General description

MIFARE DESFire EV1 (MF3ICD(H) 21/41/81), a Common Criteria (EAL4+) certified product, is ideal for service providers wanting to use secure multi-application smart cards in public transport schemes, access managment or closed-loop e-payment applications. It is fully complies with the requirements for fast and highly secure data transmission, flexible memory organization and interoperability with existing infrastructure.

MIFARE DESFire EV1 is based on open global standards for both air interface and cryptographic methods. It is compliant to all 4 levels of ISO/IEC 14443A and uses optional ISO/IEC 7816-4 commands.

Applications

• Advanced public transportation schema

• Highly secure access management

• Closed-loop e-payment scheme

• Event ticketing

• E-Government applications

Customizations

• Silkscreen with black lines

• Cut the edges to be straight

Non-volatile memory

• 2 kB or 4 kB or 8 kB NV-Memory

• Data retention of 10 years

• Write endurance typcial 500 000 cycles

NV-memory organization

• Flexible file system

• Up to 28 applications simultaneously on one PICC

• Up to 32 files in each application (standard data file, back-up data file, value file, linear record file and cyclic record file)

• File size is determined during creation

Security

• Common Criteria Certification: EAL4+ (Hardware and Software)

• Unique 7 bytes serial number for each device

• Optional “RANDOM” ID for enhance security and privacy

• Mutual three pass authentication

• Mutual authentication according to ISO/IEC 7816-4

• 1 card master key and up to 14 keys per application

• Hardware DES using 56/112/168 bit keys featuring key version, data authenticity by 8 byte CMAC

• Hardware AES using 128-bit keys featuring key version, data authenticity by 8 byte CMAC

• Data encryption on RF-channel

• Authentication on application level

• Hardware exception sensors

• Self-securing file system

• Backward compatibility to MF3ICD40: 4 byte MAC, CRC 16

Special features

• Transaction oriented automatic anti-tear mechanism

• Configurable ATS information for card personalisation

• Backward compatibility mode to MF3ICD40

• Optional high input capacitance (70pF) for small form factor design (MF3ICDH 21/41/81)

Chip Parameters 

Card Parameters