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US 7,237,724 B2Granted
Smart card and method for manufacturing a smart card
OwnerRobert Singletoninventor
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Abstract
A smart card and a method for manufacturing the same wherein the smart card is composed of a printed circuit board, having a top surface and a bottom surface, a plurality of circuit components attached to the top surface of the printed circuit board, a filler board, attached to the top surface of the printed circuit board, a bottom overlay attached to the bottom surface of the printed circuit board, a top overlay positioned above the top surface of the printed circuit board and a thermosetting polymeric layer positioned between the top surface of the printed circuit board and the top overlay.
Claims5
A method for manufacturing a smart card, comprising:
- providing a printed circuit board having a top surface and a bottom surface, with circuit traces on the top surface of the printed circuit board;
- attaching filler board having a plurality of openings to the top surface of the printed circuit board;
- inserting a plurality of circuit components into the plurality of filler board openings;
- attaching the bottom surface of the printed circuit board to a bottom overlay;
- loading the printed circuit board and bottom overlay into an injection molding apparatus;
- loading a top overlay positioned above a top surface of the filler board into the injection molding apparatus;
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- injecting thermosetting polymeric material between the top surface of the filler board, the plurality of circuit components and the bottom overlay.
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