Hybrid chip card capable of both contact and contact-free operation and having antenna contacts situated in a cavity for an electronic module
First Claim
1. A hybrid chip card comprisingan electronic module havingan integrated circuit chip,contact pads connected to said integrated circuit chip for a contact-using operation of said card, andfirst and second contact zones;
- a card body, the card body having a cavity formed therein for holding the electronic module, and the cavity opening out on a face of the card body for receiving the electronic module; and
an antenna, the antenna having first and second contacts situated in the cavity, and the antenna being connected to said first and second contact zones of said electronic module via the first and second contacts.
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Abstract
A contact-free card and a method for the manufacture of such a card. The card comprises a card body, an electronic module having an integrated chip card and two contact zones, and an antenna connected to the contact zones of said module by two contact terminals, wherein said module furthermore has contact pads connected to said chip for a contact-using operation of said card. Said method has a step according to which a layer of the card body is negative-molded on the antenna and a cavity is made in the card body, revealing said contact terminals of the antenna, followed by a step according to which the electronic module is mounted in the cavity of the card body. The invention can be applied to the manufacture of contact-free cards, which may or may not be combined and designed, for example, for remote cash type of operations.
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1. A hybrid chip card comprising
an electronic module having an integrated circuit chip, contact pads connected to said integrated circuit chip for a contact-using operation of said card, and first and second contact zones; -
a card body, the card body having a cavity formed therein for holding the electronic module, and the cavity opening out on a face of the card body for receiving the electronic module; and an antenna, the antenna having first and second contacts situated in the cavity, and the antenna being connected to said first and second contact zones of said electronic module via the first and second contacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A hybrid chip card for communicating with first and second chip card readers, the hybrid chip card comprising:
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an electronic module, the electronic module further including an integrated circuit chip, a plurality of contact pads connected to the integrated circuit chip, the contact pads defining a first means for communicating with the first chip card reader; first and second contact zones, the first contact zone being located on a lower face of a first one of the plurality of contact pads, and the second contact zone being located on a lower face of a second one of the plurality of contact pads, a card body, the card body having a cavity formed therein for holding the electronic module, and the cavity opening out on a face of the card body for receiving the electronic module; and an antenna, the antenna being connected to the first and second contact zones of the electronic module, and the antenna defining a second means for communicating with the second chip card reader. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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