Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that the Shanghai
Fudan Microelectronics FM1930 chip, the first near field communication
(NFC) controller chipset developed by a Chinese microelectronics
company, has successfully achieved NFC Forum certification using the
Agilent RIDER T3111S RFID HF Conformance Test System. The work was led
by the Shanghai Integrated Circuit Technology & Industry Promotion
Center (ICC) and the TA Certification Lab.
The FM1930 controller chipset supports all three common NFC
functionalities, including reader/writer, peer to peer (P2P) and card
emulation.
TA is the first lab authorized by the NFC Forum Certification Program in
China. TA cooperated with ICC and used NFC Forum-validated test
equipment from Agilent to perform the NFC Forum digital certification.
The Agilent RIDER T3111S HF Conformance Test System has supported the
NFC Forum certification program since its inception and is available in
many NFC Forum-authorized certification labs worldwide.
“We appreciate the professional technical support from Agilent, ICC and
TA during this certification process,” said Mr. Liu Yifei, assistant
general manager of Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group. “Our
certification demonstrates the compliance of our NFC controller chipsets
and is a key milestone in our NFC strategy. We are the only vendor that
can provide the NFC controller chip in mainland China. Having added NFC
SE and NFC Tag chips, we now offer a complete NFC chip solution for our
customers both here and abroad.”
“With our rich experience in the UHF RFID and NFC testing arena for many
years, Shanghai Integrated Circuit Technology & Industry Promotion
Center is committed to building a first-class RFID test technology and
service lab in China,” said Mr. Jiang Qifeng, director assistant of ICC.
“In the NFC area, we are proud of our long-term technical collaboration
with Agilent, which has given us the expertise necessary to help our
customer accomplish the China-made chipset’s first NFC Forum
certification. With China’s ‘Internet of Things’ [IoT] industry
accelerating, we continue to offer our support to our customers in RFID
and IoT.”
Mr. Yang Weizhong, CTO from Shanghai TA Certification Lab, added, “TA
Certification Lab this year has been using Agilent test equipment to
provide the NFC Forum certification program to our customers. We are
proud that TA’s first NFC certification is the first device certified by
a test lab in China. With the close collaboration with ICC, we are able
to provide the industry’s most comprehensive mobile certifications.”
“We are proud to add a new device to the list of products certified
using our T3111S, indeed a recognition of our contribution to NFC
technology development,” said Gail Heck-Sweeney, general manager of
Agilent’s Mobile Broadband Operation in Malaga, Spain. “We are delighted
with this milestone reached by the first Chinese NFC controller chipset.
We see a growing interest in NFC among our Chinese customers, and we are
committed to supporting them and accelerating their products to market
with our T3111S one-box test system and our global support teams.”
About Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Company
Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Co. Ltd. (8102.HK) is a leader in
the design and development of ASICs and the provision of total solutions
in China. The company has over 600 employees, with customers worldwide.
More information about the company is available at www.fmsh.com/eng.
About Shanghai Integrated Circuit Technology & Industry Promotion
Center
Shanghai IC Technology & Industry Promotion Center is a nonprofit
organization founded by government. Its main functions include building
leading-edge public technical service platforms for IC design and RFID
and providing professional services to industrial, research and academic
clients, project management in Information Technology, and promoting the
emerging IC and RFID industries.
About TA Certification Test Lab
TA Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd is a global third-party certification
and testing service provider established in 2002. TA provides
consulting, testing and certification services on telecommunication and
electronic products. It was classified as a National High Tech
Enterprise and certified by the China National Accreditation Service for
Conformity Assessment. Most important, it is an Authorized Test Lab
under the listing of CTIA, Vodafone, Wi-Fi Alliance, NFC Forum, Zigbee
and Mirrorlink Organization.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is the world’s premier measurement
company and a technology leader in chemical analysis, life sciences,
diagnostics, electronics, and communications. The company’s 20,500
employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had
revenues of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2012. Information about Agilent is
available at www.agilent.com.
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