Integrated circuit card with increased number of connecting terminals

Claim 1

An integrated circuit card for use in an electronic arrangement when inserted into a receiving slot of the arrangement, comprising: a card body having a flat and rectangular shape; a printed circuit board mounted on said card body; and an integrated circuit chip carried on said circuit board, said chip being adhered to said circuit board and encapsulated by a molding adhesive; said circuit board having a plurality of rows of connecting terminals which are arranged parallel to an edge of the rectangular shape of said card body for establishing electrical connections with mating connecting terminals of a receiving slot of the electronic arrangement, into which slot said card body is inserted; said plurality of rows of connecting terminals being arranged in a staggered form between the adjacent rows with the connecting terminals of each of said rows intervening with respect to the direction parallel to the edge of the rectangular shape of said card body and between the respective connecting terminals of adjacent rows; said printed circuit board having connecting wires printed thereon for electrically connecting circuitry of said chip with said plurality of rows of connecting terminals.