It may mean "Analog Front End" AFE .  From:
http://www.ti.com/rfid/docs/manuals/refmanuals/rf-mgr-mnmn_ds.pdf
	Application Front End, Authentication Front End...
	Ramon

DESCRIPTION
Figure 2. S4100 MFR Block Diagram
Texas Instruments' RFid
S4100 Multi-Function Reader
communicates with
transponders and
vicinity/proximity cards
compliant with ISO/IEC 14443
A/B and ISO/IEC 15693. It
also supports Texas
Instruments' Low Frequency
DST, Read-Only, and Read-
Write Transponders at
134.2kHz, along with Tag-it
High Frequency Transponders
at 13.56MHz. This is
accomplished through
dedicated RF Analog Front
End (AFE) sections controlled
by a high-performance 8-bit
Advanced RISC
microcontroller with a Harvard
architecture, onboard FLASH,
EEPROM, and SRAM. The
power and flexibility of this
platform offer a scalable



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Dale,

We build some control boxes and we do install variants of AFE boards.
For us AFE stands for "Active Front End".




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We were asked yesterday if we build "AFE" boards. Stupid question #103: 
What
is an "AFE" board? I have Googled this acronym and found everything
except 
a
reference to any board type, certification or any other electronics 
related
reference to "AFE".

Stumped the band on this one... Any takers?

Dale Ritzen
Quality Manager
Austin Manufacturing Services

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