Standardisation - RFID: Fundamentals and Applications in Contactless Smart Cards and Identification - page 230

Table 9.4 Available standards for contactless smart cards

Standard Card type Approximate range

ISO 10536 Close coupling 0-1 cm

ISO 14443 Proximity coupling 0-10 cm

ISO 15693 Vicinity coupling 0-1m

ID-1 card
ISO 7810

Smart cards
ISO 7816

Contactless
smart cards

CICC
close cpl.
ISO 10536

PICC
proximity
ISO 14443

VICC
vicinity cpl.
ISO 15693

RICC
remote cpl.
ISO ???

Memory
card
13.56 MHz

Processor
card
13.56 MHz

Memory
card
13.56 MHz

Memory card
(battery)
2.4/5.8 GHz

Memory
card

Processor
card

Processor
card

contact contactless

Dual
interface
card

Figure 9.8 Family of (contactless and contact) smart cards, with the applicable standards

close coupling systems were never successful on the market and today they are hardly
ever used.

9.2.1 ISO 10536 - Close coupling smart cards

The ISO standard 10536 entitled 'Identification cards — contactless integrated cir-
cuit(s) cards' describes the structure and operating parameters of contactless close
coupling smart cards. ISO 10536 consists of the following four sections:

•

Part 1: Physical characteristics

• Part 2: Dimensions and location of coupling areas

• Part 3: Electronic signals and reset procedures

•

Part 4: Answer to reset and transmission protocols (still under preparation)