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US 2019/0102665 A1Published application
Method of manufacturing a smartcard
AssigneeZwipe AS
InventorsDevin SNELL, Jose Ignacio Wintergerst LAVIN
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a smartcard includes providing a flexible circuit having contacts for connection to a contact pad, wherein a secure element is electrically connected to the flexible circuit, electrically connecting contacts on the contact pad to the contacts on a flexible circuit via conductive paths through an extension block. A lamination process is applied to the flexible circuit to provide a card body enclosing the flexible circuit.
Claims20
A smartcard comprising:
- a card body enclosing a flexible circuit;
- a contact pad having contacts exposed from the card body;
- an extension block located within the card body between the contact pad and the flexible circuit, the extension block defining conductive paths therethrough such that the contacts of the contact pad are electrically connected to the flexible circuit via the conductive paths;
- and
- a secure element located within the card body and electrically connected to the flexible circuit, wherein the secure element does not overlap with the contact pad.
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A method of manufacturing a smartcard comprising:
- providing a flexible circuit having contacts for connection to a contact pad, and configured for connection to a secure element;
- electrically connecting contacts on a contact pad to the contacts on the flexible circuit board via conductive paths through an extension block;
- electrically connecting a secure element to the flexible circuit board such that the secure element does not overlap with the contact pad;
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- applying a lamination process to the flexible circuit to provide a card body enclosing the flexible circuit.
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A method of manufacturing a smartcard comprising:
- providing a card body enclosing a flexible smartcard circuit having contacts for connection to a contact pad, wherein a secure element is located within the card body and electrically connected to the flexible circuit, and wherein a cavity is formed in the card body exposing the contacts;
- inserting into the cavity an extension block that defines paths therethrough and a contact pad having contacts;
- and
- electrically connecting the contacts on the contact pad to the contacts on the flexible circuit via the paths of the extension block.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.