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A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card, is a card used to control access to a resource. It is typically a plastic credit card-sized card with an embedded integrated circuit chip. Many sma
Finnish national identity card
Finnish national identity card
One of the first smart card prototypes, created by its inventor Roland Moreno around 1975. The chip has not yet been miniaturized. On this prototype,
One of the first smart card prototypes, created by its inventor Roland Moreno around 1975. The chip has not yet been miniaturized. On this prototype, one can see how each pin of the microchip (center) is connected to the exterior world by a copper connector.
4 by 4 mm silicon chip in a SIM card, which was peeled open. Note the thin gold bonding wires and the regular, rectangular digital-memory areas.
4 by 4 mm silicon chip in a SIM card, which was peeled open. Note the thin gold bonding wires and the regular, rectangular digital-memory areas.
Contact-type smart cards may have many different contact pad layouts, such as these SIMs.
Contact-type smart cards may have many different contact pad layouts, such as these SIMs.
Contactless smart card
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A contactless smart card is a contactless credential whose dimensions are credit card size. Its embedded integrated circuits can store data and communicate with a terminal via NFC. Commonplace uses in
Smart card
…embedded integrated circuit (IC) chip. Many smart cards include a pattern of metal contacts to electrically connect to the internal chip. Others are contactless, and some are both. Smart cards can provide personal identification, authentication, data storage, and application processing. Applications include…
Size comparison of chip compared to a Canadian penny
Size comparison of chip compared to a Canadian penny
Novosibirsk (Russia). Transport fare collection terminal CFT
Novosibirsk (Russia). Transport fare collection terminal CFT
Smart card being used to pay for public transportation in the Helsinki area
Smart card being used to pay for public transportation in the Helsinki area
Myki reader installed at Bendigo railway station
Myki reader installed at Bendigo railway station