Patent ID: 11948036
Assignee: METALAND LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of manufacturing a smartcard (SC) having a front face metal layer (FML) and additional layers of adhesive, plastic, or synthetic material, said front face metal layer having a rear surface and a module opening (MO) to accept implanting of a chip module (TCM, ICM), said method comprising:
applying an adhesion promoter comprising a primer layer (PL) onto the rear surface of the front face metal layer;
allowing the primer layer to dry;
applying an adhesive top-coat (TC) onto the dried primer layer;
applying a sacrificial layer to a front side of the front face metal layer; and
coating the top-coat with thermosetting polyurethane resin (PU).