With the new IC card chip "FeliCa Lite-S", Sony expands contactless applications in various new markets. "FeliCa Lite" is a low cost IC chip with simple security and an optimized file system. The power-saving customized chip can support small design antennas for tags and stickers as well as ID1-size card products.

The "FeliCa Lite-S" is compatible with Sony's first generation "FeliCa Lite" and has an improved security function as well as smaller chip size therefore achieving better cost performance. The "FeliCa Lite-S" can be used for applications such as single journey and event ticketing, as well as membership, loyalty, gift, game and ID cards. In addition, it can be used for NFC Forum type3 tag solution such as smart poster and handover connection in combination with an NFC device.

By adopting the same RF format and backward compatible command set to the existing FeliCa card products, FeliCa Lite-S can be used with the same reader and development infrastructure, for example FeliCa Port, NFC reader and SDK for NFC/FeliCa. [www.sony.net]