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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1999
Benoî ;t Thevenot, Olivet, FR;
Pascal Billebaud, Orleans, FR;
Thierry Bitschnau, Senlis, FR;
Christophe Fletout, Boigny sur Bionne, FR;
Schlumberger Systemes, Montrouge, FR;
Abstract
An integrated circuit card with two connection modes. The integrated circuit card includes a card body in which there is embedded a link circuit for linking a contactless coupling element (,) to a module having an integrated circuit (,) connected to conductive areas carried by a support film (,). The link circuit extends in register with conductive areas (,) dedicated to making a contactless link and is connected to said conductive areas by an electrically conductive material (,) filling blind holes (,). The blind holes have sections that increase from a bottom of each hole towards an opening thereof over at least a portion of their height.