US 2022/0036016 A1 · Systems and Methods of Card Reader Protection

Abstract

Example embodiments of the systems and methods of card reader protection disclosed herein combine motorization technology with payment card industry (PCI) protection technology. In an example embodiment, access to the card is protected by a mesh grid inside a printed circuit board (PCB). In one embodiment, there are five mesh grid walls in total. A secure signal is used to transmit data. The data is transmitted along traces embedded within the circuit boards. When a signal trace extends from one layer of the PCB to a second layer, the traces on the separate layers are connected with a via hole that extends between the layers and electrically connects traces on different layers. In an example embodiment, one or more of the boards fit together with slot joints. The vias are positioned in the board such that they are hidden due to the slot joint configuration.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a motorized card reader, the card reader configured to read information saved in at least one of a magnetic strip and an integrated circuit (IC) chip of a card inserted into the card reader;
and
a protection system comprised of a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs), at least two of the plurality of PCBs mechanically connected with slot joints, the at least two of the plurality of PCBs comprising multiple layers with maze-shaped serpentine circuit traces that comprise via-holes at the slot joint portion of the at least two of the plurality of PCBs.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Systems and Methods of Card Reader Protection

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