Ic card and a method of manufacturing an ic card

Abstract

An IC card has, inside a card body, an IC chip and an antenna. To prevent breakage of the IC chip by an external bending force applied to the IC card, grooves are formed on both surfaces of the card body so as to surround the IC chip, or the portion of the card body surrounding the IC chip is made thinner than the remaining portions thereof. Even if a bending force is applied to the IC card, the card body bends along the grooves or the thinner portion. This reduces the bending force transmitted to the IC chip and thereby protect it. The grooves or the thinner portion may be formed so as to surround only the IC chip or both the IC chip and the antenna.

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