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US 6,712,279 B2Granted
Data carrier comprising an array of contacts
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsAndreas Muehlberger, Gerald Schaffler, Joachim Schober
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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsAndreas Muehlberger, Gerald Schaffler, Joachim Schober
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A module (1) for a data carrier (3) for performing of operations with contacts and operations without contacts comprising an integrated component (4) with component connections (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7, A8) and having a contact field (5) accessible to counter contacts with module connecting contacts (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8), with each component connection (A1, A2, A3, A5, A7) used for operations with contacts being in an electrically conductive connection with a module connecting contact (C1, C2, C3, C5, C7) of the contact field (5) and each component connection (A4, A8) used for operations without contacts also being in an electrically conductive connection with a module connecting contact (C4, C8) of the contact field (5).
A module for a data carrier which may be used for both operations with contacts and operations without contacts, with the module containing an integrated component, which has component connections used for operations with contacts and here being in an electrical conductive connection with counter contacts of a communication station and having component connections used for operations without contacts and here being in an electrically conductive connection with counter contacts of a transmission means which work in a contactless manner, and with the module having a contact field with module connecting contacts accessible to counter contacts, wherein each component connection used for operations with contacts being in an electrically conductive connection with a module connecting contact of the contact field and wherein each component connection used for operations without contacts also being in an electrically conductive connection with a module connecting contact of the contact field, wherein each component connection used for operations without contacts is also in an electrically conductive connection with a supplementary connecting contact for providing an electrically conductive connection with a counter contact of the transmission means which work in a contactless manner.
A data carrier which may be used to support the performance of both operations with contacts and operations without contacts and which comprises a module, with the module containing an integrated component which has component connections used for operations with contacts and here being in an electrically conductive connection with counter contacts of a communication station and having component connections used for operations without contacts and here being in an electrically conductive connection with counter contacts of transmission means which work in a contactless manner, and with the module having a contact field with module connecting contacts accessible to counter contacts, wherein each component connection used for operations with contacts being in an electrically conductive connection with a module connecting contact of the contact field and wherein each component connection used for operations without contacts also being in an electrically conductive connection with a module connecting contact of the contact field wherein each component connection used for operations without contacts is also in an electrically conductive connection with a supplementary connecting contact for providing an electrically conductive connection with a counter contact of the transmission means which work in a contactless manner, with the transmission means being contained in the data carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.