Chip card with a card carrier

摘要

A smart card with a card carrier on which a data processing circuit and also a connection assembly for the contactless communication of data between the data processing circuit and an external data processing station are provided. In the course of producing a prior art smart card, an integrated circuit is applied to a card carrier made of plastic. Afterwards, a transmitting/receiving coil connected to corresponding terminals of the integrated circuit is applied along the outer edges of the prior art smart card. In the case of the prior art smart card, the fact that defective prior art smart cards have to be destroyed is disadvantageous. According to the invention, the data processing circuit and the connection assembly are provided in a region of at least one module carrier and the card carrier has a region for accommodating the module carrier. This makes it possible firstly to test the completed module carrier in respect of its proper functioning before it is incorporated into a card carrier.