Patent ID: 7059534
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: B32B,G06K

Abstract:
1. An IC card, comprising: a first support; a second support; an IC module including an IC chip, a reinforcing structural member neighboring to the IC chip and an antenna; the IC module provided between the first and second supports; a first adhesive layer provided between the first support and the reinforcing structural member; and a second adhesive layer provided between the second support and the IC chip; wherein when the IC card is curved with a radius R where R wherein the reinforcing structural member is a metallic reinforcing plate having an upper surface on which the IC chip is mounted and an area of the upper surface of the metallic reinforcing plate is larger than an area of the IC chip, and wherein when θ is an angle between the upper surface of the metallic reinforcing plate and a line connecting an edge of the upper surface of the metallic reinforcing plate with an edge of an upper surface of the IC chip, the following formula is satisfied: