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question about NFC and Bluetooth antenna

Hi 

I'm really new to this filed and don't know anything about antenna, please forget me if the question is stupid. 

I have an nRF52 DK, I noticed the Bluetooth antenna on it is PCB antenna,  so my question is 

1) if I have to design my own, will it be hard or I can do the same on the development board?

2) or keep the same circuit design in the development board, but add an attached antenna, what specifications should I follow to pick the antenna?

And I know the NFC antenna on nRF 52 DK is not commercialized, so how do I find a replacement? 

(we want to use NFC to do some cellphone authentication, like between a cellphone and nRF52, so the distance will be close, like 3-5cm, but inside a plastic enclosure)

Any suggestion will be helpful.

Thanks

Cindy

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  • Hi, yes you can also buy an external NFC antenna from a third party provider. All of them should work right out of the box, just make sure the frequency is 13.56 MHz. 

    The other thing to consider is that the size and shape of an NFC antenna should be roughly the same size and shape as the reader you're gonna use it with, to achieve maximum power transfer. For example the antennas on Nordic's development kits have roughly the same size and shape as the NFC Forum Reference Antenna Poller 6, which works with most NFC readers. 

    The NFC Forum sets these specifications, so you could also take a look at their website for more information.

    Best regards,

    Heidi

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