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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karlheinz Hafner, Munich, DE;
Sonke Mehrgardt, March, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257679 ; 257686 ;
Abstract
A carrier element in card form has at least one integrated semiconductor circuit disposed on the carrier element. External terminals of the data carrier card have a terminal surface disposed on an edge surface of the carrier element. Further terminal surfaces are preferably provided on main surface areas of the carrier element for an external terminal. If a plurality of data carrier cards are laid congruently one on top of the other, an electrical connection between the external terminals of the respective data carrier cards is established in a simple way.