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ST23 highly secure smartcard ICs

The innovative and highly secure ST23Y family is the next-generation of smartcard ICs directly addresses the needs of today’s secure applications, from finance to e-government and transport, from pay TV to computer and IT.

With embedded EEPROM as standard, the ST23Y family allows easy implementation of any EMV SDA and loyalty application. The range is being enlarged with crypto processors and contactless products.
 
Highly secure ST23 platform
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Product key features and applications
Smartcard ICs for e-government
New ST23 family – higher security and performance for e-government documents
  High-speed interfaces in dual and contact modes
  Large memory capacity
  New and enhanced cryptographic coprocessor (RSA and elliptic curves)
  Optimized contactless performances
  Common Criteria EAL5+ certified
     
Smartcard ICs for Pay-TV
ST23YL, ST23YS, ST23YT family
  8/16-bit CPU core
  ROM code storage
  Complete portfolio from 2- to 8-Kbyte EEPROM for STM23YS and ST23YL
  Nescrypt cryptographic coprocessor
  ISO 7816-3 interface
  ST23YT family: USB, SPI range for conditional access tokens
     
Smartcard ICs for mass transit
Smartcard ICs with 2- to 8-Kbyte EEPROM
  DES, TDES, 128-bit AES, RSA and ECC
  RF ISO 14443 B interface
  RF Innovatron protocol (B’)
  EMVCo and Common Criteria EAL5+ certification
     
Smartcard ICs IT security
ST23YT66 and ST23YT34
  Single-chip, secure, full-speed USB 2.0 interface controller
  USB librairies supplied by ST
  8-bit ST23 core
  Up to 12 Mbit/s bandwidth
  All USB transfer modes supported
  CCID, HID and mass storage USB compliant
  Random number generator
  13 general-purpose I/Os (GPIOs)
  Serial peripheral interface
     
Smartcard ICs for banking
Enabling secure and convenient payment
  Broad range banking portfolio with 2 to 80 Kbytes of EEPROM
  High-performance cryptography: DES, AES, RSA, ECC
  Advanced 90 nm technology
  Optimized contactless performance
  Certified platform: EMVCo, Common Criteria EAL5+, ZKA
     
Smartcard ICs for brand protection
Secure microcontroller based authentication
Customizable security architecture
AuKey secure operating system
Configurable key management system
I²C communication at 100 Kbit/s
Supports AES and ECC
Secure applicative data storage
Supports secure host firmware upgrade
Small form factor (SO8N)
 
Product news
Press Announcement, November 16, 2009:
STMicroelectronics Strengthens Counterfeit Protection to Safeguard Revenue and Reputation for Brand Owners
 
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