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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
May. 11, 1993
Hidenobu Gochi, Itami, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input/output control circuit for an IC card equipped with one-time programmable read only memory integrated circuits (PROM-ICs) includes a read data bus buffer connected between the one-time PROM-ICs and a data bus; a write data bus buffer connected between the one time PROM-ICs and the data bus; and a selection device for detecting the power supply voltage supplied to the one-time PROM-ICs and selecting one of the read data bus buffer and the write data bus buffer in response to the detected power supply voltage. The input/output control circuit improves the ability of the IC card to withstand electrostatic discharge and prevents the electrical characteristics of an IC card from changing with a change in the number of one-time PROM-ICs mounted thereon.