now, it's 2026, and we plan to make a PCB prototype, very simple. And our initial choice was the " ST25R3911B-AQFT ". I would like to ask if there are more recent chips than this, possibly one chip that can reach a bigger reading distance than this " ST25R3911B-AQFT ", or that reaches the same distance reading, but that has more recent technology.

 

Remembering that this time we will first design a PCB coil / antenna, produce a bare PCB of it, and measure its parameters (measured by a third party). If I remember, there are 4 parameters, like the self-resonating frequency, parallel resistance at the resonating frequency, inductance @ X MHz, and DC resistance @ X MHz. We will get the measurements, and use them on the online calculator of ST that calculates the values of all components of the entire circuit between the antenna and the chip (filter and matching).

 

The chip " ST25R3911B-AQFT ". I would like to ask if there are more recent chips than this, possibly one chip that can reach a bigger reading distance than this " ST25R3911B-AQFT ", or that reaches the same distance reading, but that has more recent technology.

 

Regards,

Jeferson Pehls.

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Best answer by Brian TIDAL

Hi Jeferson,

new reader chips are available in the ST25R family

  • ST25R100Reader/Writer NFC-A/NFC-B/NFC-V, 800 mW
  • ST25R200: Reader/Writer NFC-A/NFC-B/NFC-V, 1200 mW
  • ST25R300: Reader/Writer NFC-A/NFC-B/NFC-F/NFC-V Card Emulation NFC-A/NFC-F, 2200 mW
  • ST25R500: Automotive reader/writer NFC-A/NFC-B/NFC-F/NFC-V Card Emulation NFC-A/NFC-F, 2000 mW

See the products selector on https://www.st.com/en/nfc/st25-nfc-readers/products.html for full details.

If your application does not use NFC-F nor Card Emulation, ST25R200 is the right choice for your application. The following tools are available for this device:

Rgds

BT

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Brian TIDAL
Brian TIDALBest answer
Technical Moderator
January 30, 2026

Hi Jeferson,

new reader chips are available in the ST25R family

  • ST25R100Reader/Writer NFC-A/NFC-B/NFC-V, 800 mW
  • ST25R200: Reader/Writer NFC-A/NFC-B/NFC-V, 1200 mW
  • ST25R300: Reader/Writer NFC-A/NFC-B/NFC-F/NFC-V Card Emulation NFC-A/NFC-F, 2200 mW
  • ST25R500: Automotive reader/writer NFC-A/NFC-B/NFC-F/NFC-V Card Emulation NFC-A/NFC-F, 2000 mW

See the products selector on https://www.st.com/en/nfc/st25-nfc-readers/products.html for full details.

If your application does not use NFC-F nor Card Emulation, ST25R200 is the right choice for your application. The following tools are available for this device:

Rgds

BT

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jeferson
jefersonAuthor
Associate II
January 30, 2026

Hello Brian.

The ST25R200 is 1200mW. It is 1200mW of RF power or 1200mW of consumption?

What is the typical RFID power and typical consumption at 3.3V?
Are there ways to reduce consumption? Like an IRQ pin?

Regards.

 

Brian TIDAL
Technical Moderator
January 30, 2026

Hi Jeferson,

the values are extracted from the Output Power column of the product selector. 

As the reading distance seems to be an important criteria for your application, the STEVAL-25R200SA

could be used to evaluate this parameter. It is a form factor board with different antennas.

Rgds

BT

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