1 General description

NXP Semiconductors has developed the MIFARE Ultralight C - Contactless ticket IC MF0ICU2 to be used in a contactless smart ticket or smart card in combination with Proximity Coupling Devices (PCD). The communication layer (MIFARE RF Interface) complies to parts 2 and 3 of the ISO/IEC 14443 Type A standard (see Ref. 1 and Ref. 2).

The MF0ICU2 is primarily designed for limited use applications such as public transportation, event ticketing and loyalty applications.

2 Features and benefits

2.1 MIFARE RF Interface (ISO/IEC 14443 A)

• Contactless transmission of data and supply energy

• Operating frequency of 13.56 MHz

• Data integrity of 16-bit CRC, parity, bit coding, bit counting

• 7 byte serial number (cascade level 2 according to ISO/

IEC 14443-3)

• Fast counter transaction: < 10 ms

• Operating distance up to 100 mm depending on antenna

geometry and reader configuration

• Data transfer of 106 kbit/s

• True anticollision

• Typical ticketing transaction: < 35 ms

2.2 EEPROM

• 1536-bit total memory

• 36 pages, 1152-bit user r/w area

• Field programmable read-only locking function per page

for first 512-bit

• 512-bit compatible to MF0ICU1

• Field programmable read-only locking function per block

• 16-bit one-way counter

• 32-bit user definable One-Time Programmable (OTP) area

• Data retention of 10 years

• Write endurance 100000 cycles