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US 6,634,565 B2Granted
Smart card having additional connector pads
AssigneeLitronic, Inc.
InventorRobert J. Gray
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Abstract
A smart card, having a set of standardized contact pads and an additional set of contact pads to provide additional performance characteristics. The additional contact pads are formed on the smart card on the area located between the ISO 7816 standardized contact pads C1 through C4 and C5 through C8, which area was previously used solely as a ground plane connection to contact pad C5. By increasing the number of contact pads, the additional pads can be used for input/output connections, memory, flash memory and/or interfaces with specific functions such as a service provided interface.
Claims3
A smart card, comprising:
- a first plurality of contact pads disposed in a spaced ISO 7816 standardized configuration;
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- a second plurality of contact pads to provide additional electrical connections for the smart card;
- wherein said second plurality set of contact pads is disposed between said first plurality of contact pads.
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