Abstract:
A near field communication (NFC) system (200) and method for controlling transmission power of the NFC system (200) includes a NFC reader (202) configured to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal having an initial amount of RF power, a NFC target device (204) in selective communication with the NFC reader (202), and a NFC transmission power control platform (208) disposed between the NFC reader (202) and the NFC target device (204). The platform (208) includes a microcontroller (218) and at least one circuit (209) in communication with the microcontroller (218) and configured to determine an actual amount of RF power needed to sustain near field communications between the NFC reader (202) and the NFC target device (204) and configured to regulate the RF signal, where the regulated RF signal contains the actual amount of RF power needed to sustain near field communications between the NFC reader (202) and the NFC target device (204).