Side-by-Side Comparison
Smart Cards & RFID
FeliCa vs. NFC Forum Tag Types
Comparing 2 standards across 13 specifications. 12 key differences identified.
Comparing:
FeliCa
NFC Forum Tag Types
FeliCa (Fast Electronic Card) is a contactless RFID smart card technology developed by Sony, standardized under JIS X 6319-4 and ISO/IEC 18092 (NFC Type 3). Operating at 13.56 MHz with 212/424 kbps Manchester encoding, it is engineered for ultra-fast sub-100ms transit gate transactions like Suica, Pasmo, and Octopus.
NFC Forum Tag Types (Types 1 through 5) are standardized memory and communication specifications established by the NFC Forum, operating at 13.56 MHz. They define how data is formatted in NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) across underlying ISO/IEC 14443 Type A/B, FeliCa, and ISO/IEC 15693 radio architectures.
Specification Comparison Table
13 Parameters| Parameter / Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
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Frequency Bands
|
13.56 MHz | 13.56 MHz |
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National / International Standard
|
JIS X 6319-4 / ISO/IEC 18092 (NFC-F) | — |
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NFC Forum Classification
|
Type 3 Tag | — |
|
Data Transfer Rates
|
212 and 424 kbps | — |
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Modulation Scheme
|
Manchester Coding (10% ASK) | — |
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Transaction Processing Speed
|
< 100 ms | — |
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Security Algorithms
|
AES-128 / DES / 3DES (FeliCa Standard) | — |
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Data Format Standard
|
— | NDEF (NFC Data Exchange Format) |
|
Type 1 Baseline
|
— | Innovision Topaz (ISO 14443-A, 106 kbps, 96B–2KB) |
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Type 2 Baseline
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— | NXP NTAG / MIFARE Ultralight (ISO 14443-A, 106 kbps, 48B–2KB) |
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Type 3 Baseline
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— | Sony FeliCa Lite (JIS X 6319-4, 212/424 kbps, up to 1MB) |
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Type 4 Baseline
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— | ISO/IEC 14443 Type A & B T=CL (106–848 kbps, up to 32KB) |
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Type 5 Baseline
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— | ISO/IEC 15693 Vicinity (26.48 kbps, up to 64KB) |