Core layer for information carrying card, resulting information carrying card, and methods of making the same

A core layer for a plurality of information carrying cards comprising:

• a first thermoplastic layer, the first thermoplastic layer comprising a thermoplastic material;
• a plurality of inlay layers, wherein each of the plurality of inlay layers comprises at least one electronic component;
• a second thermoplastic layer disposed over the first thermoplastic layer, wherein the second thermoplastic layer comprises a second thermoplastic material and defines a plurality of through-holes therein;
• a crosslinked polymer composition including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion,
• wherein the first portion of the crosslinked polymer composition is a layer disposed between the first thermoplastic layer and the second thermoplastic layer, the second portion of the crosslinked polymer composition is disposed inside each of the plurality of through-holes and one respective inlay layer is disposed inside the second portion of the crosslinked polymer composition so as to be freely movable inside each respective through-hole before the crosslinked polymer composition is crosslinked, and the third portion of the crosslinked polymer composition is a layer disposed over each respective inlay layer and on the second thermoplastic layer,
• wherein the respective inlay layer is centered inside the second portion of the crosslinked polymer composition inside each of the plurality of through-holes with respect to a thickness of the second thermoplastic layer and/or edges of a respective through-hole, and
• wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion of the crosslinked polymer composition are made of a same material and together are monolithic and continuous.