Smart Card Module
First Claim
1. A smart card module comprising:
- an elongated circuit substrate;
a card-reader contact element on one side of the substrate for connection to a smart card reader;
an integrated circuit connection element on another side of the substrate in electrical communication with the card-reader contact element and to which an integrated circuit is mountable; and
an antenna on the substrate and which is connected to the integrated circuit connection element for receiving radio frequency signals from the smart card reader to energize the integrated circuit,a furthest perimeter edge of the antenna being spaced from a relative proximal edge of the card-reader contact element by at least half a distance between the proximal edge and a center of the card-reader contact element.
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Abstract
A smart card module has an elongated circuit substrate; a card-reader contact element on one side of the substrate for connection to a smart card reader; an integrated circuit connection element on another side of the substrate connected to the card-reader contact element and to which an integrated circuit is mountable; and an antenna on the substrate connected to the integrated circuit connection element for receiving radio frequency signals from the smart card reader. A furthest perimeter edge of the antenna is spaced from a proximal edge of the card-reader contact element by at least half a distance between the proximal edge and a center C1 of the card-reader contact element. Thus a larger antenna coil can be accommodated on the substrate with less overlap of the card-reader contact element, whilst also enabling a separate module to be integrated with the smart card.
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20 Claims
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1. A smart card module comprising:
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an elongated circuit substrate; a card-reader contact element on one side of the substrate for connection to a smart card reader; an integrated circuit connection element on another side of the substrate in electrical communication with the card-reader contact element and to which an integrated circuit is mountable; and an antenna on the substrate and which is connected to the integrated circuit connection element for receiving radio frequency signals from the smart card reader to energize the integrated circuit, a furthest perimeter edge of the antenna being spaced from a relative proximal edge of the card-reader contact element by at least half a distance between the proximal edge and a center of the card-reader contact element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A smart card module comprising:
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an elongated circuit substrate having a major longitudinal extent and a minor lateral extent; a card-reader contact element on one side of the circuit substrate for connection to a smart card reader; an integrated circuit connection element on another side of the circuit substrate in electrical communication with the card-reader contact element and to which an integrated circuit is mountable; and an antenna on the circuit substrate and which is connected to the integrated circuit connection element for receiving radio frequency signals from the smart card reader to energize the integrated circuit, at least part of the antenna extending across at least substantially the entire minor lateral extent of the circuit substrate at or adjacent to a perimeter edge thereof, a perimeter edge of the antenna part being spaced from a relative proximal edge of the card-reader contact element by at least half a distance between the proximal edge and a center of the card-reader contact element.
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