A device for contactless communication comprising: - a near field communication module being adapted to generate an electromagnetic carrier signal and to modulate the carrier signal according to data to be transmitted, said NFC module including a transmitter and a receiver; - an antenna coupled to said NFC module and driven by said NFC module with the modulated carrier signal; - an RF front end coupled between said NFC module and said antenna; and - a detection module coupled to said NFC module, said detection module being adapted to detect an end of a PauseA of an incoming RF signal by monitoring an amplitude of a digital signal derived from the incoming RF signal; wherein said detection module being adapted to detect an end of a PauseA of an incoming RF signal by monitoring an amplitude of a digital signal derived from the incoming RF signal includes detecting the PauseA in said digital signal by comparing the amplitude of said digital signal to a first level; wherein said detection module being adapted to detect an end of a PauseA of an incoming RF signal by monitoring an amplitude of a digital signal derived from the incoming RF signal includes detecting the end of the PauseA in said digital signal by comparing the amplitude of said digital signal to a second level; wherein the PauseA is detected in said digital signal if the amplitude of said digital signal is less than said first level, wherein said first level equals Hinitial times a threshold, said threshold being a factor, and wherein said threshold is decreased by a first amount if the amplitude of said digital signal is less than Hinitial times (the threshold - 5%) and said threshold is greater than 5%. - a near field communication module being adapted to generate an electromagnetic carrier signal and to modulate the carrier signal according to data to be transmitted, said NFC module including a transmitter and a receiver; - an antenna coupled to said NFC module and driven by said NFC module with the modulated carrier signal; - an RF front end coupled between said NFC module and said antenna; and - a detection module coupled to said NFC module, said detection module being adapted to detect an end of a PauseA of an incoming RF signal by monitoring an amplitude of a digital signal derived from the incoming RF signal; wherein said detection module being adapted to detect an end of a PauseA of an incoming RF signal by monitoring an amplitude of a digital signal derived from the incoming RF signal includes detecting the PauseA in said digital signal by comparing the amplitude of said digital signal to a first level; wherein said detection module being adapted to detect an end of a PauseA of an incoming RF signal by monitoring an amplitude of a digital signal derived from the incoming RF signal includes detecting the end of the PauseA in said digital signal by comparing the amplitude of said digital signal to a second level; wherein the PauseA is detected in said digital signal if the amplitude of said digital signal is less than said first level, wherein said first level equals Hinitial times a threshold, said threshold being a factor, and wherein said threshold is decreased by a first amount if the amplitude of said digital signal is less than Hinitial times (the threshold - 5%) and said threshold is greater than 5%.