Standardized information card

Claim 2

A standardized information card comprising: a sheet having a predetermined surface area and a predetermined maximum thickness; said sheet having a top face, a bottom face and reference data on said top face, an integrated circuit assembly comprising a substrate having a surface area and a thickness substantially smaller than said predetermined surface area and said predetermined maximum thickness of said sheet, respectively, and an electronic device carried on at least one major surface of said substrate, said electronic device having a plurality of terminals on a predetermined major surface area and an array of conductors which extends from said terminals toward terminal areas adjacent the peripheral portion of said substrate and which are connected with respective terminal areas; said sheet including a cavity of an area substantially greater than said predetermined major surface area of said electronic device for said substrate with said electronic device and said array of conductors, said cavity including a chamber for said device, said substrate being disposed against one face of said sheet and said card having electrical terminals corresponding to said respective terminal areas of said array of conductors on said substrate and aperture means adjacent said cavity for accessing to said respective terminal areas.

Claim 3

A card according to claim 1, wherein said sheet has a first general thickness smaller than said maximum thickness and a protuberance, said cavity being disposed in the proturberance of said sheet which culminates at a level such that the total thickness of the sheet and proturberance is at most equal to said maximum predetermined thickness.

Claim 4

A card according to claim 2, wherein said protuberance is an embossed formation from a portion of said sheet and having a thickness substantially equal to said thickness of said sheet.

Claim 5

A card according to claim 1 wherein said top face has a protuberance and a cap on said top face covers, said sheet and said substrate in the area of said cavity, the total thickness of said cap and sheet being less than the total thickness of said sheet and protuberance.

Claim 6

A card according to claim 1, wherein said cavity is a hole passing through said sheet and having closure means.

Claim 7

A card according to claim 5, wherein said closure means is a plug comprising an electrically insulating filling material surrounding said electronic device.

Claim 8

A card according to claim 5, wherein said closure means is a plate fixed to said sheet.

Claim 9

A card according to claim 1, wherein said cavity comprises a first shallow depression adjacent said chamber and one face of said sheet and having an area for receiving said substrate.

Claim 10

A card according to claim 8, wherein the periphery of said substrate is fixed within said first shallow depression of said sheet.

Claim 11

A card according to claim 1, including sealing cover means overlying said substrate for maintaining said substrate in said chamber, the periphery of said sealing cover means being fixed to said sheet.

Claim 12

A card according to claim 10, wherein said sealing cover means comprises a cover having a greater area than that of said substrate and further including a first shallow depression adjacent said chamber and on one face of said sheet and a second shallow depression extending from said first shallow depression means, said substrate being disposed in the first shallow depression and said cover overlying said substrate and being received in said second shallow depression.

Claim 13

A card according to claim 10, wherein said sealing cover means is an additional sheet extending over said predetermined surface area of said sheet and bonded thereto.

Claim 14

A card according to claim 10, wherein said sheet has a first general thickness smaller than said maximum thickness and said sealing cover means is a cap shaped for enclosing said electronic device and culminating at a level such that the total thickness of the sheet and cap enclosed electronic device is almost equal to said maximum thickness.

Claim 15

A card according to claim 10, wherein said sheet has a first general thickness smaller than said maximum thickness and said sealing cover means is a substantially plane cover disposed such that the total thickness of the sheet and plane cover is at most equal to said maximum thickness.

Claim 16

A card according to claim 10, wherein said sealing cover means is of a material stiffer than the substrate.

Claim 17

A card according to claim 1, wherein said aperture means extend through said sheet.

Claim 18

A card according to claim 10, wherein aperture means are provided through said sealing cover means.

Claim 19

A card according to claim 1, wherein said aperture means are filled with an electrically conductive material.

Claim 20

A card according to claim 1, wherein said aperture means includes a plurality of apertures and each of said terminal areas of said conductors on said substrate is coupled to at least two apertures of said aperture means.

Claim 21

A card according to claim 19, wherein each of said terminal areas of said conductors comprises at least two superposed terminal areas respectively disposed on the two faces of said substrate, and said coupled apertures respectively open onto the two major surfaces of said card.

Claim 22

A card according to claim 19, wherein each of said terminals of said electronic device is coupled to two separated adjacent conductors of said array of conductors, said two separated adjacent conductors terminating by two separated adjacent terminal areas, and said coupled apertures are adjacent and opened onto one face of said card while respectively corresponding to said separated adjacent terminal areas.

Claim 23

A card according to claim 19, wherein each of said terminals of said electronic device is coupled to one conductor of said array of conductors which ends by one terminal area, and said at least two apertures are adjacent and opened onto one face of said card while corresponding to said one terminal area.

Claim 24

A card according to claim 1, wherein said sheet is a flexible material and said cavity is arranged adjacent a corner of said card for reducing stresses applied to said substrate together with said electronic device and said array of conductors when the sheet is handled.

Claim 25

A card according to claim 1, wherein the face of said electronic device which carries said terminals has a substance which cannot be removed from the device without impairing the operation of said device.

Claim 26

A standardized information card comprising: a sheet having a predetermined surface area and a predetermined maximum thickness; said sheet having a top face, a bottom face and a protuberance and reference data on said top face, an integrated circuit assembly comprising a substrate having a surface area and a thickness substantially smaller than said predetermined surface area and said predetermined maximum thickness of said sheet, respectively, and an electronic device carried on at least one major surface of said substrate, said electronic device having a plurality of terminals on a predetermined major surface area and an array of conductors which extends from said terminals toward terminal areas adjacent the peripheral portion of said substrate and which are connected with respective terminal areas; said sheet including a cavity of an area substantially greater than said predetermined major surface area of said electronic device for said substrate with said electronic device and said array of conductors, said cavity including a chamber for said device; said substrate being disposed against one face of said sheet, a cap on said top face covering said sheet and said substrate in the area of said cavity, the total thickness of said cap and sheet being less than the total thickness of said sheet and protuberance, and said card having electrical terminals corresponding to said respective terminal areas of said array of conductors on said substrate and aperture means adjacent said cavity for accessing to said respective terminal areas.

Claim 27

A standardized information card comprising: a sheet having a predetermined surface area and a predetermined maximum thickness; said sheet having a top face, a bottom face and a protuberance and reference data on said top face, an integrated circuit assembly comprising a substrate having a surface area and a thickness substantially smaller than said predetermined surface area and said predetermined maximum thickness of said sheet, respectively, and an electronic device carried on at least one major surface of said substrate, said electronic device having a plurality of terminals on a predetermined major surface area and an array of conductors which extends from said terminals toward terminal areas adjacent the peripheral portion of said substrate and which are connected with respective terminal areas; said sheet including a cavity of an area substantially greater than said predetermined major surface area of said electronic device for said substrate with said electronic device and said array of conductors, said cavity including a chamber for said device; said substrate being disposed against one face of said sheet, a cap on said top face covering said sheet and said substrate in the area of said cavity, the total thickness of said cap and sheet being less than the total thickness of said sheet and protuberance, and said card having electrical terminals corresponding to said respective terminal areas of said array of conductors on said substrate and aperture means adjacent said cavity for accessing to said respective terminal areas.

Claim 28

A card according to claim 25, wherein said sheet has a first general thickness smaller than said maximum thickness and a protuberance in the area of said first thickness, said cavity being disposed in the protuberance of said sheet which culminates at a level at most equal to said maximum thickness level.

Claim 29

A card according to claim 26, wherein said protuberance is an embossed formation from a portion of said sheet and having a second thickness substantially equal to said first thickness.

Claim 30

A card according to claim 25, wherein said cavity is a hole passing through said sheet and having closure means.

Claim 31

A card according to claim 28, wherein said closure means is a plug comprising an electrically insulating filling material surrounding said electronic device.

Claim 32

A card according to claim 28, wherein said closure means is a plate fixed to said sheet.

Claim 33

A card according to claim 25, wherein said cavity means further comprises shallow depression means adjacent to said cavity and including a first shallow depression having an area for receiving said substrate.

Claim 34

A card according to claim 31, wherein the periphery of said substrate is fixed to said first shallow depression of said sheet.

Claim 35

A standardized information card comprising: a sheet having a predetermined surface area and a predetermined maximum thickness; said sheet having a top face, a bottom face and reference data on said top face, an integrated circuit assembly comprising a substrate having a surface area and a thickness substantially smaller than said predetermined surface area and said predetermined maximum thickness of said sheet, respectively, and an electronic device carried on at least one major surface of said substrate, said electronic device having a plurality of terminals on a predetermined major surface area and an array of conductors which extends from said terminals toward terminal areas adjacent the peripheral portion of said substrate and which are connected with respective terminal areas; said sheet including a cavity of an area substantially greater than said predetermined major surface area of said electronic device for said substrate with said electronic device and said array of conductors, said cavity including a chamber for said device; sealing cover means overlying said substrate for maintaining said substrate in said chamber, the periphery of said sealing cover means being fixed to said sheet, said substrate being disposed against one face of said sheet and said card having electrical terminals corresponding to said respective terminal areas of said array of conductors on said substrate and aperture means adjacent said cavity for accessing to said respective terminal areas.

Claim 36

A standardized information card comprising: a sheet having a predetermined surface area and a predetermined maximum thickness; said sheet having a top face, a bottom face and reference data on said top face, an integrated circuit assembly comprising a substrate having a surface area and a thickness substantially smaller than said predetermined surface area and said predetermined maximum thickness of said sheet, respectively, and an electronic device carried on at least one major surface of said substrate, said electronic device having a plurality of terminals on a predetermined major surface area and an array of conductors which extends from said terminals toward terminal areas adjacent the peripheral portion of said substrate and which are connected with respective terminal areas; said sheet including a cavity of an area substantially greater than said predetermined major surface area of said electronic device for said substrate with said electronic device and said array of conductors, said cavity including a chamber for said device; sealing cover means overlying said substrate for maintaining said substrate in said chamber, the periphery of said sealing cover means being fixed to said sheet, said substrate being disposed against one face of said sheet and said card having electrical terminals corresponding to said respective terminal areas of said array of conductors on said substrate and aperture means adjacent said cavity for accessing to said respective terminal areas.

Claim 37

A card according to claim 33, wherein said sealing cover means comprises a cover having a greater area than that of said substrate and further including a first shallow depression adjacent said chamber and on one face of said sheet and a second shallow depression extending from said first shallow depression means, said substrate being disposed in the first shallow depression and said cover overlying said substrate and being received in said second shallow depression.

Claim 38

A card according to claim 34, wherein said sealing cover means is an additional sheet extending over said predetermined surface area of said sheet and bonded thereto.

Claim 39

A card according to claim 33, wherein said sheet has a first general thickness smaller than said maximum thickness and said sealing cover means is a cap shaped for enclosing said electronic device and culminating at a level such that the total thickness of the sheet and cap enclosed electronic device is almost equal to said maximum thickness.

Claim 40

A card according to claim 33, wherein said sheet has a first general thickness smaller than said maximum thickness and said sealing cover means is a substantially plane cover disposed for such that the total thickness of the sheet and plance cover is at most equal to said maximum thickness.

Claim 41

A card according to claim 33, wherein said sealing cover means are made of a material stiffer than the substrate.

Claim 42

A card according to claim 33, wherein said aperture means are provided through said sealing cover means.

Claim 43

A card according to claim 25, wherein said aperture means are provided through said sheet.

Claim 44

A card according to claim 25, wherein said aperture means are filled with an electrically conductive material.

Claim 45

A card according to claim 25, wherein said aperture means includes a plurality of apertures and each of said terminal areas of said conductors on said substrate is coupled to at least two apertures of said aperture means.

Claim 46

A card according to claim 42, wherein each of said terminal areas of said conductors comprising at least two superposed terminal areas respectively disposed on the two faces of said substrate, and said coupled apertures respectively open onto the two major surfaces of said card.

Claim 47

A card according to claim 42, wherein each of said terminals of said electronic device is coupled to two separated adjacent conductors of said array of conductors, said two separated adjacent conductors terminating by two separated adjacent terminal areas, and said coupled apertures are adjacent and opened onto one face of said card while respectively corresponding to said separated adjacent terminal areas.

Claim 48

A card according to claim 42, wherein each of said terminals of said electronic device is coupled to one conductor of said array of conductors which ends by one terminal area, and said at least two apertures are adjacent and opened onto one face of said card while corresponding to said one terminal area.

Claim 49

A card according to claim 25, wherein said sheet is a flexible material and said cavity means is arranged adjacent a corner of said card for reducing stresses applied to said substrate together with said electronic device and said array of conductors when the sheet is handled.

Claim 50

A card according to claim 25, wherein the face of said electronic device which carries said terminals has a substance which cannot be removed from the device without impairing the operation of said device.