Device for connecting a smart card to a textile and method for manufacturing electronic cards in a flexible smart card format
US11681893B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K2203/167
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is an electronic card, in the form of a flexible smart card provided with a flexible circuit, that includes a bottom face receiving electronic components and a top face provided with contact tabs intended to be connected to conductive tracks of a garment textile. The flexible circuit being covered on its bottom face with at least one bottom layer of bonding adhesive, first polymer layers provided with cutouts for receiving components and second polymer layers for encapsulating the components, and covered on its top face with a top layer of bonding adhesive and at least one top layer forming an outer face of the card made from polymer material provided with cutouts for accessing the contact tabs, in which at least some of the contact tabs are produced on the rim of the card and provided with an end part on the edge of the card.
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