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Method for manufacturing an IC module for an IC card whereby an IC device and surrounding encapsulant are thinned by material removal
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1992-01-06
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Granted: 1992-10-13
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Expires: 2012-01-06
Abstract
Abstract An IC card comprising a card body having a concave position provided on one of surfaces thereof and an IC module fitted into the concave portion, wherein the IC module includes a very thin LSI having an active device and metallic wire layers formed on a semiconductor substrate, electrodes for connection formed on the metallic wire layers, external connecting terminals having the electrodes for connection connected to the back faces thereof and a resin for fixing the very thin LSI onto the back faces of the external connecting terminals, and the semiconductor substrate of the very thin LSI substantially exists but is made thin like a film so that the IC module is very thin entirely.
Inventors
- 👤 Noburu Tada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 22:29
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/07; G06K19/077; G06K19/07745; G06K19/07747; H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/60; H10W70/699; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/977
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of manufacturing an IC module for an IC card comprising steps of: forming an active device and metallic wire layers on a semiconductor substrate to make an LSI base chip; forming electrodes for connection on the metallic wire layers; connecting the electrodes for connection to the back faces of external connecting terminals; fixing the LSI base chip onto the back faces of the external connecting terminals by coating the periphery of the LSI base chip and the back faces of the external connecting terminals with a resin to be cured; and dissolving the semiconductor substrate of the LSI base chip along with the resin until the semiconductor substrate substantially exists but is made thin like a film.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of manufacturing an IC module for an IC card comprising steps of: forming an active device and metallic wire layers on a semiconductor substrate to make an LSI base chip; forming electrodes for connection on the metallic wire layers; connecting the electrodes for connection to the back faces of external connecting terminals; fixing the LSI base chip onto the back faces of the external connecting terminals by coating the periphery of the LSI base chip and the back faces of the external connecting terminals with a resin to be cured; and dissolving the semiconductor substrate of the LSI base chip along with the resin until the semiconductor substrate substantially exists but is made thin like a film.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method of manufacturing an IC module for an IC card according to claim 1, wherein bump electrodes as the electrodes for connection are formed on the metallic wire layers by gold-plating.
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