UART with an IC card reading interface and IC card reading system using the same

A UART having an IC card reader at least with a serial output signal and a serial input signal, comprising:

• a universal asynchronous communication core responsible for an asynchronous serial communication at least with an internal serial output signal, an internal serial input signal and a transmission clock output signal;
• a multiplexer of which one input terminal is connected to the transmission clock output signal, the other input terminal is connected to the internal serial output signal, a selecting input terminal is connected to a mode selecting signal and an output terminal is connected to the serial output signal, wherein the transmission clock output signal is selected to serve as the serial output signal when the mode selecting signal indicates an IC card reading mode, and the internal serial output signal is selected to serve as the serial output signal when the mode selecting signal indicates a universal asynchronous receive-transmit mode;
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• a 3-state control I/O buffer connected to the internal serial output signal, the internal serial input signal, the mode selecting signal and the serial input signal, wherein the internal serial input signal is generated by driving with the serial input signal and at an IC card reading mode indicated by the mode selecting signal, the serial input signal is at a low potential when the internal serial output signal is at a low potential, the serial input signal is equal to an external signal when the internal serial output signal is at a high potential and the serial input signal is activated by the external signal, and the serial input signal is at a high potential when the internal serial output signal is at a high potential and the serial input signal is not activated by the external signal.