Metallized smartcard constructions and methods

Abstract

A dual-interface smartcard (SC) having a booster antenna (BA) with coupler coil (CC) in its card body, and a metallized face plate having a window opening for an antenna module (AM) having contact pads (CP) and a module antenna (MA). A compensation loop (CL) may be disposed directly behind a peripheral portion of the booster antenna. The compensation loop may be formed of a conductive material, such as copper, or of ferrite, and may have two free ends or no free ends. Additionally, the window opening may be substantially larger than the antenna module, the face plate may be perforated, ferrite material may be disposed between the face plate and the booster antenna, the coupler coil may be offset from the antenna, and a ferrite element may be disposed in the antenna module between the module antenna and the contact pads.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.