US20020162893A1 - Non-contact ic card - Google Patents

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US20020162893A1
US20020162893A1 US09/341,676 US34167699A US2002162893A1 US 20020162893 A1 US20020162893 A1 US 20020162893A1 US 34167699 A US34167699 A US 34167699A US 2002162893 A1 US2002162893 A1 US 2002162893A1
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  • the present invention relates to a non contact type IC card, and more particularly to a non contact type IC card allowing the protection of data stored in the card and the prevention of data falsification.
  • a non contact type IC card performing data communication with an interrogator installed outside has been used conventionally.
  • the examples include a ticket for ski lift, a seasonal ticket for the transportation and a prepaid card.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing a basic structure of a conventional non contact type IC card 900 .
  • Conventional non contact type IC card 900 shown herein which is an IC card performing data communication in a signal superposing manner, supplies power and transmits/receives information using a signal(s) having one or more frequencies received from the interrogator not shown.
  • Conventional non contact type IC card 900 as shown in FIG. 7 is an example of non contact type IC cards utilizing a single frequency and includes a tuning circuit 20 , a rectifying circuit 21 , an amplifying/demodulating circuit 22 , a modulating/amplifying circuit 23 and an SP/PS conversion circuit 24 .
  • Tuning circuit 20 includes a coil L functioning as an antenna and a capacitor C 0 .
  • Rectifying circuit 21 rectifies a signal received at tuning circuit 20 , thereby generates and supplies the power to each part of non contact type IC card 900 .
  • Amplifying/demodulating circuit 22 amplifies and demodulates data Q from an interrogator received at tuning circuit 20 .
  • a signal output from amplifying/demodulating circuit 22 is SP-converted by SP/PS conversion circuit 24 and then is output to a main control circuit 2 described below.
  • conventional non contact type IC card 900 further includes main control circuit 2 and a memory 1 .
  • Main control circuit 2 processes a signal output from SP/PS conversion circuit 24 .
  • Main control circuit 2 generates data DA to be stored in memory 1 described below and designates a location (address) of memory 1 to which data DA is to be written.
  • Memory 1 includes normal data storage region B 1 and data protection region B 2 .
  • Memory 1 receives data DA via a data line L 2 as well as an address signal AD via an address line L 1 indicating an address (a location to which data is to be written) to which data DA is to be written.
  • data stored in data protection region B 2 particularly requires security in order to guarantee a normal data communication and whose rewriting is inhibited.
  • An example of such data is an ID number of an ID card holding the personal information.
  • main control circuit 2 reads data from designated region B 1 or data protection region B 2 of memory 1 according to the contents of data Q received from the interrogator and generates a response data A based on the read data.
  • Response data A is PS-converted at SP/PS conversion circuit 24 , processed at modulating/amplifying circuit 23 and then transmitted to the interrogator via coil L forming the antenna.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a non contact type IC card allowing the prevention of rewriting of a storage region in which data requiring security is stored.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable non contact type IC card through the control of rewriting of the storage region in which data requiring security is stored.
  • a non contact type IC card is responsive to externally applied data for performing data communication, and includes: a first storing circuit storing data requiring security; a second storing circuit storing data other than the data to be stored in the first storing circuit; a control circuit controlling for writing the data into a location in one of the first storing circuit and the second storing circuit according to a content of the data; a selection circuit selecting whether the data is to be written into the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit; and a state setting circuit controlling the selection by the selection circuit, the data is written into the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit when the state setting circuit is in a first state, whereas, the data is inhibited from being written into the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit when the state setting circuit is in a second state other than the first state.
  • a non contact type IC card is responsive to externally applied data for performing data communication, and includes: a first storing circuit storing the data requiring security; a second storing circuit storing data other than the data to be stored in the first storing circuit; a control circuit controlling for writing the data into a location in one of the first storing circuit and the second storing circuit according to a content of the data; a detection circuit receiving a control signal from the control circuit and giving instruction for controlling a state of the first storing circuit; and a selection circuit receiving the instruction of the detection circuit and selecting whether the data is to be written into the location of the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit; and the control signal output from the control circuit indicates whether the first storing circuit is in a data rewriting permitted state or a data rewriting inhibited state; and the data is written into the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit when the detection circuit detects that the first storing circuit is in the data rewriting permitted state, whereas the data
  • a non contact type IC card performs a data communication based on an externally applied radio wave signal, and includes: a receiving circuit receiving the radio wave signal; a first storing circuit storing the data requiring security; a second storing circuit storing data other than the data to be stored in the first storing circuit; a control circuit generating the data based on the radio wave signal received at the receiving circuit and controlling for writing the data into a location in one of the first storing circuit and the second storing circuit according to a content of the generated data; a detection circuit detecting a frequency of the radio wave signal received by the receiving circuit; and a selection circuit selecting whether the data is to be written into the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit based on a result of the detection by the detection circuit; and wherein the data is written into the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit, when the receiving circuit receives the radio wave signal and the frequency of the radio wave signal is detected to be a first frequency by the detection circuit
  • a non contact type IC card is responsive to externally applied data for performing data communication, and includes: a first storing circuit storing the data requiring security; a second storing circuit storing data other than the data to be stored in the first storing circuit; a control circuit controlling for writing the data into a location in one of the first storing circuit and the second storing circuit according to a content of the data; and a data fixing circuit receiving the data to be written into the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit and supplying a particular data; and wherein a value of the predetermined data supplied from the data fixing circuit is a value determined by an initial state of the first storing circuit, and wherein only the particular data supplied from the data fixing circuit is written into the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit.
  • a non contact type IC card is responsive to externally applied data for performing data communication, and includes: a first storing circuit storing said data requiring security; a second storing circuit storing data other than the data to be stored in the first storing circuit; a control circuit controlling for writing the data into a location in one of the first storing circuit and the second storing circuit according to a content of the data; a selection circuit selecting whether the data is to be written into the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit; and a state setting circuit controlling the selection by the selection circuit; and wherein the data is written into the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit when the state setting circuit is in a first state, whereas, the data is written into a location other than the location in the first storing circuit designated by the control circuit when the state setting circuit is in a second state other than the first state.
  • a non contact type IC card is responsive to externally applied data for performing data communication, and includes: a first storing circuit storing the data requiring security; a second storing circuit storing data other than the data to be stored in the first storing circuit; and a control circuit controlling for writing the data into a location in one of the first storing circuit and the second storing circuit according to a content of the data; and wherein the first storing circuit allows rewriting of a predetermined times.
  • a main advantage of the present invention lies in the prevention of falsification of storage contents through the control of rewriting of data stored in a storage portion storing data requiring security.
  • FIG. 1 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 200 according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 300 according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 400 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 500 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 600 according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a structure of a conventional non contact type IC card 900 .
  • the first embodiment of the present invention allows the prevention of rewriting of data previously stored in a data protection region by controlling an address to which data is to be written, at data writing for the data protection region of a memory in a non contact type IC card.
  • FIG. 1 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
  • Components similar to those in conventional non contact type IC card 900 shown in FIG. 7 are denoted by the same reference numbers and same reference characters and the description thereof will not be repeated.
  • data transmission of the non contact type IC card adopting the present invention may be either in a signal superposing method or in a signal separating method.
  • Non contact type IC card 100 shown in FIG. 1 differs from conventional non contact type IC card 900 in that card 100 includes a state setting circuit 3 and an address non selecting circuit 4 controlling a write address designated at data writing for data protection region B 2 of memory 1 .
  • non contact type IC card 100 With reference to FIG. 1, the structure of non contact type IC card 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
  • Address non selecting circuit 4 receives a write enable signal RE supplied from main control circuit 2 and an address signal AD from an address line L 1 as inputs.
  • address signal AD designates a location in data protection region B 2 to which data DT on a data line L 2 is to be written
  • write enable signal RE designates a data writing operation to data protection region B 2 .
  • Address non selecting circuit 4 being controlled by state setting circuit 3 described below outputs an address selecting signal AC according to address signal AD.
  • State setting circuit 3 controls address non selecting circuit 4 described above.
  • Address selecting signal AC output from address non selecting circuit 4 changes its state based on a state (active state/inactive state) of state setting circuit 3 . Specifically, when state setting circuit 3 is in an active state, an output address selecting signal AC selects a location designated by address AD as a location to which data is to be written, whereas when state setting circuit 3 is in an inactive state, an output address selecting signal AC inhibits the writing to the location designated by address signal AD (non select state).
  • Data DT will be written into a location in data protection region B 2 corresponding to and based on address selecting signal AC output from address non selecting circuit 4 .
  • address non selecting circuit 4 having received write enable signal RE and address signal AD outputs address selecting signal AC selecting a location designated by the address signal AD. In this case data DT will be written into the corresponding location in data protection region B 2 .
  • address non selecting circuit 4 when stage setting circuit 3 is in an inactive state, address non selecting circuit 4 having received write enable signal RE and address signal AD outputs address selecting signal AC turning the location designated by the address signal AD to a non select state. In this case data DT is not written into data protection region B 2 .
  • One example of such state setting circuit 3 uses a fuse.
  • a fuse when a fuse is used, any numbers of data can be written into data protection region B 2 before the fuse blow, however, after the fuse blow, data in data protection region B 2 can not be rewritten.
  • the methods of blowing the fuse includes high voltage application, laser cutting, induction heating or the like.
  • non contact type IC card 100 can inhibit the access to data protection region B 2 for data rewriting after the data requiring security is stored in data protection region B 2 (for simplicity this state is referred to as protection data storage state).
  • non contact type IC card 100 as the address selection for the data protection region can be controlled at the data writing operation, the falsification of data previously stored in the data protection region can be prevented.
  • the non contact type IC card according to the second embodiment of the present invention allows the prevention of rewriting of data stored in the data protection region by controlling an address to which the data is to be written at the time of data writing to the data protection region in the memory.
  • FIG. 2 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention and components similar to those in non contact type IC card 100 shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numbers and same reference characters and the description thereof will not be repeated.
  • Non contact type IC card 200 shown in FIG. 2 is different from conventional non contact type IC card 900 in that it includes a command detection circuit 5 and an address non selecting circuit 6 controlling a designated address to which data is to be written at the time of data writing to the data protection region of the memory, and controls these circuits by a command output from a main control circuit 12 .
  • non contact type IC card 200 With reference to FIG. 2, the structure of non contact type IC card 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention will now be described.
  • Address non selecting circuit 6 receives an address signal AD via an address line L 1 as an input.
  • address signal AD indicates a location in data protection region B 2 to which data DT on a data line L 2 is to be written.
  • Address non selecting circuit 6 controlled by command detection circuit 5 described below outputs address selecting signal AC according to the address signal AD.
  • Command detection circuit 5 receives an address control command COM output from main control circuit 12 and controls address non selecting circuit 6 .
  • address control command COM is a command permitting or inhibiting a data writing operation to data protection region B 2 based on the address signal AD.
  • Address selecting signal AC output from address non selecting circuit 6 changes its state according to a state of command detection circuit 5 . Specifically, when command detection circuit 5 detects a writing permitted state of a data protection region B 2 , an address selecting signal AC selecting a location designated by address AD as a location to which data is to be written is output. On the other hand, if data protection region B 2 is detected to be in a writing inhibited state, address selecting signal AC turning a location designated by address signal AD to a non select state is output.
  • address non selecting circuit 6 When an address control command COM permitting the data writing is supplied from main control circuit 12 , and is detected by command detection circuit 5 , address non selecting circuit 6 outputs an address selecting signal AC selecting a location designated by the address signal AD. In this case data DT is written into a corresponding location in data protection region B 2 .
  • address non selecting circuit 6 outputs an address selecting signal AC turning the location designated by the address signal AD to a non select state. In this case data DT is not written into data protection region B 2 .
  • non contact type IC card 200 allows the adjustment of storage of data requiring security in data protection region B 2 (turning data protection region B 2 to the protection data storage state) and inhibiting the access to data protection region B 2 for the data rewriting, through the control of command detection circuit 5 based on a command output from main control circuit 12 .
  • non contact type IC card 200 allows the control of selection of address of the data protection region at the data writing operation, the falsification of data previously stored in the data protection region can be prevented.
  • the third embodiment of the present invention allows the prevention of rewriting of data once stored in the data protection region in the non contact type IC card through the access control for the data protection region according to the frequency for data communication.
  • FIG. 3 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention, wherein components similar to those in non contact type IC card 100 shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numbers and same reference characters, and the description thereof will not be repeated.
  • Non contact type IC card 300 shown in FIG. 3 is different from conventional non contact type IC card 900 in that it includes a frequency detection circuit 7 and an address non selecting circuit 8 .
  • non contact type IC card 300 With reference to FIG. 3, the structure of non contact type IC card 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention will now be described.
  • Frequency detection circuit 7 detects a frequency of a radio wave received by tuning circuit 20 and includes a band pass filter and a switching circuit inside not shown. When a carrier frequency of a received radio wave is a predetermined frequency F 1 , frequency detection circuit 7 detects the reception of an intended radio wave.
  • Address non selecting circuit 8 receives address signal AD via address line L 1 and a write enable signal RE from main control circuit 2 as inputs.
  • address signal AD designates a location in data protection region B 2 to which data DT on data line L 2 is to be written.
  • Address non selecting circuit 8 controlled by frequency detection circuit 7 outputs address selecting signal AC according to address signal AD. More specifically, when frequency detection circuit 7 detects the reception of an intended radio wave (with predetermined frequency F 1 ), an address selecting signal AC selecting a location designated by address signal AD as a location to which data is to be written is output, and otherwise (when received radio wave has a frequency other than the predetermined frequency F 1 ), an address selecting signal AC turning the location designated by the address signal AD to a non select state is output.
  • address non selecting circuit 8 when a radio wave with a carrier frequency F 1 is received, address non selecting circuit 8 outputs an address selecting signal AC selecting a location designated by address signal AD. In this case data DT is written into the corresponding location in data protection region B 2 .
  • address non selecting circuit 8 when a radio wave with a carrier frequency being an original frequency F 0 different from F 1 is received, address non selecting circuit 8 outputs an address selecting signal AC turning the location designated by address signal AD to a non select state. In this case data DT is not written into data protection region B 2 .
  • non contact type IC card 300 allows the adjustment of the storage of data requiring security in data protection region B 2 (turning data protection region B 2 to the protection data storage state) and inhibiting the access to data protection region B 2 for the data rewriting, through the use of different frequencies.
  • a non contact type IC card 300 allows the access control for the data protection region according to the frequency of radio wave for the data communication, the falsification of data previously stored in the data protection region can be prevented.
  • the fourth embodiment of the present invention allows the prevention of data falsification, which is the object of the present invention, in the non contact type IC card by controlling the data to be written at the data writing to the data protection region in the memory.
  • FIG. 4 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 400 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, wherein components similar to those in non contact type IC card 100 shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numbers and same reference characters, and the description thereof will not be repeated.
  • Non contact type IC card 400 shown in FIG. 4 is different from conventional non contact type IC card 900 in that it includes an input data fixing circuit 9 controlling data to be written into data protection region B 2 of memory 1 .
  • non contact type IC card 400 With reference to FIG. 4, the structure of non contact type IC card 400 according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
  • Input data fixing circuit 9 fixes a state of each location in data protection region B 2 of memory 1 .
  • Input data fixing circuit 9 receives data DT 1 via a data line L 2 as an input, converts data DT 1 and outputs data DT 2 .
  • Data DT 2 is data to be written into data protection region B 2 .
  • a value of data DT 2 output from input data fixing circuit 9 is determined based on an initial state of data protection region B 2 .
  • states of all bits in data protection region B 2 are “1”, for example, data DT 2 always takes a value of the reverse polarity, in this case “0”.
  • main control circuit 2 outputs data DT 1 corresponding to the value “1”, the data writing to data protection region B 2 will not be performed.
  • data requiring security will be written into data protection region B 2 (protection data storage state).
  • the protection data storage state is “1100”.
  • data DT 2 output from input data fixing circuit 9 takes the value “0”. Therefore, the bit once takes the state “0” cannot be returned to the state “1”. As a result, thereafter, the state of data protection region B 2 (“1100”) cannot be rewritten to “1101”, for example.
  • data protection region B 2 of non contact type IC card 400 functions as an OTP ROM (a non volatile memory allowing only one rewriting) and once data is stored in the data protection region, trial of the data rewriting is highly likely to result in a failure of an intended data setting.
  • OTP ROM a non volatile memory allowing only one rewriting
  • non contact type IC card 400 allows the control of data to be written into the data protection region at the data writing operation, the rewriting of data once stored in the data protection region can be prevented.
  • the fifth embodiment of the present invention allows the prevention of data falsification, which is the object of the present invention, in the non contact type IC card, by controlling an address to which data is to be written at the data writing operation to the data protection region of the memory.
  • FIG. 5 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 500 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention, wherein components similar to those in non contact type IC card 100 shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numbers and same reference characters, and the description thereof will not be repeated.
  • Non contact type IC card 500 shown in FIG. 5, is different from conventional non contact type IC card 900 in that it includes a state setting circuit 10 and an address non selecting circuit 11 controlling a designated address to which data is to be written at the writing to data protection region B 2 of memory 1 .
  • non contact type IC card 500 With reference to FIG. 5, the structure of non contact type IC card 500 according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
  • Address non selecting circuit 11 receives a write enable signal RE output from main control circuit 2 and address signal AD via address line L 1 as inputs.
  • address signal AD designates a location in data protection region B 2 to which data DT on data line L 2 is to be written.
  • State setting circuit 10 controls address non selecting circuit 11 described above.
  • Address selecting signal AC output from address non selecting circuit 11 changes its state according to a state (active state/inactive state) of state setting circuit 10 . More specifically, when state setting circuit 10 is in an active state, address selecting signal AC selecting a location designated by address signal AD as a location to which data is to be written is output, and when state setting circuit 10 is in an inactive state, address selecting signal AC selecting a location other than the location designated by address signal AD (or selecting neither of the location) is output.
  • address non selecting circuit 11 having received write enable signal RE and address signal AD outputs an address selecting signal AC selecting a location designated by address signal AD.
  • data DT is written into the corresponding location in data protection region B 2 .
  • address non selecting circuit 11 when state setting circuit 10 is in an inactive state, address non selecting circuit 11 having received write enable signal RE and address signal AD outputs an address selecting signal AC selecting a location other than the location designated by address signal AD (or selecting neither of the locations). In this case, data DT is not written into the intended location of data protection region B 2 .
  • an example of such state setting circuit 10 includes a fuse.
  • non contact type IC card 500 can inhibit the rewriting of the intended data, after the data requiring security is stored in data protection region B 2 (protection data storage state), by controlling the state of state setting circuit 10 .
  • non contact type IC card 500 allows the control of address selection in the data protection region at the data writing operation, rewriting and use of the data previously stored in the data protection region can be prevented.
  • a non contact type IC card includes an OTP ROM (an non volatile memory allowing only one rewriting) as a storage medium corresponding to the data protection region.
  • OTP ROM an non volatile memory allowing only one rewriting
  • FIG. 6 shows a structure of a main portion of a non contact type IC card 600 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention, wherein components similar to those in non contact type IC card 100 shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference characters and the description thereof will not be repeated.
  • Non contact type IC card 600 shown in FIG. 6 is different from conventional non contact type IC card 900 in that it includes a memory 15 and a memory 16 instead of memory 1 .
  • non contact type IC card 600 With reference to FIG. 6, the structure of non contact type IC card 600 according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
  • Memory 15 is a storage medium storing rewritable data whereas memory 16 is a storage medium storing data requiring the security.
  • memory 15 includes a non volatile memory allowing rewriting as required such as an EEPROM and a flash memory
  • memory 16 includes a memory allowing only one rewriting such as an EPROM.
  • non contact type IC card 600 Refer to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.
  • memory 16 is assumed to be an EPROM.
  • Data to be held that is output from main control circuit 2 is stored in memory 15 or memory 16 .
  • memory 16 is an EPROM
  • the electric charge cannot be discharged until it is exposed to ultraviolet light. Therefore, assuming that the state of a memory cell with electric charge stored is called state 1 and the discharged state of the memory cell is called state 0 , after the encapsulation of IC card 600 , in memory 16 , a memory cell in the state 0 can be charged to be the state 1 , however, a memory cell in the state 1 cannot be rewritten to be the state 0 .
  • non contact type IC card 600 allows the suppression of data falsification to an extremely low level.

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