Data carrier with an electronic module and a method for producing the same
First Claim
1. A data carrier formed as an IC card consisting of at least one of paper and cardboard, said data carrier comprising a card body made of at least one of paper and cardboard, and an electronic module for exchanging data with an external device, dimensions of said card body fulfilling ISO standard ISO 7810, said electronic module having contact surfaces for touch contact, and said electronic module being embedded in said card body at such a position that said contact surfaces are located in an area of said data carrier fixed by ISO standard ISO 7816/2.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a data carrier comprising a one- or multilayer card body in which an electronic module is embedded. The layers of the card body consist of paper and/or cardboard and are interconnected for example by thermally activable adhesive or contact adhesive. The cards can be produced by continuous technology, the individual card layers being supplied from endless rolls, provided with the necessary windows for receiving the modules, and finally interconnected. The modules are inserted in the resulting gaps. The individual cards are punched out.
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30 Claims
- 1. A data carrier formed as an IC card consisting of at least one of paper and cardboard, said data carrier comprising a card body made of at least one of paper and cardboard, and an electronic module for exchanging data with an external device, dimensions of said card body fulfilling ISO standard ISO 7810, said electronic module having contact surfaces for touch contact, and said electronic module being embedded in said card body at such a position that said contact surfaces are located in an area of said data carrier fixed by ISO standard ISO 7816/2.
- 11. A data carrier formed as an IC card consisting of at least one of paper and cardboard, the data carrier having a card body made of at least one of paper and cardboard and an electronic module for exchanging data with an external device, dimensions of the card body fulfilling ISO standard ISO 7810, the electronic module being capable of noncontacting communication, and the electronic module being embedded in the card body in such a way that it is surrounded on all sides by paper or cardboard.
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17. A method for producing data carriers, comprising the steps of:
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(a) supplying cardboard with the thickness of said data carriers from a roll in endless form, (b) providing said cardboard with punchings at predetermined intervals so that windows arise in the cardboard, (c) providing said cardboard with debossing in the area of said windows so that depressions with a greater diameter than that of the windows arise in said cardboard in the area of said windows, (d) inserting electronic modules in the resulting gaps in the cardboard, whereby first areas of said electronic modules bearing contact surfaces for contacting coupling are located in said depressions and second areas of said modules bearing integrated circuits are located in said windows, (e) gluing said electronic modules in said gaps, and (f) punching individual data carriers out of said roll.
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18. A method for producing data carriers, comprising the steps of:
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(a) supplying an upper cover layer, a lower cover layer and at least one core layer of at least one of cardboard and paper each from a roll, (b) punching windows in said core layer at predetermined intervals, bringing said core layer and said lower cover layer together and gluing them, whereby gaps arise in said core layer at the positions of said windows, (c) introducing an electronic module for noncontacting communication in said resulting gaps, (d) bringing said core layer together with said upper cover layer and gluing them together, and (e) punching individual data carriers out of the resulting band. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for producing data carriers, comprising the steps of:
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(a) supplying an upper cover layers, a lower cover layer and at least one core layer of at least one of cardboard and paper each from a roll, (b) providing said core layer and said upper cover layer with windows by punching, the openings in said cover layer being greater than the openings in said core layer, (c) interconnecting the three layers, yielding a band having two-step gaps at predetermined intervals, (d) introducing electronic modules in said two-step gaps, whereby parts of said electronic modules bearing contact surfaces for contacting communication are located in the upper areas of said gaps and parts of the electronic modules bearing integrated circuits are located in the lower areas of said gaps, and (e) punching individual data carriers out of the resulting band. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for producing data carriers, comprising the steps of:
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(a) supplying an upper layer, a lower layer and at least one core layer of at least one of cardboard and paper, (b) interconnecting the layers, yielding a band or sheet, (c) cutting in at least said upper cover layer with a cutting tool at predetermined intervals in such a way that the edges of cut include certain areas, (d) using a milling tool to produce gaps in said areas, whereby the limits of said gaps located in said upper cover layer are fixed by said edges of cut, (e) introducing electronic modules in the resulting gaps, and (f) punching individual data carriers out of the resulting band or sheet.
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26. A method for producing a data carrier, formed as an IC card and having an embedded electronic module, comprising the steps of:
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(a) producing cardboard and (b) embedding said electronic module in said cardboard during production of said cardboard in step (a). - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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