US 12,265,871 B2
Chip card, and process for manufacturing a chip card
Andreas Minks, Bad Wiessee (DE)
Assigned to GIESECKE+DEVRIENT EPAYMENTS GMBH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/552,257
Filed by GIESECKE+DEVRIENT EPAYMENTS GMBH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 23, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/025118
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/199894, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 001 579.7 (DE), filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0176977 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/07722 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chip card, including:
a flexible inlay having contacts of the chip card arranged on an upper side of the inlay,
wherein the inlay carries an integrated circuit and antenna spaced apart from the contacts,
an upper layer having a recess, in which the contacts are arranged, and
a metal layer arranged below the inlay, having a slot, which extends from a circumferential surface of the metal layer into an area of the recess, and which extends through an entire thickness of the metal layer;
wherein at least one of the integrated circuit and the antenna are displaced out of the area of the recess by the inlay.