Memory card and method for producing same
AssigneeSchlumberger Systemes
InventorPascal Billebaud
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Abstract
The invention relates to a memory card of the type comprising a card body (1) having an integrated circuit (2) embedded in one face thereof, with said face carrying a conductor pattern (3) made up of a plurality of conductive areas (4) and of associated conductive tracks (5). According to the invention, a reinforcing element (10) implemented in the form of a closed ring is disposed in the thickness of the card body (1), in register with the zone occupied by the integrated circuit (2) so as to stiffen locally the zone of the card which carries the integrated circuit.
Claims10
A memory card of the type comprising a card body having a face in which an integrated circuit is embedded directly, and having on said face a conductor pattern constituted by a plurality of conductive areas and of associated conductive tracks connecting said areas to the integrated circuit, wherein a reinforcing element implemented in the form of a closed ring, is buried in the material of the card body in register with the zone occupied by the integrated circuit, the ring extending in a plane (PM) to be substantially parallel to the above-specified face of the card body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.