IP Library Granted Patent US 10,013,648
Granted Patent B2
US 10,013,648 · App. 15/304,782 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Method for fabricating an electronic/electrical circuit device

Inventors: Frédéric Depoutot (Gémenos, FR); François Dauphin (Gémenos, FR)
Assignee: GEMALTO SA
G06K19/0702G06K19/0776G06K19/07707G06K19/07722H01M2/1022H02J7/0045H01M2220/30
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Patent No.
US 10,013,648
App. No.
15/304,782
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for fabricating an electronic device comprising an electronic/electrical circuit, wherein it comprises the following steps: formation of a support-body comprising a battery inside; making of a cavity emerging on the surface of the support-body, said cavity revealing connection terminals of the battery; connection of an electronic/electrical circuit to the battery via the terminals situated in said cavity; exchanging of data in the electronic/electrical circuit by electrical contact. The invention also relates to the corresponding electronic device.

Claims (19)

1. A method for manufacturing an electronic device comprising an electronic/electrical circuit, comprising the following steps:

forming a support body comprising a battery inside,

making a cavity opening onto a surface of the support body, with said cavity revealing connection terminals of the battery,

connecting the electronic/electrical circuit to the battery via the terminals located in said cavity,

exchanging data between the electronic/electrical circuit and an other electronic device by electrical contact of the other electronic device with tracks/electrical terminals of the electronic/electrical circuit, said tracks/electrical terminals being different terminals from ISO 7816 contacts of a smart card module, and

after said exchanging data, disposing insulating material to physically block electrical contact with said tracks/electrical terminals or severing said tracks/electrical terminals.

2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic/electrical circuit comprises data exchange tracks/electrical terminals extending inside the cavity.

3. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic/electrical circuit comprises data exchange tracks/electrical terminals extending outside the cavity.

4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein a display device is inserted into the cavity and connected to the electronic/electrical circuit after said step of exchanging data.

5. A method according to claim 3 , wherein at least a portion of the data exchange tracks/electrical terminals opening out of the cavity are removed after said step of exchanging data.

6. A method according to claim 1 , wherein a display device and the electronic/electrical circuit connected together are inserted into the cavity and connected to the battery.

7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic/electrical circuit comprises a real time clock and the step of exchanging data includes a step of setting or adjusting the clock time.

8. A method according to claim 6 , wherein the electronic/electrical circuit has a main surface larger than that of the display device so as to leave said data exchange electrical tracks/terminals accessible in the cavity.

9. A method according to claim 1 , wherein a space situated above the tracks/electrical terminals is filled with filling material.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a support body having a battery inside,

a cavity opening onto a surface of the support body and containing terminals for connecting the battery,

an electronic/electrical circuit connected to the battery via the terminals located in said cavity, and

tracks/electrical terminals of the electronic/electrical circuit configured for electrical contact with an other electronic device being buried under the surface of the support body, said tracks/electrical terminals being different terminals from ISO 7816 contacts of a smart card module and physically blocked from electrical contact using insulating material or severed.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2023
From: THALES DIS FRANCE SA
To: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
Reel/Frame 064792/0790 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 25, 2023
From: GEMALTO SA
To: THALES DIS FRANCE SA
Reel/Frame 064716/0571 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2016
From: DEPOUTOT, FREDERIC; DAUPHIN, FRANCOIS
To: GEMALTO SA
Reel/Frame 040778/0965 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 14305587 · Apr 18, 2014 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170039464A1 · Feb 9, 2017