Infineon Technologies Ag

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Frank P&uuml;schner

J&uuml;rgen Fischer

Erik Heinemann

Manfred Fries

Detlef Houdeau

Josef Mundigl

Josef Heitzer

Ralf Henn

Annemarie Seidl

A portable data carrier includes a card-shaped body having a recess for receiving a chip module. The chip module includes at least one semiconductor chip on a first main side of a chip carrier connected to the card-shaped body, and a metallization layer disposed on a second main side of the chip carrier and having contact lugs. The chip carrier has desired bending points which, upon the occurrence of bending stresses, reduce forces on the semiconductor chip and wire connections.

Portable data carrier

A carrier element for a semiconductor chip and in particular for incorporation into smart cards. The carrier element has an encapsulation composition protecting the semiconductor chip. The carrier element connections are disposed on one of the main surfaces of the encapsulation composition along only two opposite edges. They are made of a conductive material and have a reduced thickness at the ends facing one another, the cross section having a step only on one side. The semiconductor chip is disposed on the connections in a region of the section of reduced thickness and is mechanically connected to the connections.

Carrier element for a semiconductor chip for incorporation into smart cards

Flip-chip bumps (solder bumps) are applied on the contact-connection points of a semiconductor chip. These bumps extend from there through a covering compound (mold) that is applied as a protective layer. The end of each one of the bumps that is remote from the semiconductor chip forms a pad. This pad lies approximately plane-parallel in the surface of the covering compound that is remote from the semiconductor chip. At least during the encapsulation process, the chips are preferably arranged on a carrier element, in particular a carrier strip.

Smart card module, smart card with the smart card module, and method for producing the smart card module

A method for producing a chip module includes punching a chip carrier to form a chip carrier fixing section and chip carrier contact sections spaced apart from the chip carrier fixing section by slots defining a given distance. The given distance is subsequently reduced to a dimension preventing a flow through of a sealing mass by a swaging operation carried out at least in a region close to the slots.

Method for producing a chip module

The invention relates to an adhesive joint which connects a body made of a first material to a plastic body. The adhesive joint is formed by an adhesive laminate which includes a flexible core layer made of acrylate and outer layers made of hot-melt adhesive which respectively adjoin the first body and the plastic body, and a transition layer is respectively arranged between the outer layers and the core layer.

Adhesive joint assembly

A smart card with a card carrier on which a data processing circuit and also a connection assembly for the contactless communication of data between the data processing circuit and an external data processing station are provided. In the course of producing a prior art smart card, an integrated circuit is applied to a card carrier made of plastic. Afterwards, a transmitting/receiving coil connected to corresponding terminals of the integrated circuit is applied along the outer edges of the prior art smart card. In the case of the prior art smart card, the fact that defective prior art smart cards have to be destroyed is disadvantageous. According to the invention, the data processing circuit and the connection assembly are provided in a region of at least one module carrier and the card carrier has a region for accommodating the module carrier. This makes it possible firstly to test the completed module carrier in respect of its proper functioning before it is incorporated into a card carrier.

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Kelheim, Germany

Frank Püschner

Growing community of inventors

Kelheim, Germany

Frank P&uuml;schner

Frank Püschner