Card comprising electrical contacts

• US 20030155424A1
• Filed: 02/13/2003
• Published: 08/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gemalto SA (Thales SA)
• Original Assignee: Axalto SA (Thales SA)
• Inventors: Catte, Etienne, Guion, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 6,896,189 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07733 the record carrier containing at least one further contact interface not conform ISO-7816
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07743 External electrical contacts

Abstract

A card comprises electrical contacts (18, 22, 32, 34) for communicating in accordance with a universal serial bus standard. The card can be inserted in a card reader having complementary electrical contacts (16). The card has an insertion edge (A) which traverses the complementary A electrical contacts (16) when the card is inserted in the card reader in a correct fashion. The card comprises an electrical contact (22) for receiving a power supply voltage which electrical contact (22) is closer to the insertion edge (A) than any electrical contact for communicating data in accordance with the universal serial bus standard (32, 34).

Claims

1. / A card comprising electrical contacts for communicating in accordance with a universal serial bus standard, which card can be inserted in a card reader having complementary electrical contacts, the card having an insertion edge which traverses the complementary electrical contacts when the card is inserted in the card reader in a correct fashion, characterized in that the card comprises an electrical contact for receiving a power supply voltage which electrical contact is closer to the insertion edge than any electrical contact for communicating data in accordance with the universal serial bus standard.

2. / A card according to claim 1, characterized in that the electrical contacts are compatible with ISO standard 7816.