Title :
An advanced smart card family for public key algorithm
Author :
Baldi, L. ; Sourgen, L. ; Gravez, P.
Author_Institution :
SGS-Thomson Microelectron., Agrate Brianza, Italy
Abstract :
Project 8637-HIDICCA has been started at the end of 1993 by a consortium of European companies and research centres, within the Framework IV of ESPRIT, with the purpose to develop a new generation Smart Card, for public key algorithm, having the possibility of embedding large amounts of byte programmable non volatile memory. Main characteristics are high security, enhanced by the parallel development of the card and the operating system, flexibility, to allow optimised solutions for different applications, and low cost. A new type of EEPROM memory cell has been developed to allow the incorporation of large memory blocks. The first silicon of the new card is expected within August 1996
Keywords :
EPROM; public key cryptography; smart cards; EEPROM cell; ESPRIT Framework IV; European research; Project 8637-HIDICCA; cost; flexibility; operating system; programmable nonvolatile memory; public key algorithm; security; smart card; Banking; Cost function; Cryptography; EPROM; Electronics industry; Operating systems; Public key; Security; Silicon; Smart cards;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, 1996. ICECS '96., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rodos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3650-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.1996.582929
