摘要:
A passive contactless integrated circuit includes an electrically programmable non-volatile data memory (MEM), a charge accumulation booster circuit for supplying a high voltage necessary for writing data in the memory. The integrated circuit includes a volatile memory point for memorizing an indicator flag, and circuitry for modifying the value of the indicator flag when the high voltage reaches a critical threshold for the first time after activating the booster circuit.
摘要:
A binary frequency divider includes a counter paced by an input signal, means for comparing a counting value with first and second threshold values and supplying first and second control signals synchronized with variation edges of a first type of the input signal. The divider includes means for supplying at least one third control signal shifted by a half-period of the input signal in relation to one of the first or second control signals, and control means for generating the output signal using control signals chosen according to the value of at least one least significant bit of the division setpoint. Application is mainly but not exclusively to UHF transponders.
摘要:
A method protects against a global data erasure an integrated circuit comprising an electrically programmable data memory and a control unit to execute commands for reading or writing in the memory. The method includes the steps of providing, in the integrated circuit, electrically programmable reference memory cells, at putting the integrated circuit into service, storing, in the reference memory cells, bits of determined value forming an authorized combination of bits and, during the operation of the integrated circuit following its putting into service, reading and evaluating the reference memory cells and blocking the integrated circuit if the reference memory cells contain a forbidden combination of bits different from the authorized combination.
摘要:
A method for executing a write command for writing a binary word in a programmable memory, comprises writing each of the bits in a programmed state of a binary word to be written in a corresponding memory cell of the memory, reading each bit of the word written in the memory corresponding to a bit in the programmed state of the word to be written, comparing each bit in the programmed state of the word to be written with a corresponding bit read in the memory, and generating an error signal if at least one bit of the word to be written in the programmed state is different from the corresponding bit read. Application of the method can be particularly but not exclusively to integrated circuits for chip cards.
摘要:
A method checks the state of a set of memory cells of a memory comprising memory cells arranged in a memory array, means for selecting a memory cell, and a sense amplifier for supplying a state of the selected memory cell depending on whether the selected memory cell is conductive or non-conductive. The method includes features wherein all the memory cells of a set grouping together several memory cells are selected, and then simultaneously coupled to the sense amplifier, and the sense amplifier supplies a global state of all the selected memory cells to which it is coupled, if the latter are simultaneously non-conductive. Application is provided to the checking of a command for block-erasing a memory.
摘要:
A method for modulating the impedance of an antenna circuit supplying pump signals to a charge pump comprising at least one first pump stage and one last pump stage, the last pump stage supplying a continuous voltage. The output of the first pump stage is short-circuited by means of a switch and the last pump stage goes on pumping electric charges and supplying the continuous voltage. Application in particular to RFID passive transponders.
摘要:
A method divides a number N1 by a number which can be written in the form 2n/k, n and k being whole numbers, and obtains a result N2. The result N2 is calculated by adding terms N1*Ki/2n-i for i ranging from 0 to N, the terms Ki being the constituent bits K0, K1, K2, . . . KN-1 of the number k expressed in binary. The method can be applied particularly to the production of a calibration circuit for calibrating a clock signal in a UHF transponder.
摘要:
A method and device for generating a clock signal, the method including measuring, using a first clock signal, a characteristic of a reference event in a received signal, determining, using the first clock signal, a variation of a characteristic of a second event in a received signal, correcting the measurement according to the variation of the characteristic of the second event, and generating a second clock signal using the first clock signal according to the corrected measurement.
摘要:
A method for executing a write command for writing a binary word in a programmable memory, comprises writing each of the bits in a programmed state of a binary word to be written in a corresponding memory cell of the memory, reading each bit of the word written in the memory corresponding to a bit in the programmed state of the word to be written, comparing each bit in the programmed state of the word to be written with a corresponding bit read in the memory, and generating an error signal if at least one bit of the word to be written in the programmed state is different from the corresponding bit read. Application of the method can be particularly but not exclusively to integrated circuits for chip cards.
摘要:
A method for generating a variable number includes generating a clock signal, demodulating a received signal of data transmission, supplying a binary signal having variable frequency pulses, and sampling the clock signal by the binary signal to generate bits of a variable number. The method can be applied to RFID tags.