CONTACTLESS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD, AND METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING SAME

摘要

An integrated circuit is embedded in the body of a card by means of a first hot punch (5) with a core (6) engaging the integrated circuit in such a way that the material of the card body is driven aside and forms a bead (13), whereafter the first hot punch is removed and the bead (13) is squashed using a second hot punch with a larger working surface so that said material is driven back over the integrated circuit, which is then surrounded by a uniform mass of material that includes a raised portion on at least one surface thereof above the integrated circuit.