Cards and devices with magnetic emulators with zoning control and advanced interiors
A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to act as a magnetic stripe read-head detector and a data transmitter. A multiple layer flexible PCB may be fabricated to include multiple magnetic emulators. An emulator may include a coil that includes magnetic, ferromagnetic, or ferromagnetic, material in the coil's interior. Coils may be associated with zones. As a read-head is detected to move from zone-to-zone, coils may be activated to transmit information in those zones.
1. A system comprising:
a device without a magnetic stripe, said device including a magnetic emulator,
wherein said magnetic emulator is operable to electrically couple, and communicate data to, a read-head located on a magnetic stripe reader,
said magnetic emulator includes a magnetic material located in the interior of a coil, and
at least a portion of a printed circuit board is between a plurality of portions of said coil.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a material located between at least a portion of said magnetic material and at least a portion of said coil.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said magnetic material is rectangular.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said magnetic material is cylindrical.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a read-head detector for detecting said read-head.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a plurality of read-head detectors for detecting said read-head.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a battery.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises an RFID.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises an IC chip.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a processor.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a button.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a display.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein said printed circuit board is a flexible printed circuit board.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein said printed circuit board is a multiple layer printed circuit board.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein said printed circuit board is a flexible multiple layer printed circuit board.
16. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a second magnetic emulator.
17. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a second magnetic emulator and a third magnetic emulator.
18. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a battery and a processor.
19. The system of claim 1 , wherein said device further comprises a battery, a processor, and a plurality of read-head detectors.
20. The system of claim 1 , wherein said magnetic material is multiple pieces of a magnetic material.