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Near Field Communication, is a technology that was recently implemented to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus to make Apple Pay possible.
PN548 is a NFC Module produced by NXP Semiconductors.

Apple's implementation of NFC is available as binary files in iPhone7,1 and iPhone7,2 device firmwares only!
These are the files:

/usr/lib/PN548.dylib
/usr/lib/PN548_API.dylib
/usr/lib/PN548_HAL.dylib
/usr/lib/libnfshared.dylib
/usr/libexec/nfcd
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/NearField.framework

According to NXP these are the specs of this module:

RF front-end design supporting Active Load modulation
Support for all released NFC standards in Reader/writer, card and Peer to Peer modes (ISO14443-A, B, F, ISO18092, FeliCa, MIFARE, ISO15693)
HCE (Host Card Emulation) support
Multiple host interface: I²C-bus, SPI-bus
Two SWP interfaces to support different secure element form factor (UICC, uSD)
Reducing system BOM cost with support of low cost antenna

Standards and Certifications of this Module:

NFC Forum CR5 and CR6
EMVCo

Target Applications of this Module:

Secure mobile payment
Transport and event e-ticketing
Service discovery
Easy pairing of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or WUSB devices
Object exchange (vcards, digital rights)
RF front-end design supporting Active Load modulation
Support for all released NFC standards in Reader/writer, card and Peer to Peer modes (ISO14443-A, B, F, ISO18092, FeliCa, MIFARE, ISO15693)
HCE (Host Card Emulation) support
Multiple host interface: I²C-bus, SPI-bus
Two SWP interfaces to support different secure element form factor (UICC, uSD)
Reducing system BOM cost with support of low cost antenna

== References ==
[http://www.nxp.com/products/identification_and_security/nfc_and_reader_ics/nfc_contactless_reader_ics/series/PN548.html PN548 NXP Page]
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