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AN1978 Datasheet, PDF (1/14 Pages) STMicroelectronics – SMART CARD INTERFACE
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APPLICATION NOTE
ST8004: SMART CARD INTERFACE
1. INTRODUCTION
The ST8004 is a smart card interface designed to minimize the microprocessor hardware and software
complexity in all the applications that need a smart card, such as Set-Top-Boxes, electronic payments,
pay TV and identification.
The ST8004 is compliant with the NDS requirements. It implements all the blocks and procedures for the
card activation/deactivation as shown in the block diagram of figure 1.
Figure 1: ST8004 internal block diagram
VDD
100nF
100nF
VDDP
100nF
21
VTHSEL 18
OFF 23
RSTIN 20
CMDVCC 19
5/3V 3
S1 S2
SUPPLY
INTERNAL
REFERENCE
VOLTAGE
SUPERVISOR
ST8004 6
7
5
STEP-UP CONVERTER
Vref
INTERNAL OSCILLATOR
2.5MHz
ALARM
En1 CLKUP
En2
VCC
GENERATOR
PVCC
En5 RST BUFFER
SEQUENCER
CLKDIV1 1
CLKDIV2 2
En4
CLOCK
CIRCUITRY
CLK
En4
CLOCK
BUFFER
XTAL1 24
XTAL2 25 OSCILLATOR
THERMAL
PROTECTIO
En3
4 PGND
8 VUP
17 VCC
14 CGND
16 RST
15 CLK
10 PRES
9 PRES
AUX1UC 27
I/O TRANSCEIVER
13 AUX1
100nF
100nF
AUX2UC 28
I/O TRANSCEIVER
12 AUX2
I/OUC 26
22
GND
I/O TRANSCEIVER
11 I/O
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