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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Bradford Clifton, Robbinsville, NJ (US);
Richard Michael Flynn, Noblesville, IN (US);
Fred William Verdi, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ; H01C / ; H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257679 ; 257669 ; 257672 ; 257728 ; 257782 ;
Abstract
Thin semiconductor die, approximately 0.004 to 0.007 inches thick, are positioned substantially on the neutral plane of a smart card, the neutral plane defined as the plane of substantially no mechanical strain during flexure of the smart card, thereby providing smart cards having improved resistance to mechanical flexure, and/or smart cards having improved RF performance.