Transponder label

• US 7,143,951 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2002
• Issued: 12/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Assa Abloy AB
• Original Assignee: Interlock AG (Assa Abloy AB)
• Inventors: Vogt, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): RIZKALLAH, KIMBERLY NGUYEN
• Application Number:
  US10/497,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20050174240A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,467 Days
• Field of Search: 235/492, 235488-490, 257/679
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07745 Mounting details of integrated circuit chips
• 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: 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 transponder label including a transponder film, a chip mounted on the transponder film and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer has a thickness that is equal to the thickness of the chip. The adhesive layer also has a recess in an area of the chip, which recess has a contour that matches the shape of the chip.

Claims

1. A transponder label, comprising:

a transponder film;

a chip mounted on the transponder film; and

an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer having a thickness that is equal to the thickness of the chip, the adhesive layer having a recess in an area of the chip, the recess having a contour that matches a shape of the chip.

2. The transponder label in accordance with claim 1, and further comprising a printable cover layer on a side of the transponder film that faces away from the chip.

3. The transponder label according to claim 2, wherein at least one of the group consisting of the transponder film, the cover layer and the adhesive layer has recesses for balancing weight.

4. The transponder label in accordance with claim 2, and further comprising another cover layer joined to the adhesive layer.

5. The transponder label in accordance with claim 4, wherein the label is shaped as a credit card or chip card.

6. The transponder label in accordance with claim 1, wherein the transponder film consists of an opaque material.

7. The transponder label in accordance with claim 1, wherein the transponder film is a cover film.

8. The transponder label in accordance with claim 7, wherein the transponder film is printable on a side that faces away from the chip.

9. The transponder label in accordance with claim 1, wherein the adhesive layer is covered by a backing layer which can be pulled off.

10. The transponder label in accordance with claim 9, wherein the backing layer is silicone-treated paper.

11. A transponder label, comprising:

a transponder film;

a chip mounted on the transponder film;

an adhesive layer; and

a printable cover layer, the adhesive layer being mounted on a side of the transponder film that faces away from the chip, the chip being embedded in the cover layer, the cover layer having a thickness equal to a thickness of the chip and a recess in an area of the chip.

12. The transponder label in accordance with claim 11, wherein the recess has a contour that matches a shape of the chip.

13. The transponder label in accordance with claim 11, wherein the cover layer is a printable cover film.

14. The transponder label in accordance with claim 11, wherein at least one of the group consisting of the transponder film, the cover layer and the adhesive layer has recesses for balancing weight.

15. The transponder label in accordance with claim 11, wherein the transponder film consists of an opaque material.

16. The transponder label in accordance with claim 11, wherein the transponder film is a cover film.

17. The transponder label in accordance with claim 16, wherein the transponder film is printable on a side that faces away from the chip.

18. The transponder label in accordance with claim 11, wherein the adhesive layer is covered by a backing layer which can be pulled off.

19. The transponder label in accordance with claim 18, wherein the backing layer is silicone-treated paper.

20. The transponder label in accordance with claim 11, and further comprising another cover layer joined to the adhesive layer.

21. The transponder label in accordance with claim 20, wherein the label is shaped as a credit card or chip card.