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Patent US8162696 - Dongle which is intended to be connected to a port of a telecommunications ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA dongle is formed by a module having an integrated circuit chip which is connected to contact pads which are flush with the surface of the module. The dongle is intended to be connected to a port of a telecommunications device, having electric connecting pins. The contact pads correspond to the electric...http://www.google.com/patents/US8162696?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8162696 - Dongle which is intended to be connected to a port of a telecommunications deviceAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8162696 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/490,414Publication dateApr 24, 2012Filing dateSep 24, 2002Priority dateSep 24, 2001Also published asCN1589453A, CN100359527C, EP1433125A1, US20040259423, WO2003027946A1Publication number10490414, 490414, US 8162696 B2, US 8162696B2, US-B2-8162696, US8162696 B2, US8162696B2InventorsDidier Elbaz, Francois MoutelOriginal AssigneeGemalto SaExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (6), Referenced by (4), Classifications (12), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDongle which is intended to be connected to a port of a telecommunications deviceUS 8162696 B2Abstract A dongle is formed by a module having an integrated circuit chip which is connected to contact pads which are flush with the surface of the module. The dongle is intended to be connected to a port of a telecommunications device, having electric connecting pins. The contact pads correspond to the electric connecting pins in such a way that the pads can be directly connected to the pins.
1. A dongle comprising a module including an integrated circuit chip connected to contact areas flush with the surface of said module, for connection to a port of a telecommunication device, said port having electrical connection lugs, wherein said contact areas correspond to said electrical connection lugs so as to be able to be directly connected to said lugs, and a lining applied to all or part of one of the faces of the module, opposite to said surface on which said contact areas are disposed, such that said lining and said module together have a thickness equal to a thickness determined by the thickness of the port.
4. A dongle comprising a substantially planar substrate that is directly insertable into a USB port of a communication device having parallel electrical connection lugs, said substrate having an integrated circuit chip storing a chip card application program directed to one or more of protection of data, access to the Internet, identification, electronic commerce, and on-line payment, said substrate further having contact areas that are flush with an insertable planar surface of said substrate so as to be in direct contact with said lugs when said substrate is inserted into the USB port in order for all of the contact areas to communicate with the communication device.
5. The dongle of claim 4 wherein said substrate comprises a portion of an integrated circuit chip card.
6. The dongle of claim 4 wherein said contact areas have a linear shape and are oriented in a direction parallel to the direction of insertion of said substrate into said port.
7. A dongle according to claim 4, further comprising means for making all or part of the thickness of said dongle equal to a thickness determined by the thickness of the port.
8. A dongle according to claim 7, wherein said means provides said determined thickness at said contact areas.
9. A dongle according to claim 7, wherein the substrate has longitudinal edges, and wherein said means is formed by said longitudinal edges having a thickness equal to said determined thickness.
10. A dongle comprising a substantially planar substrate that is directly insertable into a port of a telecommunications device having electrical connection lugs, said substrate having an integrated circuit chip and contact areas that are flush with one of the major surfaces of said substrate so as to be in direct contact with said lugs when said substrate is inserted into the port, and further comprising a lining applied to all or part of a surface of the substrate, opposite to that of the contact areas, said lining and said substrate having together a thickness equal to a thickness determined by the thickness of the port.
11. A dongle according to claim 10, wherein said lining is composed of resin.
12. A dongle according to claim 1, wherein the dongle and the module are integrated in a single element.
13. A dongle comprising a substantially planar substrate that is directly insertable into a port of a telecommunications device having electrical connection lugs, said substrate having an integrated circuit chip and contact areas that are flush with one of the major surfaces of said substrate so as to be in direct contact with said lugs when said substrate is inserted into the port, further comprising an adaptor able to receive all or part of said substrate, for making all or a part of the thickness of said dongle equal to a thickness determined by the thickness of the port.
14. A dongle according to claim 13, wherein said adaptor comprises means for guiding said substrate and means for locking said substrate.
15. A dongle according to claim 14, wherein the adaptor comprises means for positioning the substrate at a height corresponding to a height determined by the thickness of the port.
16. A method of manufacturing a dongle comprising a module having an integrated circuit chip connected to contact areas flush with the surface of said module, for connection to a port of a telecommunication device, said port having electrical connection lugs, comprising the steps of manufacturing a chip card so that its contact areas correspond to the positions of the electrical connection lugs so as to be able to be directly connected to said connection lugs, and depositing material over all or part of a face of said module opposite to that of the contact areas so that the module has in whole or in part a thickness equal to a thickness determined by the thickness of the port.
17. A method according to claim 16, wherein the port is of the USB type.
18. A method according to claim 16, wherein the port has a determined format, and the module includes a module body, further comprising the step of cutting said module body according to a format compatible with that of said port.
19. A method according to claim 16, wherein the module has longitudinal edges and said method comprises the step of bending or curving said longitudinal edges so that said edges have a thickness equal to a thickness determined by the thickness of the port.
20. A method according to claim 16, wherein the module has longitudinal edges and said method comprises the step of forming a groove on each of said longitudinal edges so that said edges have a thickness equal to a thickness determined by the thickness of the port.
21. A dongle comprising a module having an integrated circuit chip storing a chip card application program directed to one or more of protection of data, access to the Internet, identification, electronic commerce, and on-line payment, said integrated circuit chip being connected to contact areas that are flush with a surface of said module, said module being directly insertable into a USB port of a communication device having electrical connection lugs, and said contact areas having a linear shape oriented in a direction parallel to the direction of insertion of said module into said USB port and disposed so as to be in direct contact with said lugs when said module is inserted into the USB port in order for all of the contact areas to communicate with the communication device.
22. The dongle according to claim 21, wherein the module includes a module body with the thickness of a standardized chip card.
23. A dongle comprising a module having a module body with the thickness of a standardized chip card and including an integrated circuit chip connected to contact areas that are flush with a surface of said module body, and being directly insertable into a port of a telecommunications device having electrical connection lugs, said contact areas having a linear shape oriented in a direction parallel to the direction of insertion of said module into said port and disposed so as to be in direct contact with said lugs when said module is inserted into the port, and further including a lining on at least a part of the surface of said body opposite said contact areas, to provide the dongle with a thickness in the region of said contact areas that is equal to a thickness determined by the dimensions of said port.
24. The dongle of claim 22 wherein said body has longitudinal edges with a thickness equal to a thickness determined by the dimensions of said port.
25. A dongle comprising a module having a module body with the thickness of a standardized chip card and including an integrated circuit chip connected to contact areas that are flush with a surface of said module body, and being directly insertable into a port of a telecommunications device having electrical connection lugs, said contact areas having a linear shape oriented in a direction parallel to the direction of insertion of said module into said port and disposed so as to be in direct contact with said lugs when said module is inserted into the port, and further including an adaptor in which said module is received, said adaptor having dimensions complementary to those of the port and supporting said module in a position such that, when said adaptor and module are inserted in the port, said contact areas are held in contact with said lugs.
26. An integrated circuit chip card component that is directly insertable into a USB port having electrical connection lugs, said chip card component having an integrated circuit and contact areas that are flush with a surface of said component, and means for maintaining said component, when inserted into a USB port, at a position such that said contact areas are in direct contact with said lugs, wherein said integrated circuit stores a chip card application program directed to one or more of protection of data, access to the Internet, identification, electronic commerce, and on-line payment, and wherein all of the contact areas are configured to communicate with the same external device.
27. The integrated circuit chip card component of claim 26, wherein said maintaining means comprises structure on said component that imparts a thickness to said component that is complementary to the dimensions of the USB port.
28. The integrated circuit chip card component of claim 26, wherein said maintaining means comprises an adaptor in which said component is received, said adaptor having dimensions complementary to those of the port and supporting said component in a position such that, when said adaptor and module are inserted in the port, said contact areas are held in contact with said lugs.
29. The integrated circuit component of claim 26 wherein said component comprises a cut-out from an integrated circuit chip card that conforms to a standardized ISO format.
30. An integrated circuit chip card having a size that conforms to a standardized ISO format and includes an integrated circuit and contacts that are flush with a surface of said card, and further including an incision that defines a cut-out portion that contains said integrated circuit and contacts, said integrated circuit storing a chip card application program directed to one or more of protection of data, access to the Internet, identification, electronic commerce, and on-line payment, and said cut-out portion constituting a dongle that is directly insertable into a port of a telecommunications device having lugs, such that said contacts are in direct contact with said lugs when the dongle is inserted into the port, wherein all of the contacts are configured to communicate with the telecommunications device.
31. The integrated circuit chip card of claim 30 wherein said contacts have a linear shape and are oriented in a direction parallel to the direction of insertion of said dongle into the port.
32. A dongle comprising a substantially planar substrate that is directly insertable into a port of a communication device having parallel electrical connection lugs, said substrate having an integrated circuit chip storing a chip card application program directed to one or more of protection of data, access to the Internet, identification, electronic commerce, and on-line payment, said substrate further having contact areas that are flush with an insertable planar surface of said substrate so as to be in direct contact with said lugs when said substrate is inserted into the port in order for all of the contact areas to communicate with the communication device.
33. A dongle comprising a substantially planar substrate that is directly insertable into a port of a communication device having parallel electrical connection lugs, said substrate having an integrated circuit chip storing a chip card application program directed to one or more of protection of data, access to the Internet, identification, electronic commerce, and on-line payment, said substrate further having contact areas that lead to an insertable planar surface of said substrate so as to be in direct contact with said lugs when said substrate is inserted into the port in order for all of the contact areas to communicate with the communication device.
34. A dongle having a card shape comprising a substantially planar substrate that is directly insertable into a port of a communication device having parallel electrical connection lugs, said substrate having an integrated circuit chip storing a chip card application program directed to one or more of protection of data, access to the Internet, identification, electronic commerce, and on-line payment, said substrate further having contact areas that lead to an insertable planar surface of said substrate so as to be in direct contact with said lugs when said substrate is inserted into the port in order for all of the contact areas to communicate with the communication device. Description
This disclosure is based upon French Application No. 01/12276, filed Sep. 24, 2001, and International Application No. PCT/FR02/03247, filed on Sep. 24, 2002, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention concerns a dongle comprising a module comprising an integrated circuit chip connected to contact areas flush with the surface of the, said module, intended to be connected to a port of a telecommunication device.
The field of the invention is that of the protection of data, access to the Internet, identification, electronic commerce, on-line payment, etc, by means of a dongle of the USB (from the name of the standard �Universal Serial Bus� in English) type connected to a USB-type port of a telecommunication device such as a computer or mobile telephone; the field of application is the same as that of the chip card.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One object of the invention is a dongle comprising a module 5 comprising an integrated circuit chip connected by connection means to contact areas 28 flush with the surface of the said module, intended to be connected to a port of a telecommunication device, the said port comprising electrical connection lugs, principally characterised in that the said contact areas 28 correspond to the said electrical connection lugs so as to be able to be directly connected to these lugs.
FIGS. 1 and 2, already described, depict schematically various elements of a portable reader according to the prior art,
FIG. 3, already described, illustrates schematically various electrical connection lines within a portable reader according to the prior art,
FIG. 4 depicts schematically a personal computer comprising a USB port in which a dongle is inserted,
FIG. 5 illustrates schematically a chip card to the ISO format intended to become a dongle according to the invention,
FIG. 6 depicts schematically the contact areas of a module intended to be connected to a port of the USB type,
FIGS. 7 a, 7 b and 7 c depict respectively a longitudinal section and a transverse section of a USB port and a longitudinal section of the port in which a dongle according to the invention is inserted,
FIGS. 8 a and 8 b depict schematically a dongle obtained according to a first embodiment of the invention, seen in perspective from above and below,
FIG. 9 depicts schematically a dongle obtained according to a second embodiment of the invention, seen in perspective from above,
FIGS. 10 a, 10 b and 10 c depict schematically various steps of obtaining a dongle according to a third embodiment of the invention, seen in perspective from above.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION In the remainder of the description, the same references are used for designating the same elements as those in the figures already described.
FIG. 4 depicts a personal computer 100 comprising a USB port 3 in which a dongle 1 according to the invention is inserted.
A port 3 of the USB type in which a dongle according to the invention is inserted is depicted in FIG. 7 c. The port 3 without a dongle will first of all be described.
Such a port 3 is depicted in FIG. 7 a along a longitudinal section and FIG. 7 b along a transverse section. There can also be seen the connection lugs 32 fixed to a projecting connection part 31, top 33 a and bottom 33 b locking blades intended to lock the dongle in the port 3 when it is inserted therein. This locking is of course not definitive since the dongle is removable.
When the dongle according to the invention is inserted in the port as depicted in FIG. 7 c, the contact areas 28 of the module are in contact with the connection lugs 32 of the port and the exchanges between the computer and the chip of the module can then take place, via the USB port. The bottom locking blades 33 b (not shown in FIG. 7 c) lock the dongle 1 in the inserted position; the top locking blades 33 a are not used.
The majority of chip cards of the contact type manufactured at the present time, such as ISO cards, have a thickness of approximately 0.8 mm. The thickness of the dongle must be approximately 2 mm so that the contact areas 28 of the module can be in contact with the electrical connection lugs 32 of a port of the USB type when the dongle is inserted in the port, as depicted in FIG. 7 c. It is then necessary in this case to develop new specific ports of the USB type for dongles of this thickness or increase up to the desired thickness the thickness of the module or at the very least that of the part 51 which is intended to be inserted in the port.
As depicted in FIGS. 8 a and 8 b, a lining 511 can be applied to all or part of the bottom face of this part 51 of the module, that is to say the face opposite to the one where the contact areas 28 lie flush. This lining 511 can for example be obtained by the deposition of material, this material being able to be resin.
Another method consists of using an adaptor 514 depicted in FIGS. 10 a, 10 b and 10 c, intended to receive the module 5 or at the very least the part 51 of the module and whose outside dimensions are compatible with the inside dimensions of the port: the adaptor can for example take the outside dimensions of the part 6 depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2.
More precisely, FIG. 10 a shows the adaptor 514 in which the module 5 has not yet been inserted, FIG. 10 b the adaptor 514 in which the module 5 is in the course of being inserted and FIG. 10 c the adaptor 514 in which the module 5 is inserted.
It may also provide additional protection for a module having the required thickness such as those depicted in FIGS. 8 a and 9, then not requiring to be raised; in this case, the adaptor does not comprise any means 516 for raising the module.
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