Method of checking authenticity of a data carrier
First Claim
1. A method for testing the authenticity of a data carrier with at least one electronic module (2) including at least an integrated circuit with memory and logic elements and elements for communication with an external device which evaluates a physical property determined by the integrated circuit and characteristic of the circuit, characterized by the following steps:
- applying a luminescent material (6) directly to at least one area (13) of the integrated circuit (5), exciting the luminescent material (6) to luminesce, detecting the electromagnetic radiation emitted during luminescence, and deriving an authenticity statement about the data carrier (1) on the basis of the detected electromagnetic radiation.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for testing the authenticity of a data carrier with an integrated circuit and is characterized in that a material is provided in an area of the integrated circuit which is excited to luminesce for example by an electromagnetic radiation or by an electric field, the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the material being measured and evaluated for determining the authenticity of the data carrier.
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1. A method for testing the authenticity of a data carrier with at least one electronic module (2) including at least an integrated circuit with memory and logic elements and elements for communication with an external device which evaluates a physical property determined by the integrated circuit and characteristic of the circuit, characterized by the following steps:
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applying a luminescent material (6) directly to at least one area (13) of the integrated circuit (5), exciting the luminescent material (6) to luminesce, detecting the electromagnetic radiation emitted during luminescence, and deriving an authenticity statement about the data carrier (1) on the basis of the detected electromagnetic radiation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for testing the authenticity of a data carrier, comprising
a data carrier (1) having at least one electronic module (2) including at least an integrated circuit (5) with memory elements (9), logic elements (10) and communication elements (4), means (24) for authenticity testing which access at least partial areas of the memory means (9) via the communication elements (4) for reading and/or writing, means (22) for measuring a physical property of the integrated circuit (5), characterized in that the integrated circuit (5) has at least one area (13) with a material (6) excitable to luminesce, the area (13) being disposed such that electromagnetic radiation emitted by the material (6) can reach the measuring means (22), means (11,21) for exciting the material (6) to luminesce, and means (22) for detecting the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the material (6) after excitation of luminescence, and for determining a characteristic property thereof.
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15. A data carrier (1) for use in a system for testing the authenticity thereof and having an electronic module (2) including at least one integrated circuit (5) with memory elements (9) and logic elements (10) and elements (4) for communication with an external device (20), characterized in that
the integrated circuit (5) is provided with at least one area (13) formed of a material (6) excitable to luminesce, said area being disposed such that electromagnetic radiation emitted by the material (6) upon luminescence is detectable by a measuring means (22), wherein the area (13) includes light-emitting zones (12) and non-light-emitting zones (14) whose arrangement is characteristic of the data carrier.
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