Integrated circuit device with multiple communication modes and operating method thereof

• US 7,607,585 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2003
• Issued: 10/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Zang-Hee
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Thien M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mai; Thien T
• Application Number:
  US10/374,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20030206547A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,435 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/492, 235/441, 439/909, 710/305, 710/114, 710/115, 710/105
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07 with integrated circuit chips
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07733 the record carrier containing at least one further contact interface not conform ISO-7816
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10297 arrangements for handling protocols designed for non-contact record carriers such as RFIDs NFCs, e.g. ISO/IEC 14443 and 18092 cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; network security protocols H04L63/00; real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00; network protocols for data switching network services H04L67/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40039 Details regarding the setting of the power status of a node according to activity on the bus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/403 with centralised control, e.g. polling

Abstract

An integrated circuit device having multiple communication modes is provided. The integrated circuit device includes a transceiver coupled to first and second data lines. The integrated circuit device further includes a voltage control circuit. The voltage control circuit determines whether or not an external device is connected to the integrated circuit device. In the case where the external device is connected to the integrated circuit device, the voltage control circuit controls the voltage of the first data line so as to cause the external device to not recognize the integrated circuit device for a predetermined time.

Claims

1. An integrated circuit device having an ISO communication mode and a non-ISO communication mode, the integrated circuit device comprising:

a plurality of data lines comprising a first data line and a second data line;

a transceiver circuit coupled to the plurality of data lines; and

a means for determining whether or not the integrated circuit device is electrically connected to an external device in response to a voltage level signal on at least one data line at a power-up state;

wherein the integrated circuit device is set to any one of the ISO communication mode and the non-ISO communication mode within a predetermined time according to the voltage level and the integrated circuit device causes the external device not to recognize a connection state of the integrated circuit device for the predetermined time, and after the predetermined time, the integrated circuit device causes the external device to recognize the connection state;

wherein the voltage control circuit controls a voltage of the second data line to be equal to that of the first data line for the predetermined time, the voltage of the second data line being determined by the external device after the predetermined time.

2. The integrated circuit device of claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit device includes a smart card, the smart card supporting the ISO communication mode and the non-communication mode, and a version of the ISO communication mode is an ISO-7816 communication mode.

3. The integrated circuit of claim 1, wherein the means is disabled after a predetermined communication mode is set.

8. The integrated circuit device of claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit device includes a smart card supporting the ISO communication mode and the non-ISO communication mode, and the external device includes a smart card reader, and a version of the ISO communication mode is an ISO-7816 communication mode.

4. An integrated circuit device having an ISO communication mode and a non-ISO communication mode, the integrated circuit device comprising:

first and second data lines;

a transceiver circuit coupled to the first and second data lines; and

a voltage control circuit for determining whether or not an external device is electrically connected to the integrated circuit device in response to a voltage level on at least one data line at a power-up state, and controlling a voltage of the first data line according to the determination result,

wherein, when the external device is electrically connected to the integrated circuit device, the voltage control circuit is set to any one of the ISO communication mode and the non-ISO communication mode within a predetermined time according to the voltage level, the voltage control circuit controls the voltage of the first data line so as to cause the external device not to recognize the integrated circuit device for a the predetermined time, and after the predetermined time, the voltage control circuit controls the voltage of the first data line so as to cause the external device to recognize the integrated circuit device;

wherein the voltage control circuit controls a voltage of the second data line to be equal to that of the first data line for the predetermined time, the voltage of the second data line being determined by the external device after the predetermined time.

5. The integrated circuit device of claim 4, wherein the integrated circuit device is set to any one of the communication modes according to the determination result.

6. The integrated circuit device of claim 4, wherein the voltage control circuit controls the voltage of the first data line to be lower than a predetermined reference voltage for the predetermined time, so that the external device does not recognize the integrated circuit device.

7. The integrated circuit device of claim 4, wherein the voltage control circuit increases the voltage of the first data line after the predetermined time so as to cause the external device to recognize the integrated circuit device as a low or high speed device.

9. An integrated circuit device an ISO communication mode and a non-ISO communication mode, the integrated circuit device comprising:

first and second data lines;

a transceiver circuit coupled to the first and second data lines;

a first pull-up circuit coupled to the first data line;

a second pull-up circuit coupled to the second data line; and

a control circuit responsive to voltages of the first and second data lines, for detecting whether or not an external device is electrically connected to the integrated circuit device,

wherein, when the external device is electrically connected to the integrated circuit device, the control circuit is set to any one of the ISO communication mode and the non-ISO communication mode within a predetermined time according to the voltages of the first and second data lines, the control circuit controls the first and second pull-up circuits so as to cause the external device to not recognize the integrated circuit device for a predetermined time, and after the predetermined time, the control circuit controls the first and second pull-up circuits so as to cause the external device to recognize the integrated circuit device;

wherein the voltage control circuit controls a voltage of the second data line to be equal to that of the first data line for the predetermined time, the voltage of the second data line being determined by the external device after the predetermined time.

10. The integrated circuit device of claim 9, wherein the integrated circuit device is set to any one of the communication modes within the predetermined time according to the detection result.

11. The integrated circuit device of claim 9, wherein the control circuit varies a resistance of the first pull-up circuit after the predetermined time and simultaneously isolates electrically the second pull-up circuit from the second data line.

12. The integrated circuit device of claim 11, wherein the resistance of the first pull-up circuit is varied to 1.5 k.Ohm, after the predetermined time so as to cause the external device to recognize the integrated circuit device.

13. The integrated circuit device of claim 9, wherein the first and second pull-up circuits have the same resistance for the predetermined time.

14. The integrated circuit device of claim 9, wherein the control circuit is disabled after the external device recognizes the integrated circuit device.

15. The integrated circuit device of claim 9, wherein the integrated circuit device includes a smart card supporting the ISO communication mode and the non-ISO communication mode, and the external device includes a smart card reader, and a version of the ISO communication mode is an ISO-7816 communication mode.

16. A method for operating an integrated circuit device, the integrated circuit device including an ISO communication mode and a non-ISO communication mode and communicating with an external device in any one of the ISO and non-ISO communication modes, the method comprising the steps of:

determining whether or not the integrated circuit device is electrically connected to the external device in response to a voltage level on at least one data line;

when the integrated circuit device is electrically connected to the external circuit, selecting any one of the modes the ISO communication mode and the non-ISO communication mode according to the voltage level; and

indicating to the external device that the integrated circuit device is electrically connected to the external device,

wherein, during the selecting any one of the communication modes, the integrated circuit device causes the external device not to recognize the integrated circuit device, and after the selecting, the integrated circuit device causes the external device to recognize the integrated circuit device;

wherein the integrated circuit device comprises a first data line and a second data line;

wherein the voltage control circuit controls a voltage of the second data line to be equal to that of the first data line for the predetermined time, the voltage of the second data line being determined by the external device after the predetermined time.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the integrated circuit device includes a smart card and the external device includes a smart card reader.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of determining whether or not the integrated circuit device is electrically connected to the external device is performed by using voltages of data terminals of the integrated circuit device.

19. A method for operating an integrated circuit device, the integrated circuit device including an ISO communication mode and a non-ISO communication mode and communicating with an external device in any one of the ISO communication mode and non-ISO communication mode, the method comprising the steps of:

determining whether or not the external device is electrically connected to the integrated circuit device in response to a voltage level on at least one data line;

when the external device is electrically connected to the integrated circuit device, causing the external device to not recognize the integrated circuit device for a predetermined time; and

causing the external device to recognize the integrated circuit device after the predetermined time;

wherein the integrated circuit device comprises a first data line and a second data line;

wherein the voltage control circuit controls a voltage of the second data line to be equal to that of the first data line for the predetermined time, the voltage of the second data line being determined by the external device after the predetermined time.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the integrated circuit device includes a smart card.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of determining whether or not the external device is electrically connected to the integrated circuit device is performed by using voltages of data terminals of the integrated circuit device.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein, while the external device does not recognize the integrated circuit device, any one of the ISO communication mode and non-ISO communication mode is selected.