Fraud-preventing security arrangement for an electrical connector for chip cards

摘要

The invention proposes a security arrangement for an electrical connector (10) for connecting an electrical memory card to contacts, the connector (10) comprising a horizontal bottom plate (16) made of insulating material which bears a series of blades (32a, 32b) for contact with the lands of the card, the arrangement comprising a protection element (34) which bears at least one protection conductor circuit (C1) which at least partly surrounds the bottom plate (16) of the connector (10), characterized in that the horizontal bottom plate (16) of the connector (10) bears at least one additional contact blade (68) which comprises a top portion (70) for connecting with the protection circuit (C1) of the protection element (34) and a bottom portion (72) for connecting with said at least one track linking to the detection circuit.