IC card and a method of manufacturing the same

• Main Authors: OSAWA KENJI, WADA TAMAKI, NISHIZAWA HIROTAKA, OSAKO JUNICHIRO, SUGIYAMA MICHIAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.03.2008
• Subjects: BOOK COVERS; BOOKBINDING; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; FILES; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; LOOSE LEAVES; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITYFEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER; TRANSPORTING

An IC card 1 CD includes a frame member portion 1 CB 1 , and an IC card main body 15 held in a state of being hung by a connecting portion 1 CB 2 in a frame thereof. The IC card main body 15 is made to constitute a card type information medium having a high functional performance having both of a function as a so-to-speak IC card and a function as a so-to-speak memory card having a capacity larger than that of the IC card and a function higher than that of the IC card capable of executing a security processing. An outer shape of the IC card main body 15 is formed in compliance with RS-MMC outer shape standard. A surface of a cap portion 1 CB 3 of the IC card main body 15 is printed with a desired character, pattern, diagram and photograph or the like by a printing method used in steps of fabricating a general IC card, and the IC card 15 is provided with higher acknowledgement performance, security performance and outlook.