1 General description

NXP Semiconductors has developed the MIFARE Ultralight C - Contactless ticket IC MF0ICU2 to be used in a contactless smart ticket or smart card in combination with Proximity Coupling Devices (PCD). The communication layer (MIFARE RF Interface) complies to parts 2 and 3 of the ISO/IEC 14443 Type A standard (see Ref. 1 and Ref. 2).

The MF0ICU2 is primarily designed for limited use applications such as public transportation, event ticketing and loyalty applications.

2 Features and benefits

2.1 MIFARE RF Interface (ISO/IEC 14443 A)

? Contactless transmission of data and supply energy

? Operating frequency of 13.56 MHz

? Data integrity of 16-bit CRC, parity, bit coding, bit counting

? 7 byte serial number (cascade level 2 according to ISO/

IEC 14443-3)

? Fast counter transaction: < 10 ms

? Operating distance up to 100 mm depending on antenna

geometry and reader configuration

? Data transfer of 106 kbit/s

? True anticollision

? Typical ticketing transaction: < 35 ms

2.2 EEPROM

? 1536-bit total memory

? 36 pages, 1152-bit user r/w area

? Field programmable read-only locking function per page

for first 512-bit

? 512-bit compatible to MF0ICU1

? Field programmable read-only locking function per block

? 16-bit one-way counter

? 32-bit user definable One-Time Programmable (OTP) area

? Data retention of 10 years

? Write endurance 100000 cycles