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US 5,514,856 AGranted
Hybrid card having IC chip and optical/magnetic recording region thereon
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshihiro Kitahara, Toshio Horiguchi
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Abstract
A hybrid card comprises a substrate carrying an IC chip. An IC terminal is electrically connected to the IC chip and is arranged on a first surface of the substrate. A contact region is defined around the IC terminal and is occupied when a contact terminal of a recording/reproducing apparatus electrically contacts the IC terminal. An optical recording region has a plurality of tracks extending parallel to each other on the first surface. The contact region and the optical recording region are spaced apart in a direction parallel to the tracks.
Claims8
A hybrid card comprising:
- a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
- an IC chip mounted in the substrate;
- at least one IC terminal electrically connected to the IC chip and arranged on only one of the first and second surfaces;
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- an optical recording region having a plurality of tracks extending parallel to each other, the recording region being on only one of the first and second surfaces, and
- wherein said at least one IC terminal and said optical recording region are spaced from each other along the extending direction of the tracks, to thereby provide a space in said extending direction between said recording region and said at least one IC terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.