Abstract: Plastic cards with included electronic elements are made by laminating a carrier sheet bearing multiple electronic elements between top and bottom plastic sheets. The laminated composite is die cut into separate cards. Prior to lamination the carrier sheet is perforated in a web pattern such that the carrier sheet material is largely recessed from the side edges of the finished cards for better lamination and appearance of the finished card edges. The electronic elements may be obtained on continuous rolls of carrier material which is cut into sheets for lamination.

Abstract: Plastic cards with included electronic elements are made by laminating a carrier sheet bearing multiple electronic elements between top and bottom plastic sheets. The laminated composite is die cut into separate cards. Prior to lamination the carrier sheet is perforated in a web pattern such that the carrier sheet material is largely recessed from the side edges of the finished cards for better lamination and appearance of the finished card edges. The electronic elements may be obtained on continuous rolls of carrier material which is cut into sheets for lamination.

Abstract: Cards, labels and the like containing embedded microcircuits or other elements are fabricated in a continuous process by introducing microcircuits between ribbons of extruded material, pressing the ribbons into adhesion with each other while in a plastic state thereby to make a continuous composite sheet containing the microcircuits, cooling the composite sheet to solidify the extrudate material, and cutting out cards from the composite sheet, each card containing a microcircuit. The microcircuits may be introduced between the extruded ribbons on a continuous carrier sheet which may also serve as a printed circuit substrate for the microcircuits. Alternatively, the microcircuits are inserted as discrete units between the extruded ribbons by a suitable robotic device.