Abstract: In various embodiments, a smart card module is provided. The smart card module may include an electronic circuit in or on a carrier, a smart card module contact layer, which is coupled to the electronic circuit and provides a plurality of smart card module contacts, a mirror layer on the smart card module contact layer, said mirror layer at least partly covering the smart card module contacts, and an optically translucent, electrically conductive oxide layer, which covers the mirror layer. The optically translucent, electrically conductive oxide layer includes a plurality of regions of different layer thicknesses for providing different color components.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 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 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 method for manufacturing a chip arrangement, the method including bonding a microphone chip to a first carrier, the microphone chip including a microphone structure, depositing adhesive material laterally disposed from the microphone structure, and arranging the microphone structure into a cavity of a second carrier such that the adhesive material fixes the microphone chip to the cavity of the second carrier.

Abstract: A semiconductor housing includes a front side with a semiconductor chip and a first metallization on a substrate, and a rear side with a second metallization. The rear side is situated opposite the front side of the semiconductor housing. The semiconductor housing further includes a first compensation layer applied on the front side of the semiconductor housing.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device or a substrate is described. The method includes providing a chip attached to a carrier or providing a substrate. A foil is held over the chip and the carrier or the substrate. A laser beam is directed onto the foil, and substance at the foil is ablated and deposited on the chip and the carrier or on the substrate.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing at least one semiconductor chip including an electrically conductive layer. A voltage is applied to an electrode. The electrode is moved over the electrically conductive layer for growing a metal layer onto the electrically conductive layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device or a substrate is described. The method includes providing a chip attached to a carrier or providing a substrate. A foil is held over the chip and the carrier or the substrate. A laser beam is directed onto the foil, and substance at the foil is ablated and deposited on the chip and the carrier or on the substrate.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes providing at least one semiconductor chip including an electrically conductive layer. A voltage is applied to an electrode. The electrode is moved over the electrically conductive layer for growing a metal layer onto the electrically conductive layer.

Abstract: A selective encapsulation is produced which covers the connection pads and bonding wires with a potting compound and leaves free active regions, in particular a bearing area for a finger in a fingerprint sensor, by the chip surface being selectively adapted by different roughness or coating and/or the viscosity of the potting compound being altered by irradiation thereof.