Hybrid banknote with electronic indicia using near-field-communications
First Claim
1. A hybrid high-security document, comprising:
- a flexible document; and
a plurality of independent light-emitting modules disposed on or embedded in the flexible document, each module comprising;
an antenna with multiple turns,an electronic circuit, anda light emitter mounted and electrically connected on a substrate separate from the flexible document, wherein the electronic circuit is responsive to electrical power provided from the antenna to control the light emitter to emit light, wherein the electronic circuit is formed in semiconductor that has an area less than fifty thousand square microns,wherein (i) the plurality of light-emitting modules is spatially disposed to collectively form at least one of a character, a graphic indicator, an icon, a number, a letter, and a pictogram, (ii) the plurality of light-emitting modules is spatially disposed to collectively indicate a value, a date, or a person, or (iii) both (i) and (ii).
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Abstract
A hybrid high-security document includes a document and one or more independent light-emitting modules disposed on or embedded in the document. Each module comprises an antenna with multiple turns, an electronic circuit, and a light emitter mounted and electrically connected on a substrate separate from the document. The electronic circuit is responsive to electrical power provided from the antenna to control the light emitter to emit light. The electronic circuit can include a memory storing information relevant to the hybrid high-security document or its use. The information can be accessed by external readers providing electromagnetic energy to the hybrid high-security document. The hybrid high-security document can be a hybrid banknote.
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16 Claims
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1. A hybrid high-security document, comprising:
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a flexible document; and a plurality of independent light-emitting modules disposed on or embedded in the flexible document, each module comprising; an antenna with multiple turns, an electronic circuit, and a light emitter mounted and electrically connected on a substrate separate from the flexible document, wherein the electronic circuit is responsive to electrical power provided from the antenna to control the light emitter to emit light, wherein the electronic circuit is formed in semiconductor that has an area less than fifty thousand square microns, wherein (i) the plurality of light-emitting modules is spatially disposed to collectively form at least one of a character, a graphic indicator, an icon, a number, a letter, and a pictogram, (ii) the plurality of light-emitting modules is spatially disposed to collectively indicate a value, a date, or a person, or (iii) both (i) and (ii). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A hybrid high-security document mat, comprising:
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a mat circuit; and an antenna, wherein the mat circuit generates a continuous or pulsed NFC signal, the pulsed NFC signal having a pulse rate of ten, twenty, fifty, or one hundred pulses per second or greater. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A multi-element light-emitting system, comprising:
a plurality of independent light-emitting modules, each independent light-emitting module comprising; an antenna with multiple turns, an electronic circuit, and a light emitter mounted and electrically connected on a separate substrate, the light emitters of the independent light-emitting modules spatially disposed in a pattern to form a visible indicator, wherein the electronic circuit is formed in semiconductor that has an area less than fifty thousand square microns.
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