Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for duplex transmission between a terminal and a transponder in an electromagnetic transponder system. SOLUTION: Each of the terminal 40 and the transponder 10 is provided with an oscillation circuit 24, a modulation means and a demodulation means, the amplitude modulation transmission of a signal to be transmitted from the terminal 40 to the transponder 10 and the transmission of a signal from the transponder 10 to the terminal 40 and suited so as to follow the phase demodulation of the terminal 40 are simultaneously executed and an amplitude modulation rate is
Abstract:
The invention concerns an antenna generating an electromagnetic field for an electromagnetic transponder, and a terminal provided with such an antenna, comprising a first inductive element (Lp) designed to be connected to two terminals (3, 4) applying an energizing voltage (Vg), and a parallel resonant circuit (21) coupled with the first inductive element.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a circuit for extracting a secret datum from an integrated circuit involved in an authentication procedure. The secret datum is obtained at least partially from a network of physical parameters that are linked to the production of the integrated circuit chip. Said secret datum is generated upon request and made ephemeral.
Abstract:
The secret datum containing address of a program is combined to the physical datum of physical parameter network of an integrated circuit (10), and the combination result is stored. Independent claims are included for the following: (1) datum reading method; (2) datum protection method; and (3) integrated circuit.
Abstract:
The monotonic counter is implemented as an integrated circuit where each counting bit (B1,B2,B3,B4) is provided by a memory cell (11) containing at least one memory element constituted of a resistor of polycrystalline silicon which is programmable by an irreversible decrease of its resistance. The counter also comprises a circuit (30) for decoding the states of memory cells for obtaining the resultant count. The programming of the resistor of polycrystalline silicon is by a temporary passage of a constraint current which is higher than a current for which the resistance has the maximum value. Each counting cell comprises a programming resistor connected between a first supply terminal and a differential read terminal, and at least one programming interrupter connecting the read terminal to a second supply terminal. The programming resistor is in the form of two resistors of polycrystalline silicon which are identical in size and doping level. The counter also comprises a circuit for programming control (CTRL) of each counting cell and for providing control signals to each programming interrupter. The four bits (B1,B2,B3,B4) are arranged in a line of cells (11) which are all read simultaneously for obtaining the outputs (S1,S2,S3,S4). The number of cells in the state 0 and the state 1 is detected by the decoding circuit (30) which has five counting outputs (C0,C1,C2,C3,C4) linked to the four inputs by a NAND gate (31), nine AND gates (32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40), two OR gates (41,42), and a NOR gate (43).
Abstract:
L'invention concerne la protection d'un circuit intégré en conditionnant le démarrage de tout ou partie du circuit à la présence d'une clé (KEY), enregistrée de façon non volatile dans le circuit postérieurement à sa fabrication et dépendant d'au moins un premier paramètre (A, ID) présent de façon non volatile dans le circuit à l'issue de sa fabrication.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a circuit ( 1 ) for storing a binary code (B 1 , B 2 , Bi- 1 , Bi, Bn- 1 , Bn) in an integrated circuit chip, comprising an input terminal ( 2 ) applying a signal (E) triggering reading of the code, output terminals ( 31, 32, 3 i-1, 3 i, 3 n-1, 3 n) for delivering said binary code, first electrical paths (P 1 , P 2 , Pi, Pn) individually connecting said input terminal to each output terminal, each path inputting a fixed delay in the manufacture of the integrated circuit, and means ( 4, 51, 52, 5 i, 5 n) simultaneously integrating the binary states present in output of the electrical paths.