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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2001
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An output stage ( ) of a data carrier ( ), which output stage is connected to a communication contact ( ), said data carrier being adapted to provide contactless communication via an antenna stage ( ) and contact-bound communication via the communication contact ( ), includes a first transistor (T ; T ) having a first control terminal (G ; G ), a first input terminal (S ; D ) and a first output terminal (D ; S ), and a second transistor (T ) having a second control terminal (G ), a second input terminal (D ) and a second output terminal (S ), and a control stage ( ) for supplying first control information (SI ) to the first control terminal (G ), in order to drive the first transistor (T T ) into its conductive state, and for supplying second control information (SI ) to the second control terminal (G ), in order to drive the second transistor (T ) into its conductive state, in which stage an internal supply voltage (VINT), derived from an antenna signal (HF) by a power supply ( ) of the data carrier ( ) during contactless communication, can be supplied to the first input terminal (S ) and a reference potential (GND) can be supplied to the second output terminal (S ), and in which the second input terminal (D ) is connected to the communication contact ( ) of the data carrier ( ). The output stage ( ) now includes inhibit means (R; D; T ), which are adapted to prevent an analysis current (IA) having an analysis current strength from being fed from the communication contact ( ) into the data carrier ( ) via the first transistor (T T ), the analysis current (IA) having the analysis current strength being suited for the analysis of the power consumption of the data carrier ( ) and for hacking communication data (VKD) processed in the data carrier ( ).