Philips Semiconductors

Short Form Specification Rev. 2.0 January2002

Highly Integrated ISO 14443A Reader IC

MF RC500

2

PUBLIC

CONTENTS

1

INTRODUCTION ................................... 3

1.1

Scope ................................................... 3

1.2

Features ............................................... 3

1.3

Applications........................................... 3

2

BLOCK DIAGRAM................................. 4

3

MF RC500 PINNING.............................. 5

3.1

Pinning Diagram.................................... 5

3.2

Pin Description...................................... 6

3.2.1

Antenna Interface .................................. 6

3.2.2

Analog Supply ....................................... 6

3.2.3

Digital Supply ........................................ 6

3.2.4

Auxillary Pin .......................................... 6

3.2.5

Reset Pin .............................................. 7

3.2.6

Oscillator............................................... 7

3.2.7

3.2.8

Parallel Interface.................................... 7

3.3

Applications........................................... 8

3.3.1

Connecting Different µController's........... 8

3.3.2

Application Example .............................. 8

4

4.1

CRYPTO I: Card Authentication.............. 9

4.1.1

Initiating Card Authentication.................. 9

4.1.2

Second Part of Card Authentication ........ 9

5

ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION.............10

5.1

DC Characteristics ...............................10

5.2

Start up Characteristics.........................10