Metal smart card with radio-frequency antenna and method for manufacturing such a smart card
AssigneeIdemia France
InventorsAhmed ALI, Tiphaine GROULT
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AssigneeIdemia France
InventorsAhmed ALI, Tiphaine GROULT
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A smart card that includes a metal layer including a cavity and a junction connecting the cavity to an edge of the card, an RF chip, an RF antenna electrically connected to the RF chip by a conductive physical connection, the antenna being disposed on a non-conductive layer deposited onto the metal layer, the RF chip being disposed in the vicinity of the metal layer and including a first set of turns routed along the perimeter of the card, including at least one turn extending towards the inside of the card, and electrically connected to a second set of turns routed outside the cavity, along the edges of the cavity, the turns of the two sets of turns being disposed so that the current flows in the same direction in the two sets of turns.
A smart card comprising:
A method for manufacturing a smart card from a card body at least partly formed by a metal layer, comprising:
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