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Dual-mode smart card

US7472834B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 8, 2004
Grant dateJan 6, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K19/0723
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dual-mode smart card comprising several pads of physical contact with an external reader and two pads of connection to an antenna for a contactless operation, and comprising a voltage regulator capable of extracting from a radio frequency excitation reaching the antenna, a supply voltage of the chip's processing circuits, this regulator being controllable by a central circuit to be deactivated in the presence of a supply voltage on contacts of the chip.

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