Mini-plug SIM card with improved positioning capability
US7871011B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K19/07743
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The chip card comprises a card body and an embedded chip module having a plurality of contact fields connected to respective terminals of the chip. The card body further comprises a positioning feature adapted to univocally identify said contact fields according to their location and orientation on the card body. The positioning feature is a hole or a notch formed on the card body in an area including the chip module such as a contact field which has no electrical functionality as contact field C6 according to ISO 7816-2. The invention is particularly adapted to card bodies including a plug-in removable portion of smaller size comprising said chip module and said positioning feature such as smaller size “mini-plug” SIMs for mobile phones.
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