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Patent US5932866 - Optical card with a built-in IC module technical field - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsAn optical card (100) with a built-in IC module comprises a base card (101), an optical recording part (11) incorporated into the base card (101), and an IC module (120) mounted on the base card (101). The IC module (120) has a base (122), an IC chip unit (121) mounted on one of the surfaces of the base...http://www.google.com/patents/US5932866?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5932866 - Optical card with a built-in IC module technical fieldAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS5932866 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/765,593PCT numberPCT/JP1996/001316Publication dateAug 3, 1999Filing dateMay 17, 1996Priority dateMay 19, 1995Fee statusLapsedAlso published asCA2195438A1, CA2195438C, EP0772155A1, EP0772155A4, WO1996036938A1Publication number08765593, 765593, PCT/1996/1316, PCT/JP/1996/001316, PCT/JP/1996/01316, PCT/JP/96/001316, PCT/JP/96/01316, PCT/JP1996/001316, PCT/JP1996/01316, PCT/JP1996001316, PCT/JP199601316, PCT/JP96/001316, PCT/JP96/01316, PCT/JP96001316, PCT/JP9601316, US 5932866 A, US 5932866A, US-A-5932866, US5932866 A, US5932866AInventorsYosuke Terada, Shigeo Hachiki, Hachiro Saito, Seiichi Nishikawa, Yoshihiro AzumaOriginal AssigneeDai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (11), Non-Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (46), Classifications (8), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetOptical card with a built-in IC module technical field
The optical card with a built-in IC module having the optical recording part and the IC module is thin and its thickness is standardized (0.76±0.08 mm, ISO Standards) and the optical recording part is required to be installed at a standard depth of 0.4±0.05 mm from the surface of the optical card. The R/W device for writing information to and reading information from the optical recording part is constructed so as to meet those standards. The horizontal position of the optical recording part with respect to the right side, the left side and the lower side of the optical card is specified in ISO Standards (ISO 11694-2). According to ISO Standards, the distances from the right and the left edge of the optical card to the ends of a region for the optical recording part must be 3 mm or less, and the distance from the lower edge of the optical card to the end of the same region must be 4.5 mm or less. Therefore, an area taken by the optical recording part needs to be expanded toward the upper edge of the optical card to increase the capacity of the optical recording part.
Thus, the region for the optical recording part needs to be expanded to a terminal region for the terminal part of the IC module specified in ISO Standards (ISO 7816-2) for IC modules, to increase the capacity of the optical recording part of the optical card with a built-in IC module. If the region for the optical recording part is expanded, the optical recording part and the IC module overlap each other and, since the thickness of the IC module is about 0.6 mm, the thickness of a contact region of the optical card increases beyond the standard thickness of 0.76±0.08 mm specified in ISO Standards, so that the IC module should not penetrate the optical recording film.
As shown in FIG. 1C, the IC chip unit 121 of the IC module 120, including the sealing resin molding 121b is apart from the terminal unit 123. Since the IC chip unit 121 including the sealing resin molding 121b does not overlap the optical recording part 110, the base card 101 having the first base plate 130 and the second base plate 140 has a thickness equal to that of the base card of a conventional optical card and within the thickness range of 0.76±0.08 mm specified in ISO Standards.
In the optical card 100 with built-in IC module, the terminal part 123 of the IC module 120 can be disposed in the region specified in ISO Standards (ISO 7816-2), the base card 101 has a thickness within the thickness range of 0.76±0.08 mm specified in ISO Standards, and the optical recording part 110 can be expanded to the region for the terminal part specified in ISO Standards (ISO 11694-2).
The materials of the base card 101 will be explained hereinafter. The first base plate 130 and the second base plate 140 of the base card 101 are made of a polycarbonate resin and a polyvinyl chloride resin, respectively. The thickness of a portion of the first base plate 130 corresponding to an optical memory region 111a (FIG. 3) is 0.4±0.05 mm. The first base plate 130 does not have any optical strain and has a transmittance of 95% or above to light radiations of a wavelength in the range of 750 to 850 nm. Suitable materials other than the polycarbonate resin for forming the first base plate 130 are polystyrene resins, amorphous polyolefin resins, polyester resins, acrylic resins, polyvinyl chloride resins, epoxy resins and such.
The optical card 100 with a built-in IC module has a large storage capacity and is capable of being applied to uses requiring a large storage capacity. For example, an optical card applied to recording results of health examination needs to record image information as well as numerical information, which requires a large storage capacity as large as several megabytes. The optical card 100 with a built-in IC module of the present invention is applicable to recording such a large quantity of information. Since the optical card 100 with a built-in IC module of the present invention has the terminal part 123 disposed in a terminal region specified in ISO Standards, and has the base card 101 of a thickness in the range of 0.76±0.08 mm specified in ISO Standards and the optical recording part 110 has an increased area, information can be written to and read from the optical card 100 of the present invention by a read/write device employed in writing information to and reading information from the conventional optical card 100.
The first base plate 130 is made of a polycarbonate resin. The thickness of a portion of the first base plate 130 corresponding to an optical memory region 111a needs to be in the range of 0.4±0.05 mm, the first base plate 130 needs to be free from optical strain and needs to have a transmittance of 95% or above to light radiations of a wavelength in the range of 750 to 850 nm. Suitable materials other than the polycarbonate resin for forming the first base plate 130 are polystyrene resins, amorphous polyolefin resins, polyester resins, acrylic resins, polyvinyl chloride resins, epoxy resins and such. The second base plate 140 is made of a polyvinyl chloride resin. Suitable materials other than the polyvinyl chloride resin for forming the second base plate 140 are ABS resins, polycarbonate resins and such.
The optical card 100 with a built-in IC module is provided with the optical recording part 110 having a large storage capacity and is capable of being applied to uses requiring a large storage capacity. For example, an optical card applied to recording results of health examination needs to record image information as well as numerical information, which requires a large storage capacity as large as several megabytes. The optical card 100 with a built-in IC module of the present invention is applicable to recording such a large quantity of information. Since the optical card 100 with a built-in IC module of the present invention has the terminal part 123 of the IC module 120, disposed in a terminal region specified in ISO Standards, and has the base card 101 of a thickness in the range of 0.76±0.08 mm specified in ISO Standards and the optical recording part 110 has an increased area, information can be written to and read from the optical card 100 of the present invention by a read/write device employed in writing information to and reading information from the conventional optical card 100.
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