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INTRODUCTION
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 TECHNOLOGICAL FEATURES
 CLASSIFICATION
 CONTACT INTERFACES
 FABRICATION
 APPLICATION
 ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE
 FUTURE
Wha t i s smart card?

 Standard credit card-sized with microchip

embedded on it.
 Any pocket-sized card with embedded
integrated circuits.
 Can hold up to 32,000 bytes.
 Follow the MOORE’s law.
 On a fundamental level, microprocessor
cards are similar to desktop
computers.
EVOLUTION OF
SMART
HISTORY CARDS
1950-Used by diners club in 1950 as a plastic card
1968- German inventors patent combination
of plastic cards with micro chips.
1970- Japan patent different version.
1974-Roland Moreno invents integrated chip card
and patents it in France.
1977- Motorola produces first smart card
microchip.
 1982- ATM cards with smart chips tested and smart
chips placed on telephone cards.
 1991- AT&T declared its contactless smart card.
 1992- Germany uses smart card for health care.
 1996- First university campus deployment of chip
cards.

CURRENT TRENDS
 Latest super smart cards have keypads,
LCD displays, battery and math co-
processors for performing complex
encryption algorithms.
 TECHNOLOGICAL
FEATURES
256 bytes to 4KB RAM.
 8KB to 32KB ROM.
 1KB to 32KB EEPROM.
 Crypto-coprocessors (implementing 3DES, RSA etc.,
in hardware) are optional.
 8-bit to 16-bit CPU. 8051 based designs are
common.
 Length=4.96mm
 Breadth=4.28mm
 Chip area=21.33mm2
 COS