Card-shaped electronic apparatus

Abstract

A PC card has a plastic frame 8 provided along the periphery of a substrate 4. Metal plates 2 such as stainless steel plates and the like cover both surfaces of the substrate and are attached to the plastic frame 8. External surfaces of the metal plates 2 in an area on the opposite side of a connector 1 which are touched by a person's hand are covered by an insulation tape 7, so that, even if a person charged with static electricity touches the PC card when the PC card is inserted or withdrawn from an external apparatus such as a personal computer (PC), the static electricity (charge) of the person does not flow into the external apparatus. Thus, malfunctions or erroneous operations of the external apparatus do not occur.

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