Patent ID: 7486346

Claim:
Method for producing a portable data carrier with a display device, comprising the steps: providing a semifinished product with conductive paths ( 18 ) disposed in the interior, producing a recess ( 21 ) in the semifinished product, uncovering countercontact surfaces ( 26 ) of the conductive paths ( 18 ) in the recess ( 21 ), separately applying a reflection layer ( 23 ) that is not a component of the display device ( 1 ) onto the base surface ( 22 ) of the recess ( 21 ), inserting the display device ( 1 ) having no reflection layer component into the recess ( 21 ), so that the display device ( 1 ) together with the separately applied reflection layer ( 23 ) forms a reflective display, and contacting the countercontact surfaces ( 26 ) with contact surfaces ( 6 ) of the display device ( 1 ).