US4845351A
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IC card
Assignee: Casio Computer Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-09-18
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Granted: 1989-07-04
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Expires: 2006-09-18
Abstract
Abstract An IC including an EEP-ROM is formed on a semiconductor wafer. The IC also has exposed address pads connected to the address bus of the EEP-ROM, and exposed data pads connected to the data bus of the EEP-ROM. A test probe is brought into contact with these pads, thereby performing various tests on the IC. After the IC has been tested, the wafer is diced into IC pellets. The address pads are disconnected from the address bus and/or the data pads are disconnected from the data bus. For example, the edge portions of the IC pellet on which the address pads and/or the data pads are formed are cut by dicing from the remaining portion of the IC pellet. Thereafter, the connecting pads of the IC pellet are wire-bonded to leads, and the IC pellet is sealed with a resin. Finally, the sealed IC pellet is built in an IC card body.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuya Hara
- 👤 Harumi Nakano
- 👤 Shigeyuki Kawana
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 06:02
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/0095; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/07; G06K19/077; G06K19/07745
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
250 words
An integrated circuit (IC) card, comprising: data input/output terminal means; memory means for storing secret data when inputted to said memory means through said data input/output terminal means, said memory means being arranged to output the secret data in response to an access command; an address bus and a data bus each associated with said memory means; identification means for identifying data inputted via said data input/output terminal means with the secret data stored in said memory means, and for generating a coincidence signal; test address terminals connected to the address bus of said memory means, for enabling addresses of the memory means to be accessed during a test operation; test data terminals arranged to be connected to the data bus of said memory means, for enabling inputting of data to and outputting of data from the memory means during said test operation; detecting means for detecting a completion of the test operation for said memory means; and switching means coupled between said test data terminals and said data bus, for connecting said data bus with said test data terminals until said detecting means detects the completion of said test operation, and for disconnecting said data bus from said test data terminals when the completion of the test operation is detected; wherein said memory means is non-responsive to said access command when the access command is applied to said test address terminals and the secret data is thus unobtainable from said test data terminals, after completion of said test operation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
250 words
An integrated circuit (IC) card, comprising: data input/output terminal means; memory means for storing secret data when inputted to said memory means through said data input/output terminal means, said memory means being arranged to output the secret data in response to an access command; an address bus and a data bus each associated with said memory means; identification means for identifying data inputted via said data input/output terminal means with the secret data stored in said memory means, and for generating a coincidence signal; test address terminals connected to the address bus of said memory means, for enabling addresses of the memory means to be accessed during a test operation; test data terminals arranged to be connected to the data bus of said memory means, for enabling inputting of data to and outputting of data from the memory means during said test operation; detecting means for detecting a completion of the test operation for said memory means; and switching means coupled between said test data terminals and said data bus, for connecting said data bus with said test data terminals until said detecting means detects the completion of said test operation, and for disconnecting said data bus from said test data terminals when the completion of the test operation is detected; wherein said memory means is non-responsive to said access command when the access command is applied to said test address terminals and the secret data is thus unobtainable from said test data terminals, after completion of said test operation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
86 words
An IC card according to claim 1, in which said switching means comprises a flag section set upon completion of the test of said memory means, first gate means connecting said test address terminals to the address bus of the memory means and second gate means connecting said data terminals to the data bus of the memory means, and at least one of said first gate means and second gate means being turned off in accordance with the value of the output of the flag section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
An IC card according to claim 1, further comprising data clearing means for clearing the secret data stored in said memory means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
An IC card according to claim 3, in which said data-clearing means comprises an address memory for storing an unused address of said memory means, comparator means for comparing a memory address input to achieve an access to said memory means, with the unused memory address stored in said address memory, and means for clearing the data stored in said memory means, when the input address is found to be identical with the unused address.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
151 words
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) card, comprising the steps of: providing integrated circuit means having memory means for storing secret data; connecting data input/output means to the memory means; connecting test address terminals to an address bus associated with the memory means; arranging test data terminals for connection to a data bus associated with the memory means; providing detecting means for detecting the completion of a test operation for the memory means; connecting switching means between said data bus and said test data terminals; detecting the completion of the test operation with the detecting means by using the test address terminals for said memory means; disconnecting the data bus of the memory means from the test data terminals by turning off the switching means upon detecting the completion of the test operation; arranging the integrated circuit means in casing means; and writing secret data in the memory means.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
151 words
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit (IC) card, comprising the steps of: providing integrated circuit means having memory means for storing secret data; connecting data input/output means to the memory means; connecting test address terminals to an address bus associated with the memory means; arranging test data terminals for connection to a data bus associated with the memory means; providing detecting means for detecting the completion of a test operation for the memory means; connecting switching means between said data bus and said test data terminals; detecting the completion of the test operation with the detecting means by using the test address terminals for said memory means; disconnecting the data bus of the memory means from the test data terminals by turning off the switching means upon detecting the completion of the test operation; arranging the integrated circuit means in casing means; and writing secret data in the memory means.
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