Contactless IC card

• US 5,999,409 A
• Filed: 01/21/1998
• Issued: 12/07/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Chemical Company Limited (Resonac Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Chemical Company Limited (Resonac Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Ando, Kimiaki, Ohkawa, Takehiro, Kaneko, Kazuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Picard, Leo P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gandhi, Jayprakash N.
• Application Number:
  US09/010,184
• Time in Patent Office: 685 Days
• Field of Search: 361/728, 361/736, 361/737, 361/748, 361/794, 343/895, 235/492
• US Class Current: 361/737
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07779 the inductive antenna being a coil
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07783 the coil being planar
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/16 incorporating printed electric components, e.g. printed resistor, capacitor, inductor

Abstract

The pattern line width of a coil is partially widened in a predetermined dimension and wiring patterns of a coil on the surface side and a coil on the rear side are arranged so as not to be in overlapped positions. Consequently, a direct current resistance of the coil can be reduced and an adverse influence by a self resonance of the coil on a communication can be reduced.

Claims

1. A contactless IC card comprising:

an insulating film; and

coupling areas located in central portions on front surface and a rear surface of coil forming areas in a predetermined dimension on the insulating film,

wherein antenna coils are formed and are constructed by a pair of coils on the front surface and the rear surface which have turns in the same direction when seen from the outside, are shifted by a half pitch between a coil on the front surface and a coil on the rear surface, and are connected via a through hole in an end part of the coupling areas.

2. A contactless IC card comprising:

an insulating film; and

coupling areas located in central portions on a front surface and a rear surface of coil forming areas in a predetermined dimension on the insulating film,

wherein antenna coils constructed by a pair of coils on the front surface and the rear surface which have turns in the same direction when seen from the outside, are shifted by a half pitch between the coil on the front surface and the coil on the rear surface, and are connected via a through hole in an end part of the coupling areas and are formed by a thick film printing method.

3. A contactless IC card comprising:

an insulating film; and

coupling areas located in central portions on a front surface and a rear surface of coil forming areas in a predetermined dimension on the insulating film,

wherein two or more pairs of antenna coils are formed, each consisting of a pair of surfaces and rear coils which have turns in the same direction when seen from the outside, being shifted by a half pitch between the coil on the front surface and the coil on the rear surface, and are connected via a through hole in an end part of the coupling areas.

4. A contactless IC card having an IC circuit and an antenna coil connected to said IC circuit, wherein said coil comprises:

a first coil portion and a second coil portion which are provided on both surfaces of an insulating sheet opposing each other; and

said first coil portion and said second coil portion have a first portion and a second portion positioned in a first direction, respectively;

said coil in said first portion and said coil in said second portion are positioned shifted with respect to each another by a half pitch.

5. A contactless IC card having an antenna coil, wherein:

said coil has a first coil portion and a second coil portion which are provided on both surfaces of an insulating sheet, opposing to each other; and

said first coil portion has a first portion and a second portion positioned along a first and a second directions, and said second coil portion has a third portion and a fourth portion positioned along said first and said second directions, respectively;

wherein said coil in said first portion and said coil in said third portion are positioned shifted with respect to each other by a half pitch, and said coil in said second portion and said coil in said fourth portion are positioned shifted with respect to each other by a half pitch.

6. A contactless IC card having an antenna coil, wherein:

said coil has a first coil portion and a second coil portion which are provided on both surfaces of an insulating sheet, opposing each other; and

said first coil portion has a first portion and a second portion positioned along a first and a second directions, and said second coil portion has a third portion and a fourth portion positioned along said first and said second directions, respectively;

said coil in said first portion and said coil in said third portion are positioned shifted with respect to each other by a half pitch, and said coil in said second portion and said coil in said fourth portion are positioned shifted with respect to each other by the half pitch;

wherein a width of said coil in said first portion is larger than a width of said coil in said second portion, and a width of said coil in said third portion is larger than a width of said coil in said fourth portion.

7. A contactless IC card for transferring power and for transmitting and receiving signals by electromagnetic coupling between an antenna coil on a reader/writer side, comprising:

a card body of insulating material in a shape of a card;

an antenna coil on at least one of both side surfaces of said card body;

an IC circuit mounted on a part of said card body; and

electric circuit portions on said card body for electrically connecting at least said antenna coil and said IC circuit, wherein said antenna coil includes conductive lines extending in one direction on said card body and other conductive lines extending in other direction different from the one direction, and a line width of the conductive lines extending in the one direction is larger than a line width of the other conductive lines extending in the other direction.

8. A contactless IC card as defined in claim 7, wherein the one direction is along a side edge in a lateral direction of said card body, and the other direction is along a side edge in a vertical direction of said card body.

9. A contactless IC card as defined in claim 7, wherein said antenna coil is constructed with conductive paste formed on the surface of said insulating card body.

10. A contactless IC card as defined in claim 7, further including another antenna coil on said side surface of said insulating card body.

11. A contactless IC card as defined in claim 7, further including another antenna coil on another side surface of said insulating card body opposing to the side surface on which said antenna coil is formed.