Abstract: A chip card module is provided. The chip card module may include a carrier having a first side and an opposite second side, a chip arranged over the carrier, the chip having a first chip contact, a first and a second antenna contact formed over the first side, a metal-free area formed over the first side between the first antenna contact and the second antenna contact, wherein the metal-free area extends between a first edge portion and a second edge portion of the carrier, and a first chip connection electrically connecting the first chip contact to the first antenna contact, wherein the first chip connection is at least partially arranged over the second side in a region opposite the metal-free area.

Abstract: An electronic identification document is provided. The electronic identification document may include a carrier, an identification element, a microwave interaction structure configured to interact with microwave radiation, and an alteration element, wherein the alteration element may be part of or in contact with the microwave interaction structure and may be configured to alter, upon interaction of the interaction structure with microwaves, its state from an initial state to a permanent altered state, wherein the permanent altered state may differ from the initial state by a change of the alteration element in color, brightness, saturation, and/or transparency.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip card module is provided. The chip card module includes a chip card module contact array having six contact pads that are arranged in two rows having three contact pads each in accordance with ISO 7816, and three additional contact pads that are arranged between the two rows. Each additional contact pad is electrically conductively connected to a respective associated contact pad from a row from the two rows.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a chip, a layer which is thermally coupled to the chip and which is formed from a material having a triggering temperature of greater than or equal to 200° C., starting from which an exothermic reaction takes place, and encapsulating material which at least partly covers the chip and the layer. The layer is configured in such a way and is arranged relative to the chip in such a way that, in the case of a triggered exothermic reaction of the material of the layer, at least one component of the chip is damaged on account of the temperature increase caused by the exothermic reaction.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a chip carrier may include: a chip supporting region configured to support a chip; a chip contacting region including at least one contact pad for electrically contacting the chip; wherein the chip carrier is thinned in the chip contacting region such that a first thickness of the chip carrier at the at least one contact pad is smaller than a second thickness of the chip carrier in the chip supporting region.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a smart card is provided. The smart card includes a smart card body having a first depression for accommodating a chip carrier and having a second depression in the first depression for accommodating a chip that is arranged on the chip carrier, and a booster antenna structure having a chip coupling region for inductive coupling to the chip. The chip coupling region includes a plurality of coupling turns. The chip coupling region is embedded in the smart card body. The bottom of the second depression is arranged in the smart card body less deeply than the highest region of the coupling turns which faces the second depression.

Abstract: A chip card substrate is provided, which includes a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers includes a first polymer layer including a first polymer material, a second polymer layer disposed over the first polymer layer and a second polymer material different from the first polymer material. The plurality of layers further includes a third polymer layer disposed over the second polymer layer and including the first polymer material. The second polymer layer includes a plurality of cutouts at an edge of the second polymer layer so that the first polymer material of the first polymer layer and of the third polymer layer form a coupling through the plurality of cutouts.

Abstract: A chip card is provided. The chip card may include a chip card substrate and an antenna structure disposed in or over the chip card substrate, the antenna structure including a wire arranged to form a first antenna portion configured to contactlessly couple to a chip card external device and a second antenna portion configured to couple to a chip antenna, wherein the wire may include an electrically conductive material coated with an electrically insulating material, wherein the wire of the first antenna portion may be arranged such that a direction of laying progress of the wire of at least some adjacent wire portions are opposite to each other, such that the at least some adjacent wire portions may form a capacitor, wherein the isolation material of the at least some adjacent wire portions may be physically contacting each other.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip card module is provided that can have: a chip card module support; a wiring structure that is arranged on the chip card module support; an integrated circuit that is arranged on the chip card module support and is electrically coupled to the wiring structure; a chip card module antenna that is arranged on the chip card module support and is electrically coupled to the wiring structure, and a lighting device that is arranged on the chip card module support and is electrically coupled to the wiring structure.

Abstract: A method for singulating a multiplicity of chips is provided. Each chip includes a substrate, an active region arranged at least one of in or on the substrate, at least one electronic component being formed in said active region, and a dielectric above the active region. The method includes forming at least one first trench between the chips. The at least one first trench is formed through the dielectric and the active regions and extends into the substrate. The method further includes sawing the substrate material from the opposite side of the substrate relative to the first trench along a sawing path corresponding to the course of at least one first trench, such that at least one second trench is formed. The width of the at least one first trench is less than or equal to the width of the at least one second trench.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a smart card module arrangement is provided. The smart card module arrangement includes a carrier, in which a depression is formed, a smart card module, which is arranged in the depression, and a smart card antenna. The smart card antenna can be coupled to the smart card module in a contactless manner.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a chip carrier may include: a chip supporting region configured to support a chip; a chip contacting region including at least one contact pad for electrically contacting the chip; wherein the chip carrier is thinned in the chip contacting region such that a first thickness of the chip carrier at the at least one contact pad is smaller than a second thickness of the chip carrier in the chip supporting region.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method of processing a substrate may include: forming a plurality of trenches into a substrate between two chip structures in the substrate, the trenches defining at least one pillar between the two chip structures and a sidewall on each of said two chip structures; disposing an auxiliary carrier on the substrate to hold the chip structures and the at least one pillar; at least partially filling the trenches with encapsulation material to cover the at least one pillar and the sidewalls, thereby at least partially encapsulating the chip structures; removing a portion of the encapsulation material to expose at least a portion of the at least one pillar; and at least partially removing the at least one pillar.

Abstract: A chip card substrate is provided that includes a first polymer layer including a first polymer material. The chip card substrate further includes an intermediate layer disposed over the first polymer layer and including polyolefin including a plurality of micro pores, an adhesive layer disposed over the intermediate layer and including an adhesive, and a second polymer layer disposed over the adhesive layer and including a second polymer material different from the first polymer material.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a smart card module is provided. The smart card module includes a carrier having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface. The carrier has at least one plated-through hole. The smart card module further includes a contact array arranged above the first main surface of the carrier and having a plurality of electrical contacts. At least one electrical contact of the plurality of electrical contacts is electrically connected to the plated-through hole. The smart card module further includes a chip arranged above the second main surface. The chip is electrically coupled to at least one electrical contact of the plurality of electrical contacts by the plated-through hole. The smart card module further includes at least one optoelectronic component arranged above the second main surface and electrically conductively connected to the chip.

Abstract: A chip card module arrangement may include a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite from one another, and a chip receptacle for one or more semiconductor chips on the surfaces. The chip card module arrangement may further include a connecting material receiving area on one of the two surfaces, the connecting material receiving area only taking up a portion of the surface.

Abstract: A lead frame strip includes a plurality of connected unit lead frames, each unit lead frame having a die paddle and a plurality of leads connected to a periphery of the unit lead frame. A semiconductor die is attached to the die paddles. A molding compound covers the unit lead frames, including the semiconductor dies. Prior to testing or other processing of the lead frame strip, a gap is etched into a region of the leads which are shared by adjacent ones of the unit lead frames. The gap extends at least mostly through the shared leads. A partial cut is made in the molding compound around the periphery of the unit lead frames prior to the subsequent processing, including below the gap in the shared leads, to electrically isolate the leads of the unit lead frames.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a hybrid antenna is described comprising a plurality of windings wherein each winding comprises a loop antenna portion arranged in a plane and a ferrite antenna portion arranged at least partially outside of the plane.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method of processing a substrate may include: forming a plurality of trenches into a substrate between two chip structures in the substrate, the trenches defining at least one pillar between the two chip structures and a sidewall on each of said two chip structures; disposing an auxiliary carrier on the substrate to hold the chip structures and the at least one pillar; at least partially filling the trenches with encapsulation material to cover the at least one pillar and the sidewalls, thereby at least partially encapsulating the chip structures; removing a portion of the encapsulation material to expose at least a portion of the at least one pillar; and at least partially removing the at least one pillar.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip card module is provided that can have: a chip card module support; a wiring structure that is arranged on the chip card module support; an integrated circuit that is arranged on the chip card module support and is electrically coupled to the wiring structure; a chip card module antenna that is arranged on the chip card module support and is electrically coupled to the wiring structure, and a lighting device that is arranged on the chip card module support and is electrically coupled to the wiring structure.