Smart Card Technology: By: Deepali Gupta Himani Chandra Divya Shrivastava Jamshed Ali

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Smart Card Technology

By: Deepali Gupta Himani Chandra Divya Shrivastava Jamshed Ali

What is a Smart Card?


Standard credit card-sized with microchip embedded on it Two types
Memory-only chips Microprocessor chips

What is a Smart Card?


Can hold up to 32,000 bytes Newer smart cards have math co-processors

Perform complex encryption routines quickly

Introduction
In 1968 German inventors patent combination of plastic cards with micro chips.

Construction of Smart Cards

Construction of Smart Cards


Vcc RST CLK GND Vpp I/O

RFU

RFU

Examples of Smart Cards

Examples of Smart Cards

Examples of Smart Cards

Current Applications
Payphones Mobile Communications Banking & Retail Electronic Purse Health Care ID Verification and Access Control

Interfaces of Smart Cards

Antenna

Interfaces of Smart Cards

Different

Smart

Card

Readers

Advantages
Flexibility Security Portability Increasing data storage capacity Reliability.

Disadvantages
Security

Why Smart Cards


Improve the convenience and security of any transaction. Provide tamper-proof storage of user and account identity. Provide vital components of system security. Protect against a full range of security threats

Future
Health Services Education Transportation Tele-communications

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