The MF1 IC S50 is a contactless smart card IC from Philips Semiconductors, designed for cards according to ISO/IEC 14443A. It contains a 1 Kbyte EEPROM, an RF interface and a digital control unit, with energy and data transferred through an antenna coil so no battery is needed.
The document covers the IC's features, functional blocks, communication principle, three pass authentication, memory organization and access conditions, data integrity and security. It also lists delivery options including die on wafer, bumped die on wafer and chip card module.
| Operating frequency | 13.56 MHz |
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| Operating distance | Up to 100mm |
| Data transfer rate | 106 kbit/s |
| EEPROM size | 1 Kbyte |
| Memory organization | 16 sectors with 4 blocks of 16 bytes each |
| Data retention | 10 years |
| Write endurance | 100.000 cycles |
| Authentication | Mutual three pass authentication (ISO/IEC DIS9798-2) |
| Maximum frame length | 163 bits |
| Typical ticketing transaction | < 100 ms |
The operating frequency is 13.56 MHz.
It has 1 Kbyte of EEPROM, organized in 16 sectors with 4 blocks of 16 bytes each.
No battery is needed; energy is transferred through the RF field.
It uses mutual three pass authentication according to ISO/IEC DIS9798-2.