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IC card having a built-in semiconductor integrated circuit device

Assignee: Rakuten Group Inc
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Filing: 1993-07-27
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Granted: 1996-08-06
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Expires: 2013-07-27
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Abstract

Abstract A first aspect of the present invention comprises a card substrate having a front surface and a reverse surface, a magnetic stripe provided on the reverse surface for storing information therein, a module provided on a given region of the front surface with a built-in semiconductor integrated circuit device provided with ready access terminals for connecting to an external device, wherein an end portion of the module is positioned perpendicular to the magnetic stripe. With such an arrangement of the IC card, deformation in thickness of the card substrate is reduced at the portion adjacent to the upper portion of the module, and hence stress to be applied to this portion is relaxed. Furthermore, according to a second aspect of the present invention, the thickness of an end portion is gradually thinned so that deformation in thickness of the card substrate is further reduced at the portion adjacent to the upper portion of the module, and hence the stress to be applied to this portion is further relaxed. Still furthermore, according to a third aspect of the invention, since a part of the end portion is structured to have a tip end portion and the module is disposed in the manner that an end portion of the end portion is point-shaped, deformation in thickness of the card substrate is reduced at the portion adjacent to the upper portion of the module, and hence the stress to be applied to this portion is relaxed. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an IC card having high durability.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shiro Atsumi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 19:59
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/07; G06K19/077; G06K19/0772; G06K19/07728; G06K19/04; G06K19/07745; G06K19/08; G06K19/083; H; H10; H10W; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/751; H10W90/754

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 257 words
An IC card comprising; a card substrate defined by a first long side, a first short side which is substantially perpendicular to said first long side, a second long side opposite to said first long side, and a second short side opposite to said first short side, said card substrate having a front surface, and a back surface opposite to said front surface; a magnetic body having a first end face and a second end face opposite to said first end face, said magnetic body storing information therein and being formed on said front surface of said card substrate, said first end face of said magnetic body being substantially parallel with said first long side of said card substrate, and being spaced from said first long side of said card substrate by a first distance, and said second end face of said magnetic body being spaced from said first long side of said card substrate by a second distance which is longer than said first distance; and a module formed on said back surface of said card substrate, said module including a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to said first side of said module substrate, a semiconductor integrated circuit device disposed on said substrate, and a covering material covering said substrate and said semiconductor integrated circuit device, said first side of said module substrate being spaced from said first long side of said card substrate by a third distance which is longer than said first distance and shorter than said second distance.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 257 words
An IC card comprising; a card substrate defined by a first long side, a first short side which is substantially perpendicular to said first long side, a second long side opposite to said first long side, and a second short side opposite to said first short side, said card substrate having a front surface, and a back surface opposite to said front surface; a magnetic body having a first end face and a second end face opposite to said first end face, said magnetic body storing information therein and being formed on said front surface of said card substrate, said first end face of said magnetic body being substantially parallel with said first long side of said card substrate, and being spaced from said first long side of said card substrate by a first distance, and said second end face of said magnetic body being spaced from said first long side of said card substrate by a second distance which is longer than said first distance; and a module formed on said back surface of said card substrate, said module including a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to said first side of said module substrate, a semiconductor integrated circuit device disposed on said substrate, and a covering material covering said substrate and said semiconductor integrated circuit device, said first side of said module substrate being spaced from said first long side of said card substrate by a third distance which is longer than said first distance and shorter than said second distance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 33 words
An IC card according to claim 1, wherein an end portion of said first side of said module is gradually thinned in its thickness toward said first long side of said card substrate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
An IC card according to claim 2, wherein said end portion of said first side of said module has a point-shaped portion.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 33 words
An IC card according to claim 2, wherein an end portion of said second side of said module is gradually thinned in its thickness toward said second long side of said card substrate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 22 words
An IC card according to claim 4 wherein said end portion of said second side of said module has a point-shaped portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
An IC card according to claim 1, wherein an end portion of the first side of said module is positioned perpendicular to said magnetic body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 23 words
An IC card according to claim 1, wherein said semiconductor integrated circuit device includes ready access terminals for connection with an external device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 20 words
An IC card according to claim 1, wherein the first side of said module is superposed to said magnetic body.

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