摘要:
An authenticating system according to the present invention has a characteristic structure of which an authenticating section 32 of a note type PC 10 and an authenticating section 42 of a battery 20 are directly connected through I/O ports 51 and 61, respectively. Thus, the authenticating system according to the present invention can be relatively easily accomplished using a conventional system. The present invention can be applied to a system that is composed of a plurality of electronic devices that perform an authenticating process.
摘要:
A modulator used in an IC card reader/writer includes a phase variation detector for detecting a varying point of the phase of a modulated signal, a signal processing circuit for modifying the modulated signal for a half period at the phase varying point to have a frequency and amplitude twice those of the modulated signal, a first Miller integrator for integrating the modified signal to produce a triangular wave signal, and a second Miller integrator for integrating the triangular wave signal to produce a sinusoidal wave signal having a continuous phase. A demodulator used in the reader/writer includes a sync control circuit which controls a carrier sync signal generation circuit thereby to control the phase of a carrier sync signal in response to the discrimination as to whether the carrier sync signal is in lead-phase or lag-phase relative to the signal modulated based on binary phase shift keying (BPSK). A control data signal and non-modulated carrier wave sent from the reader/writer to the IC card are converted into power for use by the IC card.
摘要:
An antenna circuit for a non-contact IC card exchanges signals with an external device utilizing electromagnetic waves. The antenna circuit includes a coil and a capacitor connected to form a resonant circuit. The coil includes a main coil having a spiral conductive pattern disposed on a peripheral portion of a substrate and a plurality of adjusting patterns, each electrically connecting a portion of the conductive pattern corresponding to a desired number of turns of the main coil to an end of the main coil. The plurality of adjusting patterns are disconnected from the main coil, except for one adjusting pattern, to obtain a coil of desired inductance.
摘要:
A memory system storing data detects and corrects an error in the stored data. The memory device includes a coding circuit for generating a systematic code including a data word and an error checking and correcting (ECC) code when the data word is supplied from a data bus during data writing, a memory cell array for storing the systematic code, and a sense amplifier for reading the systematic code from the memory cell. An error checking and correcting system generates a syndrome from the systematic code, decodes the syndrome to determine whether an error exists, identifies a bit position at which an error has occurred, and corrects the error contained in the data word by inverting a bit of the data word in the position at which the error has occured. The system includes a multiplexer for outputting the corrected data word to the data bus and a code reading circuit, for example, an ECC code register, for reading the ECC code generated by the coding circuit directly into the data bus. With this arrangement, it is possible to immediately and independently check the function of the coding circuit without influence from the memory cell array.
摘要:
An information recording system utilizing an IC card having an onboard microprocessor, an onboard semiconductor memory which can be accessed from outside the card only by way of the microprocessor, and an onboard mass storage device also accessible from outside the card but directly rather than through the microprocessor. The mass storage device can be a mass storage magnetic recording media or preferably an optical storage device, and provides a relatively inexpensive information storage media for large amounts of data. The semiconductor memory stores information which is necessary to properly access the information in the mass storage memory, and outputs that information to an associated interface unit only by way of the microprocessor. Thus, address or encryption information which is stored in the semiconductor memory is secure because of access being limited by the onboard microprocessor, and securing that information makes more secure the information stored in the mass storage device.
摘要:
A non-contact type information card includes a modulating/demodulating circuit, an antenna circuit, a CPU, a RAM, and a clock signal generating circuit. In the non-contact type information card, when the modulating/demodulating circuit receives a new command signal, the CPU determines whether first and second identification information in the new command signal agrees with the first and second identification information in an old command signal. When the first and second identification information of the new command signal agree with that of the old command signal, the CPU stops the operation of the clock generating circuit until the next command signal is received.
摘要:
An IC card has a data transmission/receiving circuit for exchanging data with an external device, a data processing circuit connected to the data transmission/receiving circuit for processing the data, a battery for supplying the data transmission/receiving circuit and the data processing circuit with electrical power, a charge storage device such as a capacitor charged at a predetermined time constant by the battery, a charge control circuit for controlling connection of the battery to the charge storage device in accordance with a control signal from the data processing circuit, a comparator circuit for comparing the output voltage from the charge storage device with a reference value, and a time measuring counter for measuring the time from electrical connection of the battery to the charge storage device until the comparator circuit detects an output voltage from the charge storage circuit exceeding the reference value.
摘要:
A method of organizing time sequential application data in an IC card, and an IC card having a structure for organizing such time sequential data. The IC card has an onboard microprocessor and an onboard semiconductor memory. Information is recorded in addressable application blocks defined for the purpose of receiving and recording application data. So long as unrecorded information blocks remain available, new application data is recorded in time sequential locations in those blocks and a record is kept of the sequence of recordation along with the block address at which the data is recorded. When all of the application blocks are filed, the last mentioned record is searched to determine the oldest data recorded in an application block, the new data is overwritten over that data, and the time sequential record updated. The time sequential record of data allows the onboard microprocessor to determine locations in its associated memory where data is to be stored independently of the application program while still allowing the application program to access the data at locations which are, in effect, unknown to the application program.
摘要:
An IC card particularly adapted for multiple functions and having an error checking capability which operates within the card and without the need for the processing power of the terminal. The IC card has an onboard memory and an onboard microprocessor. The onboard memory contains a plurality of application blocks to which access is selectively allowed by the microprocessor and a protected block which is accessible by the microprocessor but inaccessible by the terminal. Stored within the protected block are data specifying the location, size and application associated with each of the application blocks, as well as an error check code relating to the data then stored within the application block.
摘要:
A memory device for detecting and correcting errors in stored data includes a circuit for generating an error-detection/correction code with respect to data to be stored, a memory cell array in which the data and the error-detection/correction code are stored, an error-detection/correction circuit for detecting and corrrecting errors in the data by using the error-detection/correction code when the data is read out of the memory cell array, and a function test circuit selectively and directly connected to the error-detection/correction circuit for testing the error-detection/correction circuit.