The present invention relates to a contactless smart card manufacturing
process and more specifically to a manufacturing process for a contactless
smart card for which the antenna is on a fibrous material such as paper.
This process includes a manufacturing step to screen print the antenna
onto the support, a step to bond the contacts of the chip onto the antenna
support using conductive glue, and a step designed to laminate the card
body onto the antenna support by hot press molding. Cutouts made in the
corners of the antenna support prior to the lamination step enable the
card bodies to be bonded together. The card thus obtained allows a
posteriori viewing of any mechanical misuse to which it may have been
subjected (extreme bending).