Patents by Inventor Christine Lauvernier

Christine Lauvernier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Chip card equipped with a loop antenna, and associated micromodule
    Patent number: 6568600
    Abstract: A chip card includes a body of electrically insulating layers, one of which carries an open loop antenna having two ends. The body is equipped with a cavity for housing a micromodule adapted for connection to the antenna by two terminals. The micromodule includes an insulating substrate carrying, on a first side, a semiconductor component, and on a second side, several electrical contact pads. Two of the contact pads are disposed in a strip running through a center region of the substrate. The terminals are connected to the two contact pads through the substrate, and the two pads are respectively connected to ends of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Bull CP8
    Inventors: Roland Carpier, Christine Lauvernier, Alain Le Loc'h