Abstract: A method of obtaining an elongate carrier (12) to which a plurality of circuits (14) are fixed at their outer portions. The central portions (141) of the circuits are removed while the outer portions remain fixed to the carrier. A circuit (14) is fastened to a carrier (12) where electrical conductors extend from conducting pads of the circuit through holes (121) in the carrier to conducting pads of the carrier on an opposite side of the carrier.

Abstract: A circuit layer for an integrated circuit card comprising an electronic circuit embedded in a substrate and a coating covering the substrate and circuit. To enable larger tolerances of the position of the circuit in the substrate, the electronic circuit has contact pads with a quadrangular shape and the contact pads are exposed through the coating by holes having a circular shape.

Abstract: An assembly of a standard RFID/NFC element and a scrambling element for outputting wireless noise in response to a wireless request signal from a terminal, such as NFC, RFID or the like. The scrambling element has a noise generating circuit and an antenna for receiving the request signal and outputting a voltage. The scrambling element further comprises a voltage increasing element receiving the voltage from the antenna and feeding a higher voltage to the circuit to have the circuit start operation faster than the circuit of the standard RFID/NFC element.

Abstract: A credit card shaped element with a dynamic stripe which may be activated or deactivated, where the stripe is formed by a plurality of coils provided along the curve thereof, where the plurality of coils are activated in a sequential manner, where a plurality of proximity sensing coils are provided in series along the curve thereof, where the plurality of coils are formed by one coil contacted at multiple positions along its length by contact pads and where the signals fed to the coils cause an output of a reader coil to output a signals with a minimum slope or where one signal fed to one track has no peaks when the other signal is close to zero.

Abstract: A device for and a method of outputting a magnetic field which is selected according to the type of card reader into which the device is inserted. Different card readers have different reader head types and different number of reader heads, and different modes of outputting the magnetic field, usually with the same information contents, are selected in order to cater for different reader types. In one example, the sensing coils of different reader heads may have different angles to the swipe plane, so that different field line angles may be selected to adapt to the actual reader head.

Abstract: A method of obtaining an elongate carrier (12) to which a plurality of circuits (14) are fixed at their outer portions. The central portions (141) of the circuits are removed while the outer portions remain fixed to the carrier. A circuit (14) is fastened to a carrier (12) where electrical conductors extend from conducting pads of the circuit through holes (121) in the carrier to conducting pads of the carrier on an opposite side of the carrier.

Abstract: An assembly of a standard RFID/NFC element and a scrambling element for outputting wireless noise in response to a wireless request signal from a terminal, such as NFC, RFID or the like. The scrambling element has a noise generating circuit and an antenna for receiving the request signal and outputting a voltage. The scrambling element further comprises a voltage increasing element receiving the voltage from the antenna and feeding a higher voltage to the circuit to have the circuit start operation faster than the circuit of the standard RFID/NFC element.

Abstract: A circuit layer for an integrated circuit card comprising an electronic circuit embedded in a substrate and a coating covering the substrate and circuit. To enable larger tolerances of the position of the circuit in the substrate, the electronic circuit has contact pads with a quadrangular shape and the contact pads are exposed through the coating by holes having a circular shape.

Abstract: A credit card shaped element with a dynamic stripe which may be activated or deactivated, where the stripe is formed by a plurality of coils provided along the curve thereof, where the plurality of coils are activated in a sequential manner, where a plurality of proximity sensing coils are provided in series along the curve thereof, where the plurality of coils are formed by one coil contacted at multiple positions along its length by contact pads and where the signals fed to the coils cause an output of a reader coil to output a signals with a minimum slope or where one signal fed to one track has no peaks when the other signal is close to zero.

Abstract: A card configured to output an magnetic field on or at a surface thereof, the card comprising an elongated magnetically conducting material on or at the surface of the card, the magnetically conducting material having a first and a second guide ends, and a field generator positioned so as to feed a magnetic field into the magnetically conducting material. The magnetically conducting material is positioned at the position where the reading head travels and forms a return path for the field generated by the field generator, whereby field from the generator is fed to the reading head via the magnetically conducting material.

Abstract: A device for and a method of outputting a magnetic field which is selected according to the type of card reader into which the device is inserted. Different card readers have different reader head types and different number of reader heads, and different modes of outputting the magnetic field, usually with the same information contents, are selected in order to cater for different Creader types. In one example, the sensing coils of different reader heads may have different angles to the swipe plane, so that different field line angles may be selected to adapt to the actual reader head.

Abstract: A credit card shaped element with a dynamic stripe which may be activated or deactivated, where the stripe is formed by a plurality of coils provided along the curve thereof, where the plurality of coils are activated in a sequential manner, where a plurality of proximity sensing coils are provided in series along the curve thereof, where the plurality of coils are formed by one coil contacted at multiple positions along its length by contact pads and where the signals fed to the coils cause an output of a reader coil to output a signals with a minimum slope or where one signal fed to one track has no peaks when the other signal is close to zero.

Abstract: An assembly of a card and a card reader, the card reader comprising a reading head configured to be positioned over a predetermined curve of the card while sensing the electromagnetic field and to output a signal relating to the field sensed, the card comprising an oblong field generator comprising at least two end portions configured to output at least part of the electromagnetic field, wherein the end portions are at least 1.8 mm wide and positioned so that, when projected on to a plane of the surface, an edge of each end portion is positioned no more than 0.5 mm from the curve and/or the curve not overlap the end portions in the projection. The curve is defined by the path of the reading head over the card. The card has a generator displaced in relation to standard cards where the generator is positioned directly under the curve.

Abstract: A card configured to output an magnetic field on or at a surface thereof, the card comprising an elongated magnetically conducting material on or at the surface of the card, the magnetically conducting material having a first and a second guide ends, and a field generator positioned so as to feed a magnetic field into the magnetically conducting material. The magnetically conducting material is positioned at the position where the reading head travels and forms a return path for the field generated by the field generator, whereby field from the generator is fed to the reading head via the magnetically conducting material.

Abstract: A card configured to output an magnetic field on or at a surface thereof, the card comprising an elongated magnetically conducting material on or at the surface of the card, the magnetically conducting material having a first and a second guide ends, and a field generator positioned so as to feed a magnetic field into the magnetically conducting material. The magnetically conducting material is positioned at the position where the reading head travels and forms a return path for the field generated by the field generator, whereby field from the generator is fed to the reading head via the magnetically conducting material.

Abstract: A fingerprint reader comprising a fingerprint sensor adapted to output information relating to a fingerprint of a finger engaging a sensitive surface the sensor, and a stiff element comprising an indentation/cavity or through-hole, the sensor being positioned in the indentation/cavity/through-hole so that the sensitive surface is exposed to the surroundings. The stiff element will prevent breaking of the reader. Also, the stiff element may have one or more electrically conducting surface parts positioned adjacently to the sensitive surface of the sensor and being adapted to be contacted by a finger also contacting the sensor, so that the stiff element forms part of the reader.

Abstract: An RFID tag comprising a coil and an RFID chip having two inputs/outputs, each input/output being connected to the coil. The tag further comprises an electrical circuit connected to the inputs/outputs, the circuit being adapted to operate in one of two modes, one mode outputting substantially no signal whereby the RFID chip is allowed to operate and a second mode being a mode wherein a signal is output so that the operation of the RFID-chip is interrupted. Alternatively, the circuit may have a lower operating voltage than the RFID-chip and may thus starve the RFID-chip and prevent its operation when desired.

Abstract: A card for presenting visual information while being waved. The card is flexible and has a sensor detecting or quantifying the bending of the card. The card has, preferably at an edge thereof, light emitters for presenting the information. A controller determines the position of the edge and forwards information so that a user watching the edge sees an emulated 2D information provider.

Abstract: A portable card, such as a credit card, having therein electronics, such as a processor, and a deformable switching element or sensor, where the deformation or bending of the sensor/switch is determined and used for controlling the electronics. In one aspect, bending of a piezo element provides power for bringing a processor out of a sleep mode.

Abstract: An RFID tag comprising a coil and an RFID chip having two inputs/outputs, each input/output being connected to the coil. The tag further comprises an electrical circuit connected to the inputs/outputs, the circuit being adapted to operate in one of two modes, one mode outputting substantially no signal whereby the RFID chip is allowed to operate and a second mode being a mode wherein a signal is output so that the operation of the RFID-chip is interrupted. Alternatively, the circuit may have a lower operating voltage than the RFID-chip and may thus starve the RFID-chip and prevent its operation when desired.