Smart cards having glue-positioned electronic components
First Claim
1. A smart card comprising a top layer, a core layer in which an electronic component is embedded and a bottom layer, and wherein said smart card further comprises at least two mounds of low shrinkage glue that serve to hold the electronic component in a given position in the core layer such that the electronic component is not in contact with the top layer or the bottom layer and such that a portion of a material that constitutes the core layer is under the electronic component and between the mounds of low shrinkage glue.
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Abstract
Smart cards having high quality external surfaces can be made through the use of partially cured, low shrinkage glues to hold the smart card'"'"'s electronic elements during their immersion in a thermosetting material that becomes the core layer of said cards. Mounds of low shrinkages give serve to hold the electronic component in a given position in the core layer.
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7 Claims
- 1. A smart card comprising a top layer, a core layer in which an electronic component is embedded and a bottom layer, and wherein said smart card further comprises at least two mounds of low shrinkage glue that serve to hold the electronic component in a given position in the core layer such that the electronic component is not in contact with the top layer or the bottom layer and such that a portion of a material that constitutes the core layer is under the electronic component and between the mounds of low shrinkage glue.
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7. A smart card comprising a top layer, a core layer in which an electronic component is embedded and a bottom layer, and wherein said smart card further comprises at least two mounds of low shrinkage glue each having a volume of less than about 0.1 cc that serve to hold the electronic component in a position that is between about 0.075 and about 0.13 mm above an inside surface of the bottom layer such that a portion of a material that constitutes the core layer is under the electronic component and between the mounds of low shrinkage glue.
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