US 12,461,875 B2
Smart card with bus interface receptacle printed as part of PCB
Matthew Harris Klapman, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,494.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/435,832, filed on Dec. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0220434 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 13/38 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/382 (2013.01) [G06F 2213/0042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A card device, comprising:
a base layer having a printed circuit board (PCB) and defining a recessed portion, the PCB including:
a tab extending from the PCB and at least partially contained within the recessed portion and shaped to be received within a plug associated with an external device; and
a bus interface printed on the tab, the bus interface enabling communication between the card device and the external device; and
a microprocessor mounted on the PCB and electrically coupled to the bus interface.