MIFARE DESFire 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.
MIFARE DESFire is ideal for service providers wanting to use multi-application smart cards in transport schemes, e-government or identity applications. It fully complies with the requirements for fast and secure data transmission, flexible memory organization and interoperability with existing infrastructure.
MIFARE DESFire 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.
Featuring an on-chip backup management system and the mutual three pass authentication, a MIFARE DESFire card can hold up to 28 different applications and 32 files per application. The size of each file is defined at the moment of its creation, making MIFARE DESFire a truly flexible and convenient product.
Additionally, an automatic anti-tear mechanism is available for all file types, which guarantees transaction oriented data integrity. With MIFARE DESFire, data transfer rates up to 848 Kbit/s can be achieved, making fast data processing possible.
The chip’s main characteristics are denoted by its name DESFire – DES indicates the high level of security MIFARE DESFire achieves using a 3DES hardware cryptographic engine for enciphering transmission data. Fire reflects its outstanding position as a Fast, Innovative, Reliable and sEcure IC in the contactless proximity transaction market.
Hence, MIFARE DESFire brings many benefits to endusers. Cardholders can experience convenient contactless ticketing while also having the possibility to use the same
- Fully ISO 14443A 1-4 compliant
- 2Kbytes, 4Kbytes and 8 Kbytes EEPROM with fast programming
- Secure, high speed command set
- Flexible file structure
- Anti-collision
- Unique 7-byte serial number (ISO cascade level 2)
- Data integrity: CRC and bit counting on physical layer
- Open DES/3DES crypto algorithm in hardware
- Open AES128 crypto algorithm in hardware
- Based on Philips advanced 0.14 μm NV-technology
- Available in MOA4 modules or 8” sawn bumped wafer
- e-Government
- e-Banking and e-Payment
- e-Healthcare
- Transportation
- Network Security
- Access Control
- Loyalty Program
| Form Factor | |
|---|---|
| Contact | – |
| Contactless | √ |
| Card – Contact and Contactless | – |
| Frequency | 13,56 MHz |
| Communication Speed | |
| Contact interface 9,600 – 223,200 bps | – |
| Contactless interface 106,000 – 848,000 bps | √ |
| Memory | |
| EEPROM Size | 1K, 2K, or 8K |
| Protocol | |
| Contact Interface T=0 | – |
| Contactless Interface T=CL | √ |
| Certifications / Compaliance | |
| Contact Interface ISO 7816 -1/2/3 | – |
| Contact Interface ISO 7816 – 4 | – |
| Contact Interface ISO 7816 – 8/9 | – |
| Contactless Interface ISO 14443 Type A | √ |
| Common Criteria EAL5+ | – |
| PBOC 2.0 e-Deposit/e-Purse(china) | – |
| Ministry of Construction (China) | – |
| File Systems | |
| Transparent/Binary File | √ |
| Linear Fixed Record | √ |
| Linear Variable Record | √ |
| Cyclic File | √ |
| Cryptographic Capabilities | |
| DES / 3DES | √ |
| 3K3DES | – |
| AES – 128 bits | √ |
| AES – 192 bits | – |
| AES – 256 bits | – |
| RSA – 512 to 4096 bits (in 256-bit step) | – |
| SHA-1, SHA-256 | – |
| Mutual Authentication | √ |
| Secure Messaging | √ |
| Random Number Generator (FIPS 140-2) | √ |
| EEPROM Endurance | |
| 100,000 Read / Write Cycles | √ |
| 500,000 Read / Write Cycles | – |
| Data Retention | |
| 10Years | √ |