This document provides an overview of smart cards, including what they are, their design, types, applications, security features, benefits, and problems. A smart card is a small plastic card with an embedded integrated circuit chip that can store and transact data associated with value or information. The main types are contact cards, contactless cards, and hybrid cards. Smart cards have applications in finance, identification, transportation, education, and access control. They provide security through authentication, confidentiality, integrity, and non-repudiation. Benefits include convenience and handling multiple tasks with one card, while problems include potential damage and security risks from malware.

1. SMART CARD
TECHNICAL SEMINAR
presented by
Rahul Reddy
21P61A1250

2. Overview
❖What is Smart Card?
❖Design
❖Types of smart cards
❖Applications
❖Security with smart cards
❖Benefits
❖Problems
❖References

3. What is Smart Card?
▪ Small plastic card
embedded with an IC
chip.
Chip can be either a
memory or
microprocessor type.
Useful for storing and
transacting data.
Data is associated with
either value, information,
or both.
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4. Design
VCC
VPP
GND
I/O
RFU
RFU
CLK
RST

5. Types of Smart Cards
Based on the way the smart card interacts with
the Card Reader, smart cards are of three types:
➢Contact Smart Cards
➢Contactless Smart Cards
➢Hybrid Cards

6. Contact Smart Card
Defined in ISO 7810
standard.
Have contact area of
approx. 1 cm2
This area comprises of
several gold-plated
contact pads.
Pads provides electrical
conductivity.
Power is supplied by
card reader.

7. Contactless smart cards
• Uses RF induction
technology to
communicate and to be
powered.
• Defined in ISO 14443
standard.
• Communicates at data
rates of 106-848 kbps.
• Requires an antenna to
communicate.

8. Hybrids
• Implements former two
interfaces on a single
card.
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On developing stage.
Example is Andante,
Porto’s multi-application
transport card.

9. Applications
• Financial
> As ATM cards, Fuel cards, SIMs.
> As electronic wallet.
• Identification
• Public Transit.
• Educational Institutes.
> Tracking Student attendance.
>As an electronic purse to pay various
bills.
> Access control of some buildings.

10. Security with smart cards
The standard security goals like
▪ Authentication
▪ Confidentiality
▪ Integrity
▪ Non-repudiation
can easily be provided by using smart cards..

11. Benefits
• Easy to use.
• Individuals gain increased
convenience.
• Multiple tasks can be done by a
single card.
• An important key in E-
governance.
• Enhanced security.
• A handsome way to deal with
the things.

12. Problems
• High probability for damage of
card.
• Malware can break smart card
security model.
• Lack of standards for
functionality & security.