Smart Card Handbook (PDF)

The most comprehensive book on state-of-the-art smart card
technology available



Updated with new international standards and specifications,
this essential fourth edition now covers all aspects of smart card
in a completely revised structure. Its enlarged coverage now
includes smart cards for passports and ID cards, health care cards,
smart cards for public transport, and Java Card 3.0.

New sub-chapters cover near field communication (NFC), single
wire protocol (SWP), and multi megabyte smart cards
(microcontroller with NAND-Flash). There are also extensive
revisions to chapters on smart card production, the security of
smart cards (including coverage of new attacks and protection
methods), and contactless card data transmission (ISO/IEC 10536,
ISO/IEC 14443, ISO/IEC 15693).

This edition also features:

* additional views to the future development of smart cards, such
as USB, MMU, SWP, HCI, Flash memory and their usage;

* new internet technologies for smart cards; smart card web
server, HTTP-Protocol, TCP/IP, SSL/TSL;

* integration of the new flash-based microcontrollers for smart
cards (until now the usual ROM-based microcontrollers), and;

* a completely revised glossary with explanations of all
important smart card subjects (600 glossary terms).

Smart Card Handbook is firmly established as the
definitive reference to every aspect of smart card technology,
proving an invaluable resource for security systems development
engineers. Professionals and microchip designers working in the
smart card industry will continue to benefit from this essential
guide. This book is also ideal for newcomers to the field.

The Fraunhofer Smart Card Award was presented to the authors for
the Smart Card Handbook, Third Edition in 2008.