Iso/iec 15693

ISO/IEC 15693, is an ISO standard for vicinity cards, i.e. cards which can be read from a greater distance as compared to proximity cards.

ISO/IEC 15693 systems operate at the 13.56 MHz frequency, and offer maximum read distance of 1–1.5 meters. As the vicinity cards have to operate at a greater distance, the necessary magnetic field is less (0.15 to 5 A/m) than that for a proximity card (1.5 to 7.5 A/m).

Communication to the card

Communication from the reader to the card uses an amplitude-shift keying with 10% or 100% modulation index.

The data coding is:

1 out of 4 pulse position modulation

2 bits are coded as the position of a 9.44 µs pause in a 75.52 µs symbol time, giving a bit rate of 26.48 kilobits per second The least-significant bits are sent first.

1 out of 256 pulse position modulation

8 bits are coded as the position of a 9.44 µs pause in a 4.833 ms symbol time, giving a bit rate of 1.65 kbit/s.

Communication to the reader

The card has two ways to send its data back to the reader:

Amplitude shift keying

Amplitude-shift keying 100% modulation index on a 423.75 kHz subcarrier. The data rate can be:

• Low 6.62 kbit/s (fc/2048)
• High 26.48 kbit/s (fc/512)

A logic 0 starts with eight pulses of 423.75 kHz followed by an unmodulated time of 18.88 µs (256/ fc); a logic 1 is the other way round. The data frame delimitors are code violations, a start of frame is:

1. an unmodulated time of 56.64 µs (768/ fc),
2. 24 pulses of 423.75 kHz
3. a logic 1

and the end of a frame is:

1. a logic 0
2. 24 pulses of 423.75 kHz
3. an unmodulated time of 56.64 µs

The data are sent using a Manchester code.

Frequency shift keying

Frequency-shift keying by switching between a 423.75 kHz sub carrier (operating frequency divided by 32) and a 484.25 kHz sub carrier (operating frequency divided by 28). The data rate can be:

• Low 6.67 kbit/s (fc/2032)
• High 26.69 kbit/s (fc/508)

A logic 0 starts with eight pulses of 423.75 kHz followed by nine pulses of 484.28 kHz; a logic 1 is the other way round. The data frame delimitors are code violations, a start of frame is:

1. 27 pulses of 484.28 kHz
2. 24 pulses of 423.75 kHz
3. a logic 1

and the end of a frame is:

1. a logic 0
2. 24 pulses of 423.75 kHz
3. 27 pulses of 484.28 kHz

The data are sent using a Manchester code.

Manufacturer codes

see ISO/IEC 7816-6

1. Code 0x01: Motorola
2. Code 0x02: ST Microelectronics
3. Code 0x03: Hitachi
4. Code 0x04: NXP Semiconductors
5. Code 0x05: Infineon Technologies
6. Code 0x06: Cylinc
7. Code 0x07: Texas Instruments Tag-it™
8. Code 0x08: Fujitsu Limited
9. Code 0x09: Matsushita Electric Industrial
10. Code 0x0A: NEC
11. Code 0x0B: Oki Electric
12. Code 0x0C: Toshiba
13. Code 0x0D: Mitsubishi Electric
14. Code 0x0E: Samsung Electronics
15. Code 0x0F: Hyundai Electronics
16. Code 0x10: LG Semiconductors
17. Code 0x16: EM Microelectronic-Marin
18. Code 0x1F: Melexis
19. Code 0x2B: Maxim
20. Code 0x33: AMIC

Implementations

The UID should be always 0xE0. iCLASS family of cards and tags by HID Global, with a maximum read range 45 centimetres (18 in).

Products with ISO15693 interface

• EEPROM

External links

• ISO/IEC 15693-1:2000 Identification cards — Contactless integrated circuit(s) cards — Vicinity cards — Part 1: Physical characteristics
• ISO/IEC 15693-2:2006 Identification cards — Contactless integrated circuit cards — Vicinity cards — Part 2: Air interface and initialization
• ISO/IEC 15693-3:2009 Identification cards — Contactless integrated circuit cards — Vicinity cards — Part 3: Anticollision and transmission protocol

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