GB2355689A - IC or integrated circuit card manufacturing system with stored test data - Google Patents
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Abstract
An IC card manufacturing system 10 stores test data after each fabrication step in memories A-C of the IC chip 41. At the start of each fabrication step the pass/fail data stored from the previous step(s) is analysed before continuing with fabrication. The fabrication steps include a first step 11 of testing the IC chip, a second step 12 of mounting the chip on the card 40 and a third step 13 of issuing the card.
Description
1 2355689 IC CARD MANUFACTURING METHOD AND IC CARD SYSTEM
BACKGROUND (a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an IC card fabrication system and an IC card system and, more particularly, to an improvement of security in an IC I card system including IC cards.
(b) Description of the Related Art
A magnetic card including a magnetic stripe having small-scale storage capacity has been generally used as a portable recording disk of a compact size.
An IC card mounting thereon an IC chip including built-in CPU and memory has an intelligent function for information processing, and thus is now to be used in a variety -of applications.: instead of the magnetic card.' The IC card, - -as used for a variety of commercial dealings, 'is required to allow accurate discrimination of a failed card and have a higher reliability. A plurality of techniques for allowing discrimination of a failed IC card are proposed hereinafter.
JP-A-2-190988 describes a technique for 2 allowing discrimination of a failed IC card. Figs. 1A and 1B show an overall view of the IC card described therein and the data: stored in the IC chip, respectively. In Fig. 1A, the IC card 81 includes a magnetic stripe 82 formed thereon for magnetically storing a password etc., and an IC chip 83 mounted thereon to have a central processing function. The IC chip 83 includes an EEPROM for storing therein a control program and processing data, a CPU for executing the c-ontrol io program, and a contact section i ncluding -several Cp external connection terminals.
In Fig. 1B, the storage device implemented by an EEPROM has a ROM area which stores inherent manufacturing information 85 and a password 86, and a rewritable area for storing business information.
Upon use of the IC card 81, the manufacturing information 85 and the password 86 stored in the ROM area are retriev'ed, and are recognized by an IC card s erv er through an IC card terminal unit, - use of 'a failed IC card is -thereby distinguished.
The technique described in the above publication allocates a product number beforehand to each of the constituent parts of the IC card, stores the same as inherent manufacturing information 85, and uses the 25 same for discrimination of a failed IC card. In this 3 technique, the data stored in the IC chip may change due t'o some causes in the processing of the current work step among th.. e plurality of work steps including IC chip test step, card manufacturing step and card issuing. step conducted for completion of the IC card as a product.
For example, there is a possibility that the allocated information a.n d the. information read therefrom do not match each other due to the change lo of the allocated information at the current step, or a possibility that a failed card is -inappropriately used to copy the data of a passed IC card and then temporarily used as a counterfeit IC card against the passed card. This degrades the security for the IC card system.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the preferred embodiments of the present invention to solve the. above problem involved in the conventional technique and to provide a higher-reliability IC card system which allows the IC card server to accurately and feasibly distinguish a failed IC card, 'and a method for manufacturing an IC card used in the IC system.
The present invention provides a method for 25 manufacturing an IC card including the steps of:
4 recording management information onto the IC card or a pa. rt thereof in each of a plurality of work steps before completion "of the IC card; examining the IC card or the parts thereof in each of the work steps based on the management information recorded in the preceding steps; and Judging pass/fail of the IC card J C.), C1 by comparing the management information stored in the IC card acrainst corresponding management information stored in an IC card server.
In -accordance with the IC manufacturing method of the present invention, since pass/fail judgements are conducted for the plurality of work steps before completion of the IC card, the IC card server can accurately distinguish, based on the stored management information, a failed card which was distinguished as such during each of the work steps, whereby an inapprop riate use of the failed card as a counterfeit card can be prevented.
The present invention also provides an IC. card 20 system including a recording device for recording management information in a IC card in each of a plurality of work steps for fabrication of th.e IC card, a storage device for storing the management information as a data base, a terminal unit for reading the management information recorded in the IC card, and C an IC server for receiving the read management information from the terminal unit and comparlug the read management i#formation against the management information stared in the storaoe device to udge pass/fall of the IC card based on results of the comparison.
The IC card system of the present invention as a whole has an improved reliability wherein a failed IC card intended to be used as a counterfeit card is distinguished from the passed IC cards by using the management information stored in the storacre device and crenerated in each of the plurality of work steps for fabrication of the IC card.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Preferred features of the present invention will now be described, -by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:.Fig. 1A is a top plan view of a conventional IC card,, and Fig. 1B is a schematic block diagram of a 20 storage'device in the IC card.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a system for manufacturing an IC card accortding to a first embodiment of the' present invention.
6 Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a system for manufacturing an IC card according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing processing #1 conducted by an IC test instrument in the IC test step.
Figs. 5A to 5D are schematic diagram for showino, data stored in memories in th,, IC chip and the IC card system.
Fig. 6, is a flowchart showing processing #2 conducted by an IC card issuing apparatus 13 In the card issuing step Fior. 7 is a -flowchart showing processing #3 I-D conducted by, an IC card server_ Fig 8. is a' flowchart showing processing #4 conducted by an IC card server.
Fig.. 9 -is a. flowchart.-- showing processing #5 conducted by an IC chip manufacturing apparatus in the I.C chip manufacturing step.
Fig. 10 is a flowchart showing processing #6 conducted by the IC test instrument 11 in the IC chip manufacturing step.
7 PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION An IC card according to the present invention may have a configuration similar to the conficrurat- 10n of the conventional IC card 81 described with reference to Fig 7. 1A.,except. for the data stored in the, storage device in the IC chip. The data stored in the storaae device includes a variety of data stored in each of the plurality of work steps for fabricating the IC card.
In the IC card manufacturing method of the Z:) lo present invention, the plurality of work steps may include at.least one of an IC chip manufacturing step for manufacturing the IC chip, an IC chip test step for testing the IQ chip to be mounted on the IC card, an IC card manufacturing step for manufacturing the IC card 1 5 from the tested IC chip, a plain card and other parts, and a card issuing step for issuing the IC card.
In the IC card manufacturing method of the present invention, it is preferable that the management infor-mation include a pass/fail flag set up based on 20 the said results of the examining step. In this case, the IC card server can easily discriminate a failed card.
It is preferable that, after the pass/fail flag is set to indicate a fail, the subsequent work steps be omitted. In this case., the processing for the IC card 25 discriminated as a failed card is alleviated and the processing is concentrated on only passed cards.
0 - In the IC card system of the, present invention, it is preferable that:at least part of the management information be stored in a ROM. In' this case, the data cannot be rewritten for an illegal purpose after the manufacture of the IC chip, t hereby an improved reliability can be obtained in the system as a whole.
NOW2 the present invention is more specifically described with reference to accompanying drawings.
Referring to Fig. 2 a fabrication system 10 for manufacturing an IC card according to a first embodiment executes' three steps including an IC chip test step, a card manufacturing step and a card issuing step, t hereby the IC card fabrication system issues an IC card 40 as a product of the fabrication system 10.
The IC card fabrication system 10 includes an IC test instrument. 11 for testing. an IC chip 41 to be mounted on the IC card 40, 4n.IC card manufacturing apparatus 12 for manufacturing the IC card 40 from the tested IC chip and other parts such as a plain card, an IC card issuing apparatus 13 for issuing the IC card 40 after writing specified information necessary for an actual use of the IC card onto the IC chip 41, a management information generator 14 for transmitting management information including ID number to the IC test instrument 11 and the IC manufacturing apparatus 12, a manufacturing information control system 15 for co.ntrolling the card manufacturing information., and an issue information control system t5 16 for controlling the card issue information.
The IC card40includes read/write memories "A" to "C" 42 to 44 and a main memory 45, the memory "A" 42 storing an IC test number, the memory "B" 43 storing a card product number, the memory "C" 44 storing a card issue number, the main memory 45 storing business information such as information of the system in which the IC card is to be used.
Fig. 3 shows an IC card system 20 using the IC card 40 manufactured by the fabrication system of Fla 2. The IC card system 20 includes an IC card server 30 having functions for examining the password, examining whether the IC card is passed for use, and to an inquiry executing processing by...respondina or request from the users, and an IC card terminal unit 50 for reading the management number from the IC card 40 to be used in the business and receiving the password therefor from the user. The processing for distinguishing.- a failed IC card from non-defective IC cards executed by the IC card system 20 will be described below.
Fig. 4 is a flowchart of processing #1 executed by the IC test instrument 11 in the IC chip test step. The IC test instrument 11 examines the overall operation of the IC chip 41 to be mounted on the IC card 40 including read/write operations of the memories "A" to "C" and the main memory-in the IC chip (step S11), then determines the overall judgement based on the test results (step S12). Upon a judgement for "PASS", based on the test results, the IC test lo instrument 11 receives the manager aent number from the management information generator 14 (step S18), and stores the same in the memory "A" 42 as an IC test number for identifying the IC chip (step S19).
Subsequently, the IC test instrument 11 sets up a "PASS" fla indicatina the test results, and prepares 9 C2 the IC test information in association with the IC test number (step. 20). ' The' -management information generator 14 transmits the...sequential number to be -managed in each work step as the man agement number, whereby a single management number is not allocated to a plurality of IC chips.
If the overall judgement is "FAIL" based on the test results in step S12, it is judged whether the memory "A" can accept a write. data (step S13). Upon "Yes the process advances to step S18, whereas upon 1IN0111, it is judged whether the memory "A" can deliver read data (step S14). If it is judged "No" in step S14, then a fixed numbe:r including "O"s for all thebits is allocated as the IC test number (step S16), thereby advancing to step S17. On the other hand, if it is judged 'YES" Jn step S14, the chip product number stored in the memory "A" beforehand during the manufacture of the IC chip is read out, allocated as the IC test number, and transmitted to the management lo information generator 14 so that the" read data is not misused as the management number (step S15).
Thereafter, A "FAIL" flacr is set up for the IC test information (step S17), whereby the process advances to step 20- Subsequently, it is judged whether or not the test for all the IC chips in the lot is completed (step S21). If "No", then the process returns to. step S11, wherein another IC chip is examined., whereas if "Yes", then the IC test information for all the chips in the lot is transmitted to the manufacturing information control system 15 step S22) and the process #1 is finished.
Figs. 5A to 5D show data managed in the IC card syste m, including the V7, test instrument 11, IC card manufacturing apparatus 12, IC card issuing apparatus 13 and IC card server 30. Fig. SA shows the data 12 relating to the IC test information prepared by the 1C test instrument 11, representing the same in a CSV 0 format so that the data can be incorporated with ease in a data base lot by lot. The illustrated IC test Information includes a first data line indicating the lot number (Lot-0001), and slucceedina, data lines indicating the IC test information for each IC chip in the lot The data line includes a flag parameter "P/F" for indicating "pass/fail" until the current work step, and succeeding parameters for indicating the management number for each work step. The judgement flag of the first parameter is initially set at "P" which means the judgement is "PASS", and if a judgement is "FAIL" in any of the work steps, the subsequent steps are omitted after any of the steps in which a flag "F" replaces the flag "P".
In the stored data for th-e IC test information, the second data line indicates pass of the IC test number KO-00001, the third data line indicates fail of the memory "A", which cannot acc. ept the write data. and an IC test number K00002 thereof, the fourth data line indicates f ail of memory A in the chip manufacturing number F-J3875 which cannot provide a read data, the fifth data line indicates "FAIL" of the 13 memory "A" which -stores a fixed number 00000000 that 'cannot accept write data and only provide read data) the sixth data line indicates "PASS" of the IC test number K000003, the seventh data line indicates "PASS" of the IC test number K000004, the eighth data line indicates "PASS" of the IC test number K000005, and ninth data line indicates "PASS" of the IC test number K000006 Fig. 6 is a flowchart of processing #2 executed lo by the IC card manufacturing apparatus 12 in the card manufacturing step. The IC card manufacturing apparatus 12 receives IC test information from the manufacturing information control system 15 (step S31), p'erforms processing for the card manufacturing.
step.'On the IC chips, the judgements of which are indicated as "P"s on the second, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth data lin es in Fig. 5A. The IC card manufacturing apparatus re.ceives the management number from the management information generator 14 (step S32), writes the management number as a card product number in the memory "B" for identification of the card manufactured (step S33), and adds the card product number to the IC test information to prepare the card manufacturing information shown in Fig. 5B (step S34).
14 The IC chip and other parts all judged as passed chip or parts are assembled to form an IC card (step S35). The data stored in the memory "A" and the, memor y "B" in the IC card 40 thus manufactured are read out7 and compared against the card manufacturing information stored in the manufacturing information control system (step S36). If the results of the comparison indicate "FAIL" (step S37), a ""FAIL" flag is- se t up in the card manufacturing information (step io S38), If -the results indicate "PASS". it is judged whether manufacture for all the IC cards in the lot is completed (step S39). If it is "No", the process returns to step S32, whereas if it is "Yes", the card manufacturing information is transmitted to the manufacturincr information control system 15 (step S40), and the processing #2 is finished. The manufacturing -information control system 15 transmits the card man'u facturirig information to the issue information control. system 16 after the card manufacturing step is finished.
Fig- 7 is a flowchart showing processing #3 conducted by the IC card issuing apparatus 13 in the card issuing step. The IC card issuing apparatus 13 receives the card manufacturing information from the issue information control system 16 (step S51), and conducts the processincr for the card 0 ssuing step for the 'manufactured IC cards, the data of which are indicated by the stcond, sixth, eighth and ninth data lines in Fig. 5B. The data stored in the memory "A" and memory "B" are read out (step S52), and compared against the card manufacturing information received from the issue information control system 16 (step S53). If the results of the comparison do not match or indicate "FAIL" (step S54), the process advances to step S61, whereas if the results do match or indicate "PASS"I the sequential numbers handled by the IC card issuing apparatus 13 are stored in the memory "C" as a card issue number (step S55).
The IC card issuing apparatus 13 then adds the 15 card issue number to the card manufacturing information to prepare the card issue information shown in Fig..5C (step S56), which' are temporarily stored in the IC card issuing apparatus 13. The data stored in the memory "A" to memory "C" are read out, and compared against the card issue information (step S57). If the results of the comparison indicate "FAIL" (step S58), a "FAIL" flag is set up for the card issue information (step S60), whereas if the results indicate "PASS". the business information is stored in the main memory (step S59).
16 The business information includes, for example, information for the amount of money available at the issuance of the 1C...-car"d provided that the IC card is used in place of cash. If the IC card is used as a patient card, the business information includes a clinical record number, medical examination information etc- Thereafter, it is judged whether the issuance of all the IC cards is completed (step S61). If th e judgement indicates "No", the process returns to io step 52, whereas if the judgement indicates "Yes" the card issue information is transmitted to the issue information control system 16 (step S62), whereby the processing #3 is finished. The issue information control system 16 transmits the card issue information to the IC card server 30 after the card issuing step is finished.
The IC card server 30 selects the data of passed IC cards numbered as data #1, #4 and #7 based on the data stored for the received card issue information shown in Fig. 5C, so that the processing of the data is conducted with ea. se, and adds the password and other information thereto, thereby prepiaring the IC. card information shown in Fig. 5D. The second data line in the stored data of the IC card information in Fig. 5D 26 indicates that a specific case happened wherein a 17 passed IC card is prohibited from use because the corresponding user requested a prohibition on further use thereof due to a theft or loss of the IC card.
In operation of the IC card system 20 shown in Fig. 3, the IC card terminal unit 50 transmits, to the IC card server 307 the IC test number "a" read out from the memory "A", the card manufacturing number "b" read out from the memory "B" and the card issue number "c" read out from the memory "C" as well as io the password "e" input by a user.
FiCr. 8 is a flowchart showing pro cessing #4 C) Z-7 conducted by the IC card server 30 when the IC card is to be used in the business. The IC card server 30 receives the information "g" including data stored in :L 5 the memories 42,to 45 and the password "e" from the IC card terminal unit 50 (step S71), compares the Teceived data 7g" against the IC card information 'T' to ' examine. pass/fail for the data stored in the memories and verifies the password (step S72).
If the results of comparison indicate "FAIL" (step S73), the judgement flag of the IC card information is examined (step S76). If the judgement flag is "P, the IC card 40 is judged as a counterfeit card (step S78), whereas if the judgement flacy is "T', Z2 it is judged that the IC card 40 is in a prohibited-use state, and the IC card 40 is regarded as a failed card (step S79). If the results of the comparison in step S73 indicate "PASS". an access permission instruction "Y is transmitted to tht,- IC card terminal unit 50. The IC 5 card terminal unit 50, after receiving the access permission instruction "h", reads out the business information in the main memory 45, and a practical service for the IC card 40 is started. The IC card server 30 acknowledges the IC card 40 as a normal lo card (step S75), whereby the processing #4 is finished. According to the above embodiment, examination for pass/fail conducted at each work step before the IC card is finished assures reliable distinguishing of a failed IC card to be conducted by the IC card server 30, Whereby an IC card system 20 having a higher W In reliability can be a chieved.
Figs. 9 and 10 are flowcharts of processing for distinguishing - of a failed IC,card conducted by an IC card-' system according to a second embodiment. The distinguishing of a failed IC card in the present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the memory "A" for storing therein a chip product number is implemented in the present embodi ment by, a read. only memory (ROM) instead of a read/write memory.
9 shows processing #5 executed by the IC Flo chip' manufacturing apparatus in the IC chip manufacturing step..: The IC chip manufacturing step is conducted by the IC chip manufacturing apparatus (not shown) to fabricate an IC chip including memories "All to "C" and a main memory.
In Fig. 9, the IC chip manufacturing apparatus 12 shown in Fig. 2, after manufacturing an IC chip, receives a management number from the management information generator 14, converts the same to a chip product number for identification of the IC chip (step S91), and writes the chip product number by hardware using a laser device (step S92), which cuts a fuse in the memory "A". The IC card manufacturing apparatus 12 prepares IC manufacturing information based on the chip product number (step S93), and judges whether manufacture of all the IC chips in the lot is finished (step S94). Upon jud;crement "No", the process returns to step S91, whereas upon judgement "Yes", the IC manufacturing information is tran smitted to the manufacturing information control system 15 (step S95), and the processing #5 is finished.
Fig. 10 shows processing #6 conducted by the IC test instrument 11 in the IC chip test step. The IC test 25 instrument 11 shown in Fig. 2 receives IC manufacturina, information from the manufacturincy information control system 15 (step S101), reads the chip product number from the memory "A" in the IC chip, and compares the stored data for the IC manufacturing information against the chip product number (step S102). If the results of comparison indicate "FAIL" (step S103), a FAIL flag is set in the memory "B" (step S106) and the process advances to step S107. If the results of comparison indicate PASS the IC chip is subjected to examination (step S104).
If the results of the examination indicate "FAIL".. the process advances to step S106, whereas if the results of the examination indicate "PASS".. the information of test results are added to the IC manuf acturing information to prepare IC, test information (step 107). Then-, it is judged whether all the IC chips in-the lot are examined (step S108). Upon judgement IT No it 7 the process returns to step S102' whereas upon judgement "Yes", the IC test information is transmitted to. the manuf acturing information control system 15, whereby the processing #6 is finished.
In the subsequent card manufacturing steps, a 25 processing wherein the IC c: ard manufacturing 21 apparatus 12 judges whether or not a FAIL flato, resides in the data stored in the memory "B" is added to the process of the first:- embodiment. The operation of the IC card system itself is similar to that in the first embodiment during manufacturing and using the IC card.
Accordina, to the above embodiment the configuration that the chip product number is recorded by hardware in the IC chip manufacturing step lo prohibits rewriting of the data in the IC chip for an illegal purpose after the fabrication. Thus, even in the case wherein the IC chip manufacturing process and the card manufacturing process are conducted in separate plants, higher security of the IC card system can be assured.
As described above, the IC card system of the -present invention allows the IC card server to distinguish - a failed IC card..with reliability and ease, and' makes, it difficult to use the failed card as a co.unterfeit card, thereby providing a reliable IC card system and an IC card manufacturing method for the IC cards used in the system. The IC cards can be used in businesses which request higher reliability and security, and thus the business range for the IC cards ZD is extended.
22 The present invention is described with reference to preferred embodiments thereof. However, the present invention is not limited to the configurations of the above embodiments, and IC card systems obtained by alteration or modification 5 thereof fall within the scope of the present invention.
Each feature disclosed in this specification (which term includes the claims) and/or shown in the drawings may be incorporated in the invention independently of other disclosed and/or illustrated features. Reference numerals appearing in the claims are by way of illustration only and should be disregarded when interpreting the scope of the claims.
The text of the abstract filed herewith is repeated here as part of the specification.
An IC card system has an IC card manufacturing system which stores management information in each of the fabrication steps of the IC c'ard or parts thereof by examining the IC card or the parts in each step. The IC card system stores the management information for each step and compares the management information recorded in the IC card to be used for a business against the management information stored in the system, to thereby judge pass/fail of the IC card. A reliable judgement of pass/fail of the IC card can be obtained.
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1 A method for manufacturing an IC card comprising the steps of: recording- management information onto the IC card or a part thereof in each of a plurality of work steps before completion of the IC card (40); examining the IC card (40) or the part thereof in each of the work steps based on the management information recorded in the preceding work steps; and judging pass/fail of the IC card (40) by comparing the rnanaaement information stored in the IC card (40) against corresponding management information stored in a storage device (16).
2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the management information incl'udes an ID number for the Ic card (40).
3- The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of work steps include at least one of a step for manufacturing an IC chip (41) to be mounted on the 11C card (40), a step for testing the IC chip (41). a step for forming an IC card (40) from the IC chip and a plain card, and a step for issuing the IC card (40).
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4. The method as defined in claim 1. wherein the management information includes a pass/fail flag set up based on results of said examining step.
5. The method as defined in claim 4, wherein after the pass/fail flag is set to indicate a fail, the. subsequent work steps are omitted.
6. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein at least some of the management information is stored in a ROM.
7. An IC card system comprising a recording device (11, 12, 13) for recording management information in a IC card (40) in each of a plurality of work steps for fabrication of the IC card (40), a storage device (16) for storinar the management information, a terminal unit (50) 4-7 for reading the, management information recorded in the IC card (40), and an IC serveT (30) for receiving the read management information from said terminal unit (50) and comparing the read management information against the management information stored in the storage device (16) to judge pass/fail of the IC card (40) based on results of the comparison.
8. The IC card system as defined in claim 7, wherein the IC card (40) includes a ROM for storing at least some of the management information.
9. A method of manufacturing an IC card, the method being substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
10. An IC card system substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
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