US 2,007,034,700 · Filed 2006-04-27
Electronic cards and methods for making same
An electronic card includes a digital processor, an electrochemical battery and a communications port. The processor and battery are essentially coplanar, and are sandwiched between and enclosed by two flexible covers, preferably made from an insulating plastic material, and preferably fitted to the components that they enclose. The communications port can include, for example, a Smart Card contact port, a stripe emulator, an RF port, and IR port, etc. The battery may comprise a rechargeable battery. In an exemplary embodiment, at least the processor is carried by a flexible printed circuit (PC) board. In other exemplary embodiments, switches and/or indicators are also carried by the PC board. A method for manufacturing an electronic card having at least two components is also disclosed.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 2,007,034,700
- Filing date
- 2006-04-27
- Grant date
- Application — not yet granted
- Assignee
- Mark Poidomani / Joan Ziegler / Eric Foo / Ziv Alon / Mcguire Chuck / Lawrence Routhenstein
- Inventor(s)
- POIDOMANI MARK, ZIEGLER JOAN, FOO ERIC, ALON ZIV, MCGUIRE CHUCK, ROUTHENSTEIN LAWRENCE
- CPC class
- G06K19/077
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