WO1996036009A1 - Ameliorations concernant des cartes a memoire - Google Patents

Ameliorations concernant des cartes a memoire Download PDF

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WO1996036009A1
WO1996036009A1 PCT/GB1996/001105 GB9601105W WO9636009A1 WO 1996036009 A1 WO1996036009 A1 WO 1996036009A1 GB 9601105 W GB9601105 W GB 9601105W WO 9636009 A1 WO9636009 A1 WO 9636009A1
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card
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David Barrington Everett
Bill Reding
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Mondex International Limited
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
    • G06K19/077—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier
    • G06K19/07737—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier the record carrier consisting of two or more mechanically separable parts
    • G06K19/07739—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier the record carrier consisting of two or more mechanically separable parts comprising a first part capable of functioning as a record carrier on its own and a second part being only functional as a form factor changing part, e.g. SIM cards type ID 0001, removably attached to a regular smart card form factor
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G06K19/07—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components with integrated circuit chips
    • G06K19/077—Constructional details, e.g. mounting of circuits in the carrier

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  • Smart cards are small plastics cards similar to the well-known credit and debit cards but which contain some computing capacity in the form of an IC (integrated circuit) microprocessor and associated circuitry and components.
  • the associated components vary with the use to which the card is to be put, but typically (but not necessarily) include a contact pad containing a plurality of contacts for connection to external circuitry.
  • Smart cards have a variety of uses, for example in door access control and in financial transactions of various types, for example, as carriers of "electronic cash", for which purpose the microprocessor includes a memory which stores, amongst other things, an accumulated value in multiple currencies.
  • the larger card may or may not be equipped with a magnetic stripe.
  • part 3 of the card is separated from the remainder by a through-slot 4 extending around the perimeter of part 3.
  • Narrow bridges 5 cross the slot 4 to hold the part 3 in position, but enable it to be broken away.
  • the part 3 contains all of the computer circuitry which is contained in practice in quite a small area underneath and immediately adjacent the contact pad 2. Therefore the part 3 can be broken away to form a separate, and physically smaller, smart card possessing all of the computing power of the larger card.
  • the smaller smart card is of the aforementioned CEN ID-000 size but, of course, other sizes are possible.
  • the present invention seeks to overcome these problems by providing firstly that the slot 4 is continuous - i.e. there are no bridges 5 to break - and secondly that a film of material is applied to one surface of the card during manufacture, which sheet is operable to maintain the part 3 of the card in position until such time as the user removes the part 3 by peeling off the film to separate part 3 from the remainder of the card.
  • the film is advantageously made of plastics material and may be of the type of plastics material which will self-stick to the surface of the card, or may have an adhesive backing with which it is used to stick to the surface of the card.
  • it is desirable that the outwardly facing surface of the film is reasonably smooth so as not to present a high friction surface when the card is passing through machinery during the manufacturing and setting-up stages.
  • the coefficient of friction of the outwardly facing surface of the film is approximately the same as that of the material from which the card is made.
  • the film should be thin enough not to increase the total thickness of the card to an extend where it will not pass through the machinery intended for it.
  • a tape of maximum thickness 0.11 mm would give an absolute maximum possible thickness overall of 0.94 mm.
  • Such a figure is on the verges of acceptability for some machinery which the card has to pass through before it reaches the end user (who, of course, removes the film).
  • the film need not cover the whole surface of the card, but it should at least cover a portion of the part of the card which is to be separated. In the preferred embodiment, the sheet covers the whole of that part of the card which is to be separated.
  • the invention comprises a smart card and a method of making a smart card.
  • the smart card of the invention comprises a sheet of plastics material, said sheet housing within its thickness computer circuitry for carrying out certain functions of the card, a through slot formed in said sheet, said through slot being such as to divide said sheet into two separate parts, said computer circuitry being positioned in one of said parts, and a film of material adhered to at least one surface of said sheet over at least part of the area of both of said parts, said film being operable to keep the two separate parts in a substantially fixed positional relationship with respect to one another so that the card as a whole can be handled as a single unit.
  • the method of making a smart card comprises the steps of initially making a card which is formed of a sheet of material which is physically larger than the size required, adhering to at least one surface of said sheet a film of material, thence cutting said sheet into two separate parts, one of which parts contains computer circuitry for carrying out certain functions of the card, said film being arranged to overlay at least sufficient of each of the two parts to keep them in a substantially fixed positional relationship to one another so that the card as a whole can be handled as a single unit.
  • the cutting of the sheet may advantageously be carried out by a milling or equivalent cutter which is applied to the opposite surface of the sheet to that which the film is adhered to. By accurate adjustment of the depth of cut, the sheet can be cut right through without affecting the integrity of the film.
  • the final step in the manufacturing process is to peel away the film so that the two parts of the card become separated.
  • the part not containing the computer circuitry can then be discarded.
  • Figures 2 and 3 are top and underside plan views respectively of a smart card manufactured in accordance with the present invention.
  • the card is similar to that shown and described with reference to Figure 1 and identical reference numerals are used where appropriate.
  • the main difference to be seen in Figure 2 is that the slot 4 which separates the part 3 of the card from the remainder forms a continuous loop - in other words, the bridges 5 are not present.
  • a film 6 of plastics material having upper and lower edges 8 and 9 respectively is adhered to one surface of the card - in this case the underside of the card, as shown in Figure 3.
  • the film 6 could be made from material other than plastics material, such as paper, but plastic is the currently preferred material.
  • the plastic film may be made of a material which has a natural tendency to cling or adhere; alternatively it can be provided with an adhesive layer for the purpose of adhering to the card.
  • the film can be provided over both surfaces of the card, but it is found that coverage of just one surface is sufficient.
  • the film 6 overlies part of the undersurface of the card, including part of the (optional) magnetic stripe, illustrated diagrammatically under reference 7, and further including the whole area of part 3. Although the whole of part 3 is covered in this embodiment, this is not essential; it is, however, necessary that sufficient of the area of part 3 is covered to ensure that part 3 is held stably in position throughout all the anticipated handling of the card.
  • the film 6 is simply peeled back to allow the part 3 to be removed without any strain being applied to it. Once the part 3 is removed, the remainder of the card 1 may be discarded.
  • the larger card is first produced in the normal manner and then the film 6 applied to one face. A milling cutter is now used to mill the slot 4 from the opposite face. It has been found that it is possible to locate the depth of cut sufficiently accurately that the cutter cuts right through the card, but leaves the film 6 substantially undamaged.
  • the main purpose envisaged is to make CEN ID-000 sized cards, using the ubiquitous ISO ID-1 cards as a "carrier" during manufacture and, optionally, transport to the end user.
  • the card 1 shown in Figures 2 and 3 is of ISO ID-1 size
  • the part 3 of the card 1 is of CEN ID-000 size.

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Abstract

Le procédé de fabrication d'une carte à mémoire (1) consiste à réaliser tout d'abord une grande carte, par exemple correspondant à la norme ISO ID-1, puis à couvrir une surface de cette carte avec un film et à découper la carte définitive (3) (petite carte) portant les circuits de calcul dans la grande carte, en laissant un espacement continu (4), la petite carte étant maintenue en place par le film. Cela permet d'utiliser les appareils de fabrication et de transport pour grandes cartes existants, sans adaptation majeure pour les petites cartes. Le décollement du film permet de séparer la petite carte (3), le restant de la grande carte étant recyclé ou jeté.
PCT/GB1996/001105 1995-05-11 1996-05-09 Ameliorations concernant des cartes a memoire WO1996036009A1 (fr)

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GB2321619A (en) * 1997-01-29 1998-08-05 Orga Kartensysteme Gmbh Manufacture of combined carrier card and minichip card by two-stage molding
US6297077B1 (en) 1997-08-20 2001-10-02 Orga Kartensysteme Gmbh Process for manufacturing chip cards, device for the implementation of this process and chip card
EP1139281A2 (fr) * 2000-03-31 2001-10-04 Orga Kartensysteme GmbH Carte à puce
FR2885718A1 (fr) * 2005-05-11 2006-11-17 Gemplus Sa Adaptateur de format a adhesif pour dispositif a memoire et procede de fabrication
EP2624167A1 (fr) * 2012-02-03 2013-08-07 Research In Motion Limited Adaptateur de carte

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WO1994018644A1 (fr) * 1993-02-12 1994-08-18 Telecom Finland Oy Cadre pour carte
EP0638873A2 (fr) * 1993-08-02 1995-02-15 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Carte à IC du type cadre-feuille, méthode pour sa production, et boîtier de carte IC

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EP0535436A2 (fr) * 1991-10-01 1993-04-07 GAO Gesellschaft für Automation und Organisation mbH Carte de mémoires et procédé pour sa production
WO1994018644A1 (fr) * 1993-02-12 1994-08-18 Telecom Finland Oy Cadre pour carte
EP0638873A2 (fr) * 1993-08-02 1995-02-15 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Carte à IC du type cadre-feuille, méthode pour sa production, et boîtier de carte IC

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GB2321619A (en) * 1997-01-29 1998-08-05 Orga Kartensysteme Gmbh Manufacture of combined carrier card and minichip card by two-stage molding
US6065681A (en) * 1997-01-29 2000-05-23 Orga Kartensysteme Gmbh Method of producing data carriers
GB2321619B (en) * 1997-01-29 2001-01-31 Orga Kartensysteme Gmbh Method of producing data carriers
US6297077B1 (en) 1997-08-20 2001-10-02 Orga Kartensysteme Gmbh Process for manufacturing chip cards, device for the implementation of this process and chip card
EP1139281A2 (fr) * 2000-03-31 2001-10-04 Orga Kartensysteme GmbH Carte à puce
EP1139281A3 (fr) * 2000-03-31 2002-05-29 Orga Kartensysteme GmbH Carte à puce
FR2885718A1 (fr) * 2005-05-11 2006-11-17 Gemplus Sa Adaptateur de format a adhesif pour dispositif a memoire et procede de fabrication
WO2006122882A1 (fr) * 2005-05-11 2006-11-23 Gemplus Adaptateur de format a adhesif pour dispositif a memoire et procede de fabrication
US8107246B2 (en) 2005-05-11 2012-01-31 Gemalto Sa Adhesive format adapter for a storage device and method for the production thereof
EP2624167A1 (fr) * 2012-02-03 2013-08-07 Research In Motion Limited Adaptateur de carte

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