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US 6,547,151 B1Granted
Currency note comprising an integrated circuit
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorLivio Baldi
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Abstract
A currency note includes an identification and/or authentication element including an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit can store, securely in electronic form and accessible from outside, such information as: the value, serial number, issuer, and date of issuance.
Claims69
A currency note having a face value and comprising:
- a currency note substrate and indicia thereon of the face value of the currency note;
- and
- at least one integrated circuit for storing information relating to the face value of the currency note and carried by said currency note substrate as at least one of an identification and an authentication element of the currency note.
A currency note having a face value and comprising:
- a currency note substrate and indicia thereon of the face value of the currency note;
- and
- at least one integrated circuit carried by said currency note substrate as at least one of an identification and an authentication element of the currency note, said at least one integrated circuit comprising an integrated antenna and being devoid of terminals and also storing information relating to the face value of the currency note.
A currency note having a face value and comprising:
- a currency note substrate and indicia thereon of the face value of the currency note, said currency note comprising at least one flexible layer;
- and
- at least one integrated circuit carried by said currency note substrate as at least one of an identification and an authentication element of the currency note, said at least one integrated circuit comprising a plurality of terminals and storing information relating to the face value of the currency note.
A method for making a currency note having a face value comprising:
- providing a currency note substrate having an indicia thereon of the face value of the currency note;
- mounting at least one integrated circuit to be carried by the currency note substrate as at least one of an identification and an authentication element of the currency note;
- and
- storing information relating to the face value of the currency note in the at least one integrated circuit.
1 more element
A currency note having a face value and comprising:
- a currency note substrate and indicia thereon of the face value of the currency note;
- and
- at least one integrated circuit for storing information relating to the face value of the currency note and carried by said currency note substrate as at least one of an identification and an authentication element of the currency note, said at least one integrated circuit comprising
- a non-volatile memory for storing the information,
- a security circuit comprising a non-erasable memory for inhibiting programming of said non-volatile memory in relation to the information stored in said non-erasable memory, and
- an integrated antenna for providing remote access to the information without contact to the currency note.
3 more elements
A currency note having a face value and comprising:
- a currency note substrate comprising at least one flexible layer and having an indicia thereon of the face value of the currency note;
- and
- at least one integrated circuit for storing information relating to at least one of the face value of the currency note, an identity of the currency note, an issuer of the currency note, and a date of issuance of the currency note, said at least one integrated circuit being carried by said currency note substrate as at least one of an identification and an authentication element of the currency note, said at least one integrated circuit comprising
- a non-volatile memory for storing the information, said non-volatile memory being programmable only once,
- a security circuit comprising a non-erasable memory for inhibiting programming of said non-volatile memory in relation to the information stored in said non-erasable memory, and
- an integrated antenna for providing remote access to the information without contact to the currency note.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.