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Credit card sized memory card with host connector

A host connector and memory card technology, which is applied to record carriers used in machines, instruments, computer components, etc., can solve the problems of limited thickness of smart cards and achieve the effect of increasing storage capacity

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-28
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However, the card thickness of the smart card is limited, so that the storage part of the traditional smart card can only store a small amount of data compared with the storage parts of other types of memory cards

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[0030]FIG. 1A is a conceptual front view and FIG. 1B is a conceptual side view, both showing an exemplary embodiment of a memory card 10 . The memory card 10 includes a flexible housing 12, an integrated circuit (IC) module 14 within the housing 12, a shieldless-tap host connector 16 (hereinafter referred to as 'shieldless contact 16') including electrical contacts 20, and smart card contacts. 18. Unlike conventional memory cards, memory card 10 is compatible with smart card applications and, unlike conventional smart cards, memory card 10 includes powerful internal memory. IC module 14 includes a memory (not shown) that is electrically coupled to electrical contacts 20 of shieldless connector 16 and to smart card contacts 18 . In some embodiments, the memory within IC module 14 is partitioned into secure memory and non-secure memory, so that memory card 10 can execute credit card applications that require an authentication key stored in secure memory, and can integrate with ...

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Abstract

The invention is directed to a memory card that includes a host connector conforming to a host connection standard protruding from a flexible housing. The flexible housing conforms to a form factor of a memory card standard, substantially similar to a credit card with an increased thickness to accommodate the host connector and allow a memory to fit within the housing. The host connector facilitates direct coupling of the memory card to a computing device without an adapter or reader. The memory card may include a smart card contact conforming to an ISO 7816 smart card standard that allows the memory card to be backward compatible with conventional smart card readers. Unlike conventional memory cards, the flexible memory card is compatible with smart card applications, and unlike conventional smart cards, the flexible memory card includes a powerful, internal memory.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to removable storage media devices, and in particular, to removable storage cards. Background technique [0002] There are currently a wide variety of removable storage media used to transfer data from one computing device to another computing device or portable consumer electronics device. The removable storage medium allows users to easily perform data transfer between these various devices and computers. One of the most popular removable storage media is the flash memory card, which is relatively small, easy to use and has no moving parts. Flash memory cards include internal high-speed solid-state memory that can permanently store data without applying power. A variety of other memory standards can also be used in memory cards, including Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), Non-Volatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM), and other non-volatile or volatile memory types, such as synchronous Dynamic ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06K19/07G06K19/04G06K19/077
CPCG06K19/07732G06K19/07733G06K19/0719G06K19/07743G06K19/07G06K19/04G06K19/077
Inventor 特朗·V.·勒托马斯·C·凯利
Owner IMATION
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