Patents Assigned to SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
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Publication number: 20240070433Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna inlay for a smart card with a contactless communication interface or a dual contact and contactless communication interface. The antenna inlay does not have a layer of plastic material, and is essentially constituted by a metal sheet comprising conductive turns delimited by zones rendered non-conductive by anodization.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Sautet ALEXANDRE, Turelier MATHIEU, Richard DAMIEN
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Patent number: 11822990Abstract: A contactless or hybrid contact and contactless chip card, includes a card body composed of a stack of layers and provided with a cavity into which an electronic module is inserted. The electronic module includes a microelectronic chip connected to an inductive or capacitive coupling means for coupling with, or a physical connection to, at least one antenna arranged in the card body. The card body comprises a metal plate forming a core and the periphery of which has at least one edge delimiting at least one recess in which the other layers of the chip card are positioned.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Guillaume Gerin, Stephan Danler-Baumgartner, Damien Richard
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Patent number: 11681891Abstract: An electronic module for a chip includes a first dielectric substrate provided on one of the faces thereof with a first microelectronic chip whose input/output terminals are connected to first connection pins which are arranged around the first microelectronic chip, and a second dielectric substrate which is placed directly opposite the first substrate and which is provided on one of the faces thereof with a second microelectronic chip whose input/output terminals are connected to second connection pins which are arranged around the second microelectronic chip. The first and second microelectronic chips are arranged on the faces of the substrates directed towards the interior of the electronic module. A dielectric shim has a calibrated thickness and separates the first and second dielectric substrates. The shim has through-holes or vacancies accommodating electrically conductive materials connecting some of the first connection pins to some of the second connection pins.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Kevin Fabrizio, Guillaume Gerin
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Patent number: 11630978Abstract: The invention relates to a chip card with a dual, contactless and contact-based communication interface, comprising a card body made up of two metal sheets and an electronic module provided with a terminal block and an antenna designed for radio-frequency communication with the antenna of a remote reader. The electronic module includes an active communication circuit powered by a battery in the chip card, and configured to generate a carrier signal capable of interacting with the carrier signal emitted by a remote contactless reader in order to establish active radio-frequency communication between the chip card and the remote reader.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Lea Vaccarello, Guillaume Gerin, Stephan Danler-Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20220207317Abstract: An electronic module for a chip includes a first dielectric substrate provided on one of the faces thereof with a first microelectronic chip whose input/output terminals are connected to first connection pins which are arranged around the first microelectronic chip, and a second dielectric substrate which is placed directly opposite the first substrate and which is provided on one of the faces thereof with a second microelectronic chip whose input/output terminals are connected to second connection pins which are arranged around the second microelectronic chip. The first and second microelectronic chips are arranged on the faces of the substrates directed towards the interior of the electronic module. A dielectric shim has a calibrated thickness and separates the first and second dielectric substrates. The shim has through-holes or vacancies accommodating electrically conductive materials connecting some of the first connection pins to some of the second connection pins.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Kevin FABRIZIO, Guillaume GERIN
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Publication number: 20220172015Abstract: A contactless or hybrid contact and contactless chip card, includes a card body composed of a stack of layers and provided with a cavity into which an electronic module is inserted. The electronic module includes a microelectronic chip connected to an inductive or capacitive coupling means for coupling with, or a physical connection to, at least one antenna arranged in the card body. The card body comprises a metal plate forming a core and the periphery of which has at least one edge delimiting at least one recess in which the other layers of the chip card are positioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Guillaume GERIN, Stephan DANLER-BAUMGARTNER, Damien RICHARD
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Publication number: 20220083830Abstract: The invention relates to a chip card with a dual, contactless and contact-based communication interface, comprising a card body made up of two metal sheets and an electronic module provided with a terminal block and an antenna designed for radio-frequency communication with the antenna of a remote reader. The electronic module includes an active communication circuit powered by a battery in the chip card, and configured to generate a carrier signal capable of interacting with the carrier signal emitted by a remote contactless reader in order to establish active radio-frequency communication between the chip card and the remote reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Smart Packaging SolutionsInventors: Lea VACCARELLO, Guillaume GERIN, Stephan DANLER-BAUMGARTNER
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Patent number: 11275912Abstract: A secured document, in the form of a booklet made up of at least one page that can be folded about a folding axis, includes a transponder provided with an electronic chip including memory for data storage and a transponder antenna. The secured document further includes two amplifier antennas, separate from the antenna of the transponder, arranged on pages of the booklet so that, in the open document position, one of the amplifier antennas amplifies the electromagnetic flux picked up by the antenna of the transponder to allow the document to communicate with a remote reader, and, in the closed document position, the amplifier antennas are configured so that the electromagnetic flux picked up by the antenna of the transponder is below a minimal threshold that allows the electronic chip to communicate with a remote reader.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Benjamin Mear, Stéphan Danler-Baumgartner
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Patent number: 11250306Abstract: An electronic module for a smart card has on a first face a terminal block of electrical contacts for contact with corresponding contacts of a card reader, and on a second face an antenna and a microelectronic chip within an encapsulation zone and provided with contact and contactless communication interfaces. The antenna has a plurality of turns at the periphery of the module and a proximal connection pad and a distal connection pad inside the encapsulation zone for connection to corresponding terminals of the contactless communication interface. The distal connection pad is located a short distance d from the edge of the encapsulation zone, and the internal edges of connection wells of the two contacts closest to the distal connection pad are spaced outward from the module relative to the internal edges of the connection wells of the other contacts.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Bernard Calvas, Guillaume Gerin, Kevin Fabrizio
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Publication number: 20210182510Abstract: A secured document, in the form of a booklet made up of at least one page that can be folded about a folding axis, includes a transponder provided with an electronic chip including memory for data storage and a transponder antenna. The secured document further includes two amplifier antennas, separate from the antenna of the transponder, arranged on pages of the booklet so that, in the open document position, one of the amplifier antennas amplifies the electromagnetic flux picked up by the antenna of the transponder to allow the document to communicate with a remote reader, and, in the closed document position, the amplifier antennas are configured so that the electromagnetic flux picked up by the antenna of the transponder is below a minimal threshold that allows the electronic chip to communicate with a remote reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Benjamin MEAR, Stéphan DANLER-BAUMGARTNER
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Publication number: 20200394484Abstract: An electronic module for a smart card has on a first face a terminal block of electrical contacts for contact with corresponding contacts of a card reader, and on a second face an antenna and a microelectronic chip within an encapsulation zone and provided with contact and contactless communication interfaces. The antenna has a plurality of turns at the periphery of the module and a proximal connection pad and a distal connection pad inside the encapsulation zone for connection to corresponding terminals of the contactless communication interface. The distal connection pad is located a short distance d from the edge of the encapsulation zone, and the internal edges of connection wells of the two contacts closest to the distal connection pad are spaced outward from the module relative to the internal edges of the connection wells of the other contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2018Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Smart Packaging SolutionsInventors: Bernard CALVAS, Guillaume GERIN, Kevin FABRIZIO
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Patent number: 10688821Abstract: The invention relates to an insert for a passport booklet data sheet, formed by a multilayer complex having at least a first layer and a second layer having a hinge that has a folding zone where the insert is intended to be sewn or stapled into a passport booklet, said second layer having, in combination, at least one layer of plastics material and at least one metal reinforcing layer that together form an extension which extends a certain distance beyond said folding zone of the hinge, so as to reinforce the resistance of said data sheet to being ripped out and torn with respect to the passport booklet, characterized in that said layer of plastics material and said metal reinforcing layer extend over the entire surface area of the insert.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTION (S.P.S.)Inventors: Olivier Brunet, Anne Ripert, Pascal-Daniel Michau
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Patent number: 10679116Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna for a contactless smart card, arranged on an insert intended to be integrated in said smart card having a certain relative vertical or horizontal positioning tolerance T between the insert and the body of the card, said smart card being provided with an embossing area comprising lines of characters embossed in relief, at least one antenna coil being situated opposite the embossing area, wherein said coil comprises at least one pair of paths situated in the embossing area and connected in parallel, said paths being configured in such a way that at least one of same remains at least partially situated outside of the embossed character area whatever the relative position of the insert and the antenna of same allowed by the tolerance T.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Benjamin Mear, Haig Kambourian, Deborah Teboul
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Patent number: 10586142Abstract: A contactless chip card intended to communicate with a chip card reader operating at a first resonant frequency includes a booster antenna provided with an inductive main antenna and with an inductive concentrator antenna, which antennae are connected in series or parallel with a capacitor. The inductances of the inductive main antenna and the inductive concentrator antenna and the capacitance of the capacitor are chosen on the one hand to obtain a second resonant frequency that is far enough from the frequency of the signal emitted by the reader to limit radiofrequency communication with the reader, and on the other hand so that the connection in parallel of a predetermined capacitance brings the resonant frequency of the card into the vicinity of said first resonant frequency of the signal emitted by said reader.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Stephan Danler-Baumgartner, Benjamin Mear, Deborah Teboul
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Publication number: 20190102663Abstract: The invention relates to a contactless chip card intended to communicate with a chip card reader operating at a resonant frequency F0?. The chip card includes a booster antenna provided with an inductive main antenna U and with an inductive concentrator antenna L2, which antennae are connected in series or parallel with a capacitor C, wherein the inductances of L1 and L2 and the capacitance of C are chosen on the one hand to obtain a resonant frequency F0 that is far enough from the frequency of the signal emitted by the reader to limit radiofrequency communication with the reader, and on the other hand so that the connection in parallel of a predetermined capacitance Cd brings the resonant frequency of the card into the vicinity of said frequency F0? of the signal emitted by said reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Smart Packaging SolutionsInventors: Stephan Danler-Baumgartner, Benjamin Mear, Deborah Teboul
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Patent number: 10198686Abstract: An insert for a chip card includes a body provided with a cavity in which is inserted an electronic module provided with a microelectronic chip connected to an inductive or capacitive coupling. The body has a stack of layers at least a first layer of which comprises a first booster antenna and a second layer of which comprises a second booster antenna, the various booster antennas being coupled together inductively and/or capacitively, and at least one of the booster antennas being coupled inductively and/or capacitively with the coupling of the module. The body furthermore comprises at least one metal plate disposed between two layers of ferrite, the first and second booster antennae and the metallic plate being arranged in such a way that at least one of the two booster antennas and the electronic module remain coupled together inductively and/or capacitively, despite the presence of the metal plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Cécile Carrier, Haig Kambourian, Benjamin Mear
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Publication number: 20180304666Abstract: The invention relates to an insert for a passport booklet data sheet, formed by a multilayer complex having at least a first layer and a second layer having a hinge that has a folding zone where the insert is intended to be sewn or stapled into a passport booklet, said second layer having, in combination, at least one layer of plastics material and at least one metal reinforcing layer that together form an extension which extends a certain distance beyond said folding zone of the hinge, so as to reinforce the resistance of said data sheet to being ripped out and torn with respect to the passport booklet, characterized in that said layer of plastics material and said metal reinforcing layer extend over the entire surface area of the insert.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTION (S.P.S.)Inventors: Olivier BRUNET, Anne RIPERT, Pascal-Daniel MICHAU
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Publication number: 20180046893Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna for a contactless smart card, arranged on an insert intended to be integrated in said smart card having a certain relative vertical or horizontal positioning tolerance T between the insert and the body of the card, said smart card being provided with an embossing area comprising lines of characters embossed in relief, at least one antenna coil being situated opposite the embossing area, wherein said coil comprises at least one pair of paths situated in the embossing area and connected in parallel, said paths being configured in such a way that at least one of same remains at least partially situated outside of the embossed character area whatever the relative position of the insert and the antenna of same allowed by the tolerance T.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Applicant: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Benjamin MEAR, Haig KAMBOURIAN, Deborah TEBOUL
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Publication number: 20180018551Abstract: An insert for a chip card includes a body provided with a cavity in which is inserted an electronic module provided with a microelectronic chip connected to an inductive or capacitive coupling. The body has a stack of layers at least a first layer of which comprises a first booster antenna and a second layer of which comprises a second booster antenna, the various booster antennas being coupled together inductively and/or capacitively, and at least one of the booster antennas being coupled inductively and/or capacitively with the coupling of the module. The body furthermore comprises at least one metal plate disposed between two layers of ferrite, the first and second booster antennae and the metallic plate being arranged in such a way that at least one of the two booster antennas and the electronic module remain coupled together inductively and/or capacitively, despite the presence of the metal plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventors: Cécile CARRIER, Haig KAMBOURIAN, Benjamin MEAR
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Patent number: D955392Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: SMART PACKAGING SOLUTIONSInventor: Kevin Fabrizio