NXP Semiconductors developed the MIFARE Ultralight EV1 MF0ULx1 for use in a contactless smart ticket, smart card or token in combination with a Proximity Coupling Device (PCD). The MF0ULx1 is designed to work in an ISO/IEC 14443 Type A compliant environment (see [1]). The target applications include single trip or limited use tickets in public transportation networks, loyalty cards or day passes for events. The MF0ULx1 serves as a replacement for conventional ticketing solutions such as paper tickets, magnetic stripe tickets or coins. It is also a perfect ticketing counterpart to contactless card families such as MIFARE DESFire or MIFARE Plus.

The MIFARE Ultralight EV1 is succeeding the MIFARE Ultralight ticketing IC and is fully functional backwards compatible. Its enhanced feature and command set enable more efficient implementations and offer more flexibility in system designs.

The mechanical and electrical specifications of MIFARE Ultralight EV1 are tailored to meet the requirements of inlay and paper ticket manufacturers.

In this document the term „MIFARE Ultralight card“ refers to a MIFARE Ultralight IC- based contactless card.

1.1 Contactless energy and data transfer

In a contactless system, the MF0ULx1 is connected to a coil with a few turns. The MF0ULx1 fits the TFC.0 (Edmondson) and TFC.1 (ISO) ticket formats as defined in Ref. 8.

The MF0ULx1 chip, which is available with 17 pF or 50 pF on-chip resonance capacitor, supports both TFC.1 and TFC.0 ticket formats.

1.2 Anticollision

An intelligent anticollision function allows more than one card to operate in the field simultaneously. The anticollision algorithm selects each card individually. It ensures that the execution of a transaction with a selected card is performed correctly without interference from another card in the field.

1.3 Simple integration and user convenience

The MF0ULx1 is designed for simple integration and user convenience which allows complete ticketing transactions to be handled in less than 35 ms.

1.4 Security

• Manufacturer programmed 7-byte UID for each device

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

• 3 independent 24-bit true one-way counters

• Field programmable read-only locking function per page (per 2 pages for the extended

  memory section)

• ECC based originality signature

• 32-bit password protection to prevent unintended memory operations

1.5 Naming conventions Table 1. Naming conventions

MF MIFARE product family
0 MIFARE Ultralight product family UL Product: MIFARE Ultralight

MF0ULX1 MIFARE Ultralight EV1 - Contactless ticket IC

MF0ULHx101Dyy

Description

H	If present, defining high input capacitance H... 50 pF input capacitance
x	One character identifier defining the memory size 1... 640 bit total memory, 384 bit free user memory 2... 1312 bit total memory, 1024 bit free user memory
Dyy	yy defining the delivery type UF... bare die, 75 μm thickness, Au bumps, e-map file UD... bare die, 120 μm thickness, Au bumps, e-map file A8... MOA8 contactless module

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Features and benefits

MF0ULX1

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Contactless transmission of data and supply energy

Operating frequency of 13.56 MHz

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

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

2.1 EEPROM

• 640-bit or 1312-bit, organized in 20 or 41 pages with 4 bytes per page

• Field programmable read-only locking function per page for the first 512 bits

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

• 3 independent, true one-way 24-bit counters on top of the user area

• Configurable password protection with optional limit of unsuccessful attempts

• Data retention time of 10 years

• Write endurance for one-way counters

  1.000.000 cycles

   

  First 512 bits compatible to MF0ICU1

  Field programmable read-only locking function per 2 pages above page 15

  384-bit or 1024-bit freely available user Read/ Write area (12 or 32 pages)

  Anti-tearing support for counters, OTP area and lock bits

  ECC based originality signature Write endurance 100.000 cycles