Contactless smart sticker
A method for manufacture of a contactless smart card device including mounting at least one antenna and at least one smart card module onto a substrate layer, placing paramagnetic material over at least part of the at least one antenna, and laminating the substrate layer and the paramagnetic material to provide a laminate.
1. A method for manufacture of a contactless smart card device comprising:
mounting at least one antenna and at least one chip module onto a substrate layer;
placing paramagnetic material over at least part of said at least one antenna, said paramagnetic material including at least one cut-out to accommodate at least part of said at least one chip module, said material thereby surrounding but not overlying said at least one chip module;
laminating said substrate layer and said paramagnetic material to provide a laminate; and
perforating said laminate to define a manually separable reduced size smart card device comprising said at least one antenna, said at least one chip module and said paramagnetic material being placed over at least part of said at least one antenna,
the entire periphery of said reduced size smart card device extending outwardly of said paramagnetic material.
2. A method for manufacture of a contactless smart card device according to claim 1 wherein said smart card device is a sheet of ISO ID-1 Standard sized smart cards.
3. A method for manufacture of a contactless smart card device according to claim 1 and also comprising cutting individual ISO ID-1 Standard sized cards out of said laminate.
4. A method for manufacture of a contactless smart card device according to claim 1 wherein said smart card device has a thickness which does not exceed 840 microns.
5. A method for manufacture of a contactless smart card device according to claim 1 and also comprising cutting said laminate to create a reduced size smart card device comprising said at least one antenna, said at least one chip module and said paramagnetic material.
6. A contactless smart card device comprising:
a substrate having associated therewith at least one antenna and at least one chip module; and
at least one paramagnetic layer covering at least part of said at least one antenna, said paramagnetic layer being formed with at least one cut-out to accommodate at least part of said at least one chip module, said paramagnetic layer surrounding but not overlying said at least one chip module;
said substrate and said at least one paramagnetic layer being laminated together to define a laminate which is perforated, defining manually separable reduced size smart card devices, the entire periphery of said reduced size smart card devices extending outwardly of said paramagnetic material.
7. A contactless smart card device according to claim 6 wherein said smart card device is a sheet of ISO ID-1 Standard sized smart cards.
8. A contactless smart card device according to claim 6 and wherein said smart card device is a smart card having dimensions which are ISO ID-1 Standard compliant.
9. A contactless smart card device according to claim 6 wherein said smart card device has a thickness which does not exceed 840 microns.
10. A contactless smart card device according to claim 6 wherein said smart card device is a reduced size smart card device.