A metal substrate apparatus comprises a plurality of metal substrates
forming an IC card module used in manufacturing transfer mold-type
non-contact IC cards. The metal substrate apparatus comprises a thin
metal strip of processing material, and each metal substrate has
connecting parts. Each metal substrate has a die pad for loading an IC
chip. Antenna terminals to connect antenna coils are located outside the
die pad and a resin-sealed region. The antenna terminals of one metal
substrate and those of a longitudinally adjacent metal substrate overlap
a shared region of the processing material in a width direction. The
metal substrates can be separated by sealing and then making longitudinal
cuts on the processing material on the outer parts of the metal
substrates along two connecting lines.