MIFARE Ultralight® SMART CARD

General Description

MIFARE and MIFARE Ultralight are registered trademarks of NXP B.V. and are used under license.

MF0 IC U10(MIFARE® Ultralight) has been developed by NXP Semiconductors for use with Proximity Coupling Devices (PCD) in accordance with ISO/ IEC 14443 A. It is intended for use with single trip tickets in NFC, public transportation networks, loyalty cards or day passes for events as a replacement for conventional ticketing solutions such as paper tickets, magnetic stripe tickets or coins.

As the usage of contactless proximity smart cards becomes more and more common, transport and event operators are switching to completely contactless solutions. The introduction of the MIFARE® Ultralight for limited use tickets will lead to a reduction of system installation and maintenance costs. Terminals will be less vulnerable to damage and mechanical failures caused by ticket jams. MF0 IC U1X can easily be integrated into existing schemes and even standard paper ticket vending equipment can be upgraded. This solution for low cost tickets can help operators to reduce the circulation of cash within the system.

The mechanical and electronical specifications of MIFARE® Ultralight are tailored to meet the requirements of paper ticket manufacturers.

Feature
1.1 MIFARE® RF interface ISO/IEC 14443 A
* Contactless transmission of data and supply energy (no battery needed)
* Operating distance up to 100 mm depending on antenna geometry
* Operating frequency of 13.56 MHz
* Data transfer of 106 kBs
* Data integrity of 16-bit CRC, parity, bit coding, bit counting
* Anticollision
* 7-byte serial number in accordance with ISO/ IEC 14443-3 cascade level 2
* Typical ticketing transaction time of < 35 ms
* Fast counter transaction time of < 10 ms
1.2 EEPROM
* 512-bit, organized in 16 pages with 4 bytes per page
* Field programmable read-only locking function per page
* 32-bit user definable One-Time Programmable (OTP) area
* 384-bit user Read/Write area (12 pages)
* Data retention time of 5 years
* Write endurance 10000 cycles
1.3 Security
* 7-byte UID in accordance with ISO/IEC 14443-3 for each device
* 32-bit user definable One-Time Programmable (OTP) area
* Field programmable read-only locking function per page

Application
NFC

Public transport
Event ticketing