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MIFARE is a series of integrated circuit (IC) chips used in contactless smart cards and proximity cards.
The brand includes proprietary solutions based on various levels of the ISO/IEC 14443 Type-A 13.56 MHz contactless smart card standard. It uses AES and DES/Triple-DES encryption standards, as well as an older proprietary encryption algorithm, Crypto-1. According to NXP, 10 billion of their smart card chips and over 150 million reader modules have been sold.[1]
The MIFARE trademark is owned by NXP Semiconductors, which was spun off from Philips Electronics in 2006.[2][3]
- ^ MIFARE (1 December 2009). "The success of MIFARE". Mifare.net.
- ^ "MIFARE Trademark of NXP B.V. - Registration Number 4661504 - Serial Number 79142259 :: Justia Trademarks". trademarks.justia.com. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Philips Semiconductors to become NXP". EE Times. 31 August 2006.