Patent ID: 8196829

Claim:
A chip module comprising: a chip having at least one of memory and microprocessor functionalities; a radiofrequency circuit; at least one antenna element having a driving point and being connected to an RF-terminal of the radiofrequency circuit; contact means operable to connect the chip directly through direct electric contact, the contact means comprising contact pads accessible from an outside of the chip module; at least one dielectric substrate on which the chip, the radiofrequency circuit, the at least one antenna element, and the contact means are arranged; wherein the driving point is separated from an edge of the chip module by at least 1 mm but not more than 11 mm; wherein the chip module is essentially rectangular; wherein the at least one antenna element is completely arranged in a half of the chip module where a major portion of the contact pads does not exist when considering the essentially rectangular shape divided in two equal portions by a line extending parallel to a short edge of a rectangle.