Abstract: In various embodiments a chip arrangement is provided, wherein the chip arrangement may include a chip and at least one foil attached to at least one side of the chip.

Abstract: A transponder inlay for a document for personal identification having a transponder substrate, for arrangement of a transponder unit comprising a chip and an antenna, a covering layer, an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is arranged between the transponder substrate and the covering layer, wherein the transponder substrate has a cutout and the adhesive layer extends at least partly into the cutout.

Abstract: A smart card module includes a substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface, which is opposite the first main surface. The substrate has a plurality of plated-through holes, which extend through the substrate from the first main surface to the second main surface. The smart card module further includes a chip over the first main surface of the substrate, a first metal structure over the second main surface of the substrate, electrically insulating material, which covers the first metal structure, and a second metal structure over the electrically insulating material, wherein the second metal structure is electrically insulated from the first metal structure by the electrically insulating material. The chip is connected to the first metal structure by at least one first plated-through hole. The chip is connected to the second metal structure by at least one second plated-through hole.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a communication module having a carrier, a loop antenna, a modulation circuit which is coupled to the loop antenna and is configured to modulate or demodulate signals which are received or transmitted using the loop antenna, and an impedance matching circuit for matching the impedance of the loop antenna to the input impedance of the modulation circuit. The modulation circuit and the impedance matching circuit are arranged inside the loop antenna on or in the carrier.

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 tamper-evident credential has a radio frequency identification (RFID) package with a first antenna and a subordinate antenna, RFID package defining a first part of the credential. The credential also has a subordinate RFID package defining a second part of the credential. The subordinate RFID package selectively coupled to said subordinate antenna so that an interrogation signal applied to said first antenna package is transmitted to the subordinate RFID package across said subordinate antenna.

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 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: A smart card module for a smart card, comprising a chip having electrical contacts at a front side; a first laminate layer, wherein a rear side of the chip is connected to the first laminate layer, the rear side of the chip opposite the front side; a second laminate layer; a first conductive layer, wherein the electrical contacts of the chip are connected to the first conductive layer and the first conductive layer is arranged between the chip and the second laminate layer; and an adhesive material arranged between the chip and the conductive layer and/or the second laminate layer.

Abstract: A smart card module includes a carrier; a chip arrangement arranged over a first side of the carrier; and an antenna arranged over a second side of the carrier, wherein the second side of the carrier is opposite the first side of the carrier. The antenna is electrically conductively connected to the chip arrangement in order to transmit electrical signals. The smart card module further includes a display module arranged over the first side of the carrier; and at least one electrical line structure arranged on the first side of the carrier, which electrical line structure electrically conductively connects the chip arrangement and the display module to one another.

Abstract: A smart card module for use in a smart card includes a microchip and a contact zone for making contact with the microchip by means of a reader. The microchip can be enclosed by an encapsulation which can enclose the microchip completely from all sides.

Abstract: One embodiment describes a chip arrangement having a chip carrier; a chip which is arranged in or on the chip carrier; a light sensor arrangement; a transparent layer which covers the light sensor arrangement, the light sensor arrangement being set up to determine a light pattern of light received by the light sensor arrangement from outside the chip arrangement through the transparent layer; and a test circuit which is set up to check whether the light pattern matches a reference light pattern and to output a signal on the basis of the result of the check.

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: In various aspects of the disclosure, a chip card module is provided. The chip card module may include a flexible substrate having a metallization on a first and second major surface, or side, thereof. An integrated circuit affixed to the second side is oriented with chip pads facing away from the substrate. Wire bonds may connect the chip pads to the metallizations.

Abstract: A method for producing a smart card module arrangement includes: arranging a smart card module on a first carrier layer, wherein the first carrier layer is free of a prefabricated smart card module receptacle cutout for receiving the smart card module. The smart card module includes: a substrate; a chip on the substrate; a first mechanical reinforcement structure between the chip and the substrate. The first mechanical reinforcement structure covers at least one part of a surface of the chip. The method further includes applying a second carrier layer to the smart card module, wherein the second carrier layer is free of a prefabricated smart card module receptacle cutout for receiving the smart card module; and at least one of laminating or pressing the first carrier layer with the second carrier layer, such that the smart card module is enclosed by the first carrier layer and the second carrier layer.

Abstract: A smart card module for use in a smart card includes a microchip and a contact zone for making contact with the microchip by means of a reader. The microchip can be enclosed by an encapsulation which can enclose the microchip completely from all sides.

Abstract: A smart card module includes a carrier; a chip arrangement arranged over a first side of the carrier; and an antenna arranged over a second side of the carrier, wherein the second side of the carrier is opposite the first side of the carrier. The antenna is electrically conductively connected to the chip arrangement in order to transmit electrical signals. The smart card module further includes a display module arranged over the first side of the carrier; and at least one electrical line structure arranged on the first side of the carrier, which electrical line structure electrically conductively connects the chip arrangement and the display module to one another.

Abstract: A chip arrangement may include: a flexible carrier; a first supporting structure and a second supporting structure for strengthening a region of the carrier, the first supporting structure being arranged on a first side of the carrier and the second supporting structure being arranged opposite from the first supporting structure on a second side of the carrier; and a chip arranged on the first side of the carrier, the chip being carried and supported by means of the supporting structures and by means of the carrier. The second supporting structure may extend at least by the same amount as the chip along the directions parallel to the surface of the carrier.

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: In various embodiments a chip arrangement is provided, wherein the chip arrangement may include a chip and at least one foil attached to at least one side of the chip.