Secure MCU for e-passport and ID applications

Atmel has announced that FIME, an external and independent third-party laboratory, has certified the Atmel AT90SC28880RCFV secure microcontroller (MCU).

The secure MCU is now compliant with International Civil Aviation Organization radio frequency (RF) specifications and ISO 14443 RF.

These reports are available for customers on request.

The product passed FIME's test plan for ISO 14443 conformity (a test plan that not only covers 10373-6 test plan for PICCs but goes beyond that to better ensure conformity to the 14443 specifications).

In addition, an extended test session at FIME showed up to 100 per cent interoperability with a list of 32 readers during banking evaluation.

The FIME reports illustrate that Atmel satisfies all technical requirements for e-passport and ID applications.

The Atmel AT90SC28880RCFV chip provides extended RF capabilities, good computational performance and low-power consumption to allow up to 30 MIPS and 1,024 RSA computations in 80ms at 1.5A/m.

In addition, the Atmel secureAVR-based microcontroller is designed to be Common Criteria EAL5+ certified.

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