12-06-2014, 10:20 AM
Smart Cards
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What is Smart Card?
Small plastic card embedded with an IC chip.
Chip can be either a memory or microprocessor type.
Useful for storing and transacting data.
Data is associated with either value, information, or both.
History of Smart Cards
In 1968 & 1969, German engineers Helmut Grőttrup & Jűrgen Dethloff filed patents for automated chip card.
French inventor Roland Moreno patented the memory card concept in 1974.
Michel Ugon from Honeywell Bull invented the first microprocessor smart card in 1977.
Until mid 80s most of the work on Smart Cards was at the research and development level.
First commercial use was French debit cards.
Contactless smart cards
Uses RF induction technology to communicate and to be powered.
Defined in ISO 14443 standard.
Communicates at data rates of 106-848 kbps.
Requires an antenna to communicate.
Smart card in India
Gujarat was the first state to introduce a smart license system.
Uttar Pradesh is the latest addition to this.
As student ID in all ‘Institutes of national importance’.
In many public and private setups for quick access of information.
In Delhi Metro & Mumbai Monorail for frequent and concessionary ticketing.
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What is Smart Card?
Small plastic card embedded with an IC chip.
Chip can be either a memory or microprocessor type.
Useful for storing and transacting data.
Data is associated with either value, information, or both.
History of Smart Cards
In 1968 & 1969, German engineers Helmut Grőttrup & Jűrgen Dethloff filed patents for automated chip card.
French inventor Roland Moreno patented the memory card concept in 1974.
Michel Ugon from Honeywell Bull invented the first microprocessor smart card in 1977.
Until mid 80s most of the work on Smart Cards was at the research and development level.
First commercial use was French debit cards.
Contactless smart cards
Uses RF induction technology to communicate and to be powered.
Defined in ISO 14443 standard.
Communicates at data rates of 106-848 kbps.
Requires an antenna to communicate.
Smart card in India
Gujarat was the first state to introduce a smart license system.
Uttar Pradesh is the latest addition to this.
As student ID in all ‘Institutes of national importance’.
In many public and private setups for quick access of information.
In Delhi Metro & Mumbai Monorail for frequent and concessionary ticketing.