loading...
 This Article 
   
 Share 
   
 Bibliographic References 
   
 Add to: 
 
Digg
Furl
Spurl
Blink
Simpy
Google
Del.icio.us
Y!MyWeb
 
 Search 
   
Sixth International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC'00)
Applying Asynchronous Circuits in Contactless Smart Cards
Eilat, Israel
April 02-April 06
ISBN: 0-7695-0586-4
Joep Kessels, Philips Research
Gerrit den Besten, Philips Research
Ad Peeters, Philips Research
Torsten Kramer, MAZ Hamburg
Volker Timm, Philips Semiconductors
We have designed an asynchronous chip for contactless smart cards. Asynchronous circuits have two power properties that make them very suitable for contactless devices: low average power and small current peaks. The fact that asynchronous circuits operate over a wide range of the supply voltage, while automatically adapting their speed, has been used to obtain a circuit that is very resilient to voltage drops while giving maximum performance for the power being received. The asynchronous circuit has been built, tested and evaluated and the results were so convincing that, based on the circuits presented, a product is being designed.
Index Terms:
low-power asynchronous circuits, smart cards, contactless devices, DES cryptography.
Citation:
Joep Kessels, Gerrit den Besten, Ad Peeters, Torsten Kramer, Volker Timm, "Applying Asynchronous Circuits in Contactless Smart Cards," async, pp.36, Sixth International Symposium on Advanced Research in Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC'00), 2000
Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use.