SL2S6002
ICODE DNA
Rev. 3.0 — 16 June 2016
374730
Product short data sheet
COMPANY PUBLIC
1. General description
The ICODE DNA is a leading-edge HF tag IC targeting brand protection tagging
applications which require HF long read range as well as cryptographic authentication
check.The security is based in the first place on a 128-bit AES key which is securely
stored on IC’s and which is used to perform cryptographic authentication by an AES
coprocessor. The current version of the ICODE DNA supports the following features:
• Tag and mutual authentication using AES128
• 3 user keys for tag authentication and/or mutual authentication
• Separate privileges to define different access rights per key
• Flexible user memory segmentation with corresponding access conditions
• 2016-bit available user memory
• NXP originality signature
• Counter feature
1.1 Contactless energy and data transfer
Whenever connected to a very simple and easy-to-produce type of antenna (as a result of
the 13.56 MHz carrier frequency) made out of a few windings printed, winded, etched or
punched coil, the ICODE DNA IC can be operated without line of sight up to a distance of
1.5 m (gate width). No battery is needed. When the smart label is positioned in the field of
an interrogator antenna, the high-speed RF communication interface enables data to be
transmitted up to 53 kbit/s.
1.2 Anticollision
An intelligent anticollision function enables several tags to operate in the field
simultaneously. The anticollision algorithm selects each tag individually and ensures that
the execution of a transaction with a selected tag is performed correctly without data
corruption resulting from other tags in the field.
1.3 Security and privacy aspects
• Unique IDentifier (UID):
The UID cannot be altered and guarantees the uniqueness of each label.
• Originality signature:
32 byte ECC-based originality signature.
• Tag/mutual authentication: