EP1792283A1 - Element de securite comprenant une caracteristique d'authenticite lisible par machine - Google Patents

Element de securite comprenant une caracteristique d'authenticite lisible par machine

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EP1792283A1
EP1792283A1 EP05776344A EP05776344A EP1792283A1 EP 1792283 A1 EP1792283 A1 EP 1792283A1 EP 05776344 A EP05776344 A EP 05776344A EP 05776344 A EP05776344 A EP 05776344A EP 1792283 A1 EP1792283 A1 EP 1792283A1
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Klaus Finkenzeller
Thorsten Pillo
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Giesecke and Devrient GmbH
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/20—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof characterised by a particular use or purpose
    • B42D25/29—Securities; Bank notes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • B42D25/30—Identification or security features, e.g. for preventing forgery
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/086—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means by passive credit-cards adapted therefor, e.g. constructive particularities to avoid counterfeiting, e.g. by inclusion of a physical or chemical security-layer

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  • the invention relates to a security element for security papers, value documents, chip cards and the like with a machine-readable
  • the invention further relates to a suitably equipped value document, such as a banknote, an identity card and the like, to a correspondingly equipped chip card, and to a method and a device for checking the authenticity of such security elements, value documents or chip cards.
  • Security documents such as banknotes, stocks, bonds, certificates, vouchers, checks, high-quality admission tickets, as well as other forgery-prone security documents, such as passports, visas or other identity documents, and many types of chip cards are often used to secure Si ⁇ equipped with security features that allow verification of the authenticity of the document or card.
  • the security feature used is, for example, an embedded security thread, an applied security strip or a self-supporting transfer element, such as a patch or a label, which is applied to the document or card after its manufacture.
  • the security features are often designed to be machine-readable in order to permit an automatic authenticity check and, if appropriate, a more extensive sensory acquisition and processing of the documents and cards.
  • electronic circuits such as RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) transponders to the paper substrates.
  • RFID Radio Frequency Identification
  • Chip ⁇ modules When applying Chip ⁇ modules on paper substrates, however, difficulties arise because they have a much lower strength than plastic substrates or boards aufwei ⁇ sen. Also, due to the higher mechanical stresses to which the integrated circuits are exposed in the manufacture and handling of flexible substrates, there is an increased risk of breakage or damage.
  • the object of the invention is to specify a generic security element with a robust and easily produced machine-readable authenticity feature.
  • the authenticity feature should permit a simple and reliable authenticity check.
  • the authenticity feature contains at least one region with a periodic conductive surface element, which exhibits resonance effects in an electromagnetic radiation of predetermined incident frequency.
  • a periodic conductive surface element which exhibits resonance effects in an electromagnetic radiation of predetermined incident frequency.
  • low-pass, high-pass, bandpass or bandstop characteristics can be realized with such periodic conductive surface elements in relation to the incidentelectromagnetic waves.
  • Frequency-selective surfaces as such have been known for some time and have been used, for example, in building structures such as radar coupons, which should be able to pass through unhindered for the radar frequency range, for window covers for microwave ovens which are to achieve particularly high attenuation in the micro-wave frequency range. for wallpapers that block specific frequency ranges (eg Bluetooth), but allow adjacent frequency ranges to pass through unhindered (eg mobile telephone).
  • Frequency-selective layers are used in the micro- and millimeter-wave range for the effective use of reflector antennas, as filters and artificial dielectrics, as mirrors to increase the pumping efficiency of lasers and as polarizers, beam splitters or filters and in the optical range to increase the effectiveness of solar collectors.
  • the proposed authenticity feature advantageously exploits the special properties of periodic conductive surface elements for checking the authenticity of security elements, value documents or chip cards.
  • the reso- nant surface elements can be attached to any location of the security element, value document or the chip card; a coupling with other structures can be advantageous, but is not necessary.
  • the proposed surface elements can be produced by known, large-volume production processes such as demetallization by wash paints, etching solutions or laser action.
  • the periodic conductive surface element is designed such that it exhibits resonance effects for incident electromagnetic radiation with a frequency between 3 GHz and 3 THz, preferably between 30 GHz and 1000 GHz. These frequencies cause small-scale structures of the surface elements and are therefore particularly well suited for applications in the security sector.
  • the authenticity feature can also contain a plurality of regions with periodic conductive surface elements which have resonance effects in different predetermined frequency ranges. As a result, complex and thus difficult to deceive authenticity checks can be realized or predetermined characteristics of the documents or cards can be coded in the position of the resonance frequencies.
  • the periodic conductive surface element essentially covers the entire surface of the security element. Performing the authenticity check is particularly simple, since neither a search nor a knowledge of the location of the authenticity feature is required.
  • the periodic conductive surface element is preferably formed by a periodic lattice structure with a repeating elementary structure, the lattice structure in particular having a 2, 3, 4 or 6-fold symmetry.
  • the elementary structures can both be conductively connected mit ⁇ each other, as well as electrically isolated from each other on a common carrier.
  • the periodic conductive surface element is formed by conductive regions on a non-conductive carrier surface and forms a so-called patch geometry.
  • the periodic conductive surface element may be formed by a conductive surface with non-conductive recesses (aperture geometry).
  • the periodic conductive surface element can be formed, for example, by a metal layer vapor-deposited and patterned on a substrate or by a printed layer of a conductive printing ink or paste.
  • the periodic conductive legislativen ⁇ element incident electromagnetic radiation only a pre- tuned frequency ⁇ resonantly transmitted or reflected.
  • the periodic conductive area element can also resonantly transmit incident electromagnetic radiation at a plurality of predetermined frequencies .omega..sub.i, .omega..sub.CON or reflect.
  • the position of one or more of these resonant frequencies can be used, for example, for the type-specific individualization of the documents or cards equipped with the authenticity features.
  • the periodic conductive surface element is advantageously combined with a further conductive, in particular metallized security feature which, inter alia, serves to camouflage the periodic conductive surface element.
  • the surface element is expediently separated from the further conductive safety feature by a dielectric layer.
  • Non-conductive, opaque layers can also be used to camouflage the planar element.
  • the periodic conductive surface element according to the invention can be combined with any other security features that do not impair the verifiability of the periodic conductive surface element.
  • the further security features may be, for example, visually verifiable security features, such as, in particular, liquid-crystalline, diffraction-optical or other optical variable security features.
  • Machine-testable security features such as magnetic or conductive security features, can also be provided.
  • the periodic conductive surface element can be combined with an optically easily findable design feature of the security element, such as a negative lettering.
  • a so-called negative typeface is distinguished by a layer that appears opaque when viewed in transmitted light and has recesses that strongly contrast in the transmitted light to the surroundings.
  • EP 0330 733 Bl In connection with the negative writing, in particular with a security element, reference is made to EP 0330 733 Bl.
  • the security element represents in particular a security thread, a security tape, a security strip, a patch or a transfer element for application to a security paper, value document or the like.
  • the invention also includes a value document, such as a banknote, an identity card or the like, which in a first embodiment of the invention is equipped with a security element of the type described above.
  • a value document such as a banknote, an identity card or the like, which in a first embodiment of the invention is equipped with a security element of the type described above.
  • the substrate of the value document is provided directly in at least one region with a periodic conductive surface element of the type described above.
  • the periodic conductive surface element can be applied to a surface of the value document substrate, in particular printed on it. It can only one Occupy part of the substrate or cover substantially the entire surface of the value document.
  • the periodic conductive surface element is introduced into the volume of the value document substrate. This can be achieved, for example, in papermaking on the round screen by admixing small surface element structures to the paper pulp.
  • the periodic conductive surface element may be arranged for camouflage below a further conductive, in particular metallized, layer of the applied security element or the value document itself.
  • An opaque cover layer of the applied security element or the value document can also serve to camouflage the surface element.
  • the position of one or more resonance points of the periodic conductive surface element advantageously represents a parameter of the value document, such as the denomination of a banknote.
  • the encoded parameter can be read out via a position determination of the resonant frequency (s).
  • the invention further includes a chip card, which is equipped in a Erfindungsalterna ⁇ tive with a security element of the type described above.
  • a core film or another sub-film of the chip card can also be provided directly in at least one region with a periodic conductive surface element of the type described above.
  • the surface element can be applied to a surface of the core film or the other sub-film, in particular printed on, and cover, for example, substantially the entire surface of the chip card.
  • the periodic conductive surface element can also be incorporated into the volume of the film.
  • the periodic conductive felicitnele ⁇ element for camouflage below another conductive, in particular metal ⁇ ized layer can be arranged.
  • the camouflage can die ⁇ an opaque cover layer of the applied security element or chip card, which visually hides the periodic conductive surface element.
  • the invention further provides a method for checking the authenticity of a test object of the type described above (security element, value document or chip card), which is characterized by the following steps:
  • the evaluation of the authenticity is preferably carried out by comparing the determined intensity difference with an expected intensity difference.
  • a characteristic variable of the test object for example the denomination of a banknote, is additionally determined from the determined intensities at the at least two frequencies.
  • the position of one or more resonant frequencies is preferably determined from the intensities and the characteristic of the test object is determined from this position.
  • a device for carrying out the described method comprises
  • a frequency generator for selectively generating at least two frequencies from the predetermined frequency range
  • a receiving antenna for receiving the electromagnetic radiation transmitted or reflected by the test object
  • the transmitting and receiving antennas are advantageously arranged on opposite sides of the test object.
  • the transmitting and receiving antennas are advantageously arranged on the same side of the test object.
  • the transmitting and receiving antennas are formed by the same antenna structure, and the transmitted and received radio-frequency signals are separated by a direction-dependent separating device, such as a directional coupler or a circulator.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a banknote with an embedded security thread and a glued transfer element, each according to an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows in (b) an elementary cell of a periodic conductive surface element according to an embodiment of the invention, and in (a) the intensity I of the radiation transmitted by the surface element as a function of the frequency ⁇ of the incident radiation, 3 shows a representation as in FIG. 2 for the elementary cell shown in (b), FIG.
  • FIG. 5 shows the structure of a security thread according to an embodiment of the invention in cross-section
  • FIG. 9 shows a block diagram of a test device according to the invention designed for transmission measurements
  • FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of a test device according to the invention designed for reflection measurements
  • FIG. 11 shows a banknote with periodic conductive surface elements introduced into the volume of the banknote substrate according to an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG Fig. 12 shows a banknote with a periodic conductive surface element printed on the banknote substrate according to a further exemplary embodiment of the invention
  • FIG Fig. 13 shows the structure of a chip card according to an embodiment of the invention in cross section.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a banknote 10 with two security elements 12 and 16, which are each formed according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the first security element represents a security thread 12 which protrudes at certain window areas 14 on the upper surface of the banknote 10, while it is embedded in the intervening areas inside the banknote 10.
  • the second security element is formed by a glued transfer element 16 of any shape.
  • the security elements 12 and 16 each contain, as an authenticity feature, a periodic conductive surface element whose dimensions are dimensioned for resonance effects at frequencies of a few hundred GHz.
  • the unit cell 20 of a first embodiment of a periodic conductive sheet is shown in FIG. 2 (b).
  • the complete surface element is formed by a periodic repetition of the unit cell 20 in two dimensions.
  • FIG. 2 (a) shows a resonant transmission at a frequency ⁇ i and a maximum damping at a higher frequency ⁇ i.
  • FIG. 3 shows a surface element with a more complex elementary cell 30, in which the curve 32 of the transmitted signal intensity shows two maxima at different frequencies ⁇ i and o) 3, and corresponding points of maximum attenuation at the frequencies ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 4.
  • Such unit cells can serve, in addition to the authenticity check, for coding predetermined parameters of the security elements or the value documents provided therewith.
  • the unit cells 30 in a banknote series may be designed such that they have a uniform first resonant frequency ⁇ i, but different second resonant frequencies ⁇ ) 3.
  • the resonance at the uniform first frequency ⁇ i can then be used to check the authenticity of the banknotes, while the position of the second resonant frequency CU3 indicates the denomination of the banknote to be checked.
  • the frequencies at which the described resonances occur are given by the dimension of the unit cells and, to a lesser extent, the shape of the elemental structures of the periodic conductive surface elements.
  • the dimension of an elementary cell of the surface element corresponds to half the wavelength ⁇ / 2 of the electromagnetic wave, at that frequency at which the filter properties of the element lements are effective.
  • security elements such as security strips, security threads, hologram films and the like
  • elementary structures in the millimeter or submillimeter range are of particular interest, resulting in high frequencies in the range of several hundred GHz or even above one THz (see Table 1).
  • the shape of the elementary structures must be taken into account in addition to the dimensions.
  • Table 1 gives the relationship between the relevant frequency in GHz and a characteristic feature size in mm.
  • FIG. 4 shows in (a) to (d) further concrete configurations of periodic conductive surface elements 42, 44, 46 and 48 according to the invention.
  • a large number of contiguous or non-contiguous elements can be used - mentar structures 43, 45, 47 and 49, respectively, for constructing periodic conductive surface elements, for example with 3-fold (approximately Fig. 4 (a)), 4-fold (approximately Fig. 4 (b) and (c)) or 6-fold symmetry (for example, Fig. 4 (d)) verwen ⁇ det.
  • the periodic conductive sheet 48 of FIG. 4 (d) is constructed with 6-fold symmetry in the form of a regular honeycomb structure of hexagonal elemental structures 49.
  • Figure 5 shows the structure of a security thread 50 according to the invention in cross section.
  • a periodic conductive surface element 54 is applied, wherein the sequence of conductive and non-conductive portions of theinstitunele ⁇ ment in the figure for the sake of clarity is not shown.
  • the metallic surface element 54 may be printed on the carrier foil 52, for example with super silver or a conductive paste containing metallic pigments. Transparent colors, such as pedot or similar, mostly organic conductive materials come into question.
  • the surface element 54 can be produced by vapor deposition of a metal layer and subsequent partial demetallization, for example by means of a washing or an etching process, or by laser ablation.
  • an opaque cover layer 56 is arranged on the periodic conductive surface element 54 so that the surface element 54 is visually no longer recognizable when the security thread 50 is inserted in the correct direction into a banknote.
  • the opaque cover layer 56 may itself contain a security feature / in particular a visually testable security element such as an optically variable effect, such as a hologram, a liquid-crystalline layer arrangement or a color shift effect, or a negative character in a metallized layer.
  • a liquid-crystalline layer can be combined in particular with a black background print.
  • the opaque cover layer 56 may contain a machine-testable, eg magnetic or electrically / thermally conductive, safety feature. If the cover layer 56 comprises a metal layer, then this is expediently separated from the periodic conductive surface element by a dielectric layer.
  • security threads are typically laminated. This applies both to normal threads and to hologram threads.
  • the periodic conductive surface element can be applied both to the base film and to the laminating film. In both cases, the application by printing or by metallization and subsequent demetallization is considered.
  • a UV embossing lacquer 64 is printed on a base film 62 and embossed. In a subsequent operation, it is also possible to apply a washing ink to the now cured embossing lacquer 64 are printed. If the periodic conductive surface element 66 is printed, the surface element 66 can first be printed on the base film 62 in a variant, and then the embossing lacquer 64 can be printed on the surface element 66. Alternatively, the surface element 66, as shown in FIG. 6, is printed on the film 62 only after the embossing lacquer 64.
  • the foil is provided with a structured metal layer 68.
  • a washing method can be used, in which the embossing lacquer 64 is printed with a printing ink having a high pigment content with the desired pattern. Due to the high pigment content after drying, the printing ink forms a porous, raised application of paint, which only partially covers the subsequently applied metallization. The application of paint and the immediately above metal layer can then be removed by washing with a suitable solvent, whereby recesses 70 in the form of the originally printed areas are produced in the metal layer.
  • the hologram security thread 60 will typically have further layers, such as a protective covering layer, however, not essential to the present invention and therefore not shown in the figure.
  • the periodic conductive surface element can be produced according to the invention by appropriate pressure or by laser on the metallization.
  • a partially demetalized partial area 74 of the structured metal layer 72 forms the periodic conductive area element.
  • This partial area 74 can be very small and, for example, have dimensions in the range of a few tens or hundreds of ⁇ m.
  • the above-mentioned methods for demetallization have line accuracies down to 40 ⁇ m and, in the case of laser demetallization, even lower deviations.
  • the periodic conductive surface element by means of conductive colors transparent or opaque under the UV embossing lacquer auf ⁇ print directly on the base film.
  • FIG. 8 shows a security element 80 according to the invention in the form of a transfer element for application to a security paper or value document.
  • the security element 80 comprises a carrier foil 82 onto which is applied an opaque layer 84, in particular a metal layer, which itself may have a security feature.
  • Onto this opaque layer 84 is applied the periodic conductive sheet 86 according to one of the methods described above. If the opaque layer 84 is formed by a metal layer, the surface element 86 is expediently insulated from it by a dielectric layer.
  • the transfer element 80 also has an adhesive layer 88 which is activated by transfer of pressure to the security paper or document of value in the areas to be transferred to the surface element 86, the opaque layer 84 and the carrier film 82 on the security paper or Secure document of value. Subsequently, the carrier film 82 can be removed. Also in this embodiment, the periodic conductive surface element 86 is removed by the opaque layer 84 of the direct perception of a viewer.
  • the transfer element 80 can be provided with a diffraction structure.
  • a UV embossing lacquer layer is printed on the carrier film and embossed.
  • the carrier film is peeled off so that the UV lacquer layer lies on the side facing away from the paper.
  • the periodic conductive surface elements in transmission are useful only to realize where transparent areas in the metallization are present, so for example in areas with nega tivschrift.
  • periodic conductive surface elements in reflection can be placed arbitrarily, although the influence of the surrounding metallic regions may also have to be considered.
  • the periodic conductive surface elements can only be printed by printing between carrier film and UV varnish if the interlayer adhesion between the UV varnish and the periodic conductive surface elements is sufficiently large for the release of the film is. Otherwise, the same structures are possible, as described above in connection with security threads.
  • the periodic conductive surface elements may be applied in the form of a patch before or after the printing of the paper substrate in the transfer process.
  • the production processes are identical to those mentioned above.
  • test devices To test the authenticity of a security element, a value document or a chip card with a periodic conductive surface element according to the invention, one of the test devices described below with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10 can be used.
  • the test device 100 of FIG. 9 designed for transmission measurements consists of a transmitting-receiving part 110 and an antenna part 130.
  • the transceiver 110 includes a frequency generator 112, which can generate at least two frequencies ⁇ i and ⁇ 2, and a switch, not shown in the figure, with each one of the at least two frequencies can be selected and forwarded to the subsequent circuit elements.
  • the transceiver part 110 contains an output amplifier 114 for amplifying the selected and further conducted high-frequency signal of the frequency generator 112, a receiving circuit 116, a control circuit 118 and a display device 120.
  • the antenna part 130 comprises a transmitting antenna 132 controlled by the output amplifier 114, a receiving antenna 134, and antenna feed lines 136 and 138, which may be formed from a waveguide, but also from a (semi-rigid) coaxial cable.
  • a horn antenna is used as the antenna 132, 134.
  • test object for example a banknote 10
  • it is inserted between the transmitting and receiving antenna such that the periodic conductive surface element of the authenticity feature is acted on by the radiation 140 emitted by the transmitting antenna.
  • the test apparatus 100 generates by means of the frequency generator 112 nach ⁇ each other at least two frequencies in a frequency range in which the filter properties of the applied to the test object forumnele ⁇ element are effective, in the embodiment, the frequencies ⁇ i and ⁇ 2.
  • the respective oscillator signal is amplified by the amplifier 114, fed via the feed line 136 to the transmitting antenna 132 and radiated.
  • the radiation component 142 transmitted by the banknote 10 is picked up by the receiving antenna 134 and fed via the supply line 138 to the receiving circuit 116, which essentially serves to measure the intensity of the received signal 142 at the selected frequency.
  • the periodic conductive surface elements occurs at at least one predetermined frequency, for example, the frequency ⁇ i of Fig. 2 (a) a particularly high attenuation and at least one other predetermined frequency, for example, the frequency ⁇ z of Fig. 2 (a), a particularly low attenuation.
  • the frequencies ⁇ i and ⁇ 2 of the frequency generator 112 correspond to the frequencies ⁇ i and ⁇ i of the banknote to be tested, a well measurable, different damping results at the two different frequencies, which can easily be identified on the basis of the intensity of the received signals.
  • the banknote 10 If the measured attenuation difference of the banknote 10 lies within the framework of the expected measured values, then the banknote is evaluated as genuine and a corresponding indication is output to the user via the display device 120.
  • the authenticity check is performed by measuring the high-frequency electrical reflection properties of an authenticity feature according to the invention.
  • the test apparatus 200 of FIG. 10 also consists of a transceiver part 210 and an antenna part 230.
  • the antenna part 230 contains a common transmitting / receiving antenna 232, which both emits the output signal 240 generated by the frequency generator 112 and also receives the radiation 242 reflected by the test object 10.
  • the transceiver part 210 additionally contains a directional coupler 212, with which the output signal of the amplifier 114 is fed to the antenna 232, and this is reflected is returned from the antenna 232 returning signal of the receiving circuit 116 is supplied.
  • a directional coupler instead of the directional coupler, another device for the directional separation of RF signals can be used, such as a circulator.
  • the test object 10 is subjected to electromagnetic radiation of these frequencies, the intensity of the reflected radiation is measured and the authenticity of the test object is determined the measured attenuation difference at the two frequencies ⁇ i and ⁇ 2 evaluated.
  • the denomination of the notes can also be determined with the test devices described with appropriate design of the banknotes 10.
  • the periodic conductive surface elements of the banknotes may have two or more points of resonance, such as shown in FIG.
  • the first resonant frequency ⁇ i can be selected uniformly for the entire banknote series, so that this resonant frequency can be used for the authenticity check of the banknotes.
  • the position of the second resonance frequencies CU3 is chosen differently depending on the denomination of the banknote. By measuring the damping at a plurality of appropriately selected frequencies, and if appropriate also continuously over a certain frequency range, the position of the second resonant frequencies ⁇ s can be determined and from this position the denomination of the banknote to be tested can be determined. It is understood that more than two resonance frequencies can be used to integrate other or further codings in the banknote. For example, for a banknote series, three resonance frequencies ⁇ i, ⁇ z, and CO3 can be set, and the presence or absence of resonance at the respective resonance frequency is interpreted as "1" or "0" in a 3-bit binary code.
  • the periodic conductive surface elements according to the invention can also be used directly in the volume from value document substrates.
  • periodic conductive surface elements are introduced as small wire meshes 302 into the paper mass during papermaking. This happens, for example, for security papers that are provided with a watermark, by redundant introduction of the wire mesh on the round screen. The redundancy ensures that at least one such structure 302 is present in each banknote 300.
  • a carrier material is necessary in particular if the elementary structures of the surface elements are not connected. It is particularly preferred to introduce different surface elements for different denominations so that the banknotes can later be identified as genuine by the test devices and methods described.
  • FIG. 12 shows an embodiment of a banknote 310, in which the periodic conductive surface element 312 is printed by means of conductive ink directly onto the banknote paper.
  • the periodic conductive surface element 312 is printed by means of conductive ink directly onto the banknote paper.
  • the conductive dyes are generally not transparent, they are preferably also printed in the background in offset printing or screen printing.
  • the printed surface element can then be coated in steel printing by opaque printing inks.
  • FIG. 13 shows a cross section through a chip card 320 with a core foil 322 which is embedded between two cover foils 324.
  • the core foil 322 is provided with a periodic conductive surface element 326 of one of the types described above.
  • periodic conductive surface element 326 in particular all known for the production of antennas contactless smart cards manufacturing processes, such as screen printing or etching process into consideration.

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La présente invention concerne un élément de sécurité pour papiers de sécurité, documents de valeur, cartes à puce et analogues, comprenant une caractéristique d'authenticité lisible par machine. Selon l'invention, la caractéristique de sécurité comprend au moins une zone dotée d'un élément de surface (42) périodiquement conducteur qui est sujet à des effets de résonance sur une plage de fréquences prédéterminée du rayonnement électromagnétique incident.
EP05776344.3A 2004-09-06 2005-08-25 Element de securite comprenant une caracteristique d'authenticite lisible par machine Not-in-force EP1792283B1 (fr)

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