Sheet-framed IC carrier, method for producing the same, and IC carrier case

• US 6,776,347 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2002
• Issued: 08/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Company Limited
• Inventors: Wakamatsu, Masaki, Nishikawa, Seiichi, Harima, Hiroshi, Moriyama, Akiko, Inada, Mayumi, Fukushima, Yoshikazu, Takahashi, Jun, Irisawa, Kazuyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): TREMBLAY, MARK STEPHEN
• Application Number:
  US10/032,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20020050527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 958 Days
• Field of Search: 235/487, 235/492, 235/489, 156/250
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/188 Media card holders, e.g. memory cards, SIM cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/072 the record carrier comprising a plurality of integrated circuit chips
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/077 Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07701 the record carrier comprising an interface suitable for human interaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07739 comprising a first part capable of functioning as a record carrier on its own and a second part being only functional as a form factor changing part, e.g. SIM cards type ID 0001, removably attached to a regular smart card form factor
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07745 Mounting details of integrated circuit chips
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00 Indexing scheme for arrangements or methods for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies as covered by H01L24/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/0002 Not covered by any one of groups H01L24/00, H01L24/00 and H01L2224/00

Abstract

A sheet-framed IC carrier has a sheet frame having an aperature, and a backing film with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface thereof which is adhered to the back surface of the sheet frame. An IC carrier having an IC module is secured in the aperature of the sheet frame with the adhesive layer on the backing film. When the IC carrier is removed from the sheet-framed IC carrier, no excessive load is exerted on the IC module and no projection remains on the peripheral edge of the carrier base.

Claims

1. A method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier in which an IC carrier having an IC module is secured with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a backing film in an aperture in a sheet frame, comprising:

mounting an IC module on a sheet card base;

adhering a backing film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface thereof onto a back surface of said card base; and

cutting and removing a portion corresponding to a peripheral edge of said IC carrier on a top surface of said card base, excluding said backing film, to form a peripheral slit, whereby the sheet frame and the IC carrier secured in the aperture are separated from each other through the peripheral slit.

2. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 1, wherein in the step of forming the peripheral slit, a bridge portion is formed connecting the IC carrier and the sheet frame.

3. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 1, further comprising a step of cutting and removing a region between the peripheral slit and a peripheral edge portion of the card base on the top surface of the card base, leaving the backing film, to form a frame slit, whereby the sheet frame may be divided through the frame slit into two or more frame segments.

4. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 3, wherein the step of forming the frame slit, a bridge portion is to connect between the frame segments.

5. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 1, further comprising a step of cutting and removing a region outside a region covering the aperture of the backing film, leaving the sheet frame, to form a film slit.

6. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 1, further comprising a step of providing an information indicating portion for indicating identification information of said IC carrier, in portions corresponding to the sheet frame and the IC carrier on the card base.

7. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 1, wherein said backing film has a magnetic layer for information to be written or read, on the other surface, further comprising a step of recording mutually related information in the magnetic layer and in the IC module.

8. A method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier in which an IC carrier having an IC module is secured with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a backing film in an aperture in a sheet frame, comprising:

forming an aperture in a card base;

adhering a backing film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface thereof, onto a back surface of said card base;

cutting and removing a region between said aperture and a peripheral edge portion of said card base, leaving the backing film, to form a frame slit, whereby the sheet frame may be separated through the frame slit into two or more frame segments; and

securing said IC carrier in said aperture with said adhesive layer on said backing film.

9. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 8, wherein the step of forming the frame slit, a bridge portion is provided to connect the frame segments.

10. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 8, further comprising a step of cutting and removing a region outside a region covering the aperture of the backing film, leaving the sheet frame, to form a film slit.

11. A method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier in which an IC carrier having an IC module is secured with a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on a backing film in an aperture in a sheet frame, comprising:

adhering a backing film having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface thereof, onto a back surface of a card base;

forming a mount recess for mounting an IC module therein on a top surface of the card base and cutting and removing a portion corresponding to a peripheral edge of said IC carrier, leaving the backing film, to form a peripheral slit portion; and

mounting an IC module in said mount recess.

12. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 11, wherein in the step of forming said mount recess and peripheral slit, a frame slit is formed by cutting and removing a region between the peripheral slit and the peripheral edge portion of the card base, leaving the backing film, so that said sheet frame may be separated into two or more frame segments.

13. The method for producing a sheet-framed IC carrier according to claim 12, wherein the step of forming the frame slit, a bridge portion is provided to connect the frame segments.