Plastic Chip Cards

Chip Cards or Contact smart cards

Contact smart cards have a contact area of approximately 1 square centimeter 0.16 sq in comprising several gold plated contact pads These pads provide electrical connectivity when inserted into which is used as a communications medium between the smart card and a host or a mobile telephone Cards do not contain batteries power is supplied by the card reader

The ISO/IEC 7810 and ISO/IEC 7816 series of standards define:

• electrical connector positions and shapes
• electrical characteristics
• communications protocols including commands sent to and responses from the card
• Because the chips in financial cards are the same as those used in subscriber identity modules SIMs in mobile phones
• Programmed differently and embedded in a different piece of PVC chip manufacturers are building to the more demanding GSM or 3G standards
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