Nominated for Best IT Security Sesame Award
PARIS, October 26 /PRNewswire/ -- ASK Electronic Paper based on a
silver-printed antenna on a paper substrate is again the core process of its
innovative Smart Paper Solution for passports, national ID cards, healthcare
cards, civil servant cards, eGovernment services, visas and driver licenses.
Bringing flexibility, reliability and durability, SPID is also
environmentally friendly and answers requirements and specifications of the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations
standardization agency.
Durability, Flexibility and Limited Thickness
A contacless electronic travel document comprises the assembly of a chip
and an antenna which communicate with the reader. Thanks to ASK innovative
silver-printed antenna, a flexible silver ink and a patented chip and antenna
connection the document can efficiently support torsion and bending. The
reliability of this printing technology has been confirmed in mass transit
where it is widely used in the form of contactless paper-based tickets with
more than 35 million holders on the field worldwide.
Specific tests for thickness, security features, high temperature,
reliability and life time, show that paper substrates far outperform plastic
ones for all characteristics essential to the identity business.
"Our solution relies on a die chip of less than 11 mm2, with a thickness
of some 150microm that is 2 sheets of 80g/mm2 paper. When looking at the end
product, it is almost impossible to detect the presence of the chip.
Therefore it does not increase the overall thickness of the document unlike
other solutions based on thicker plastic inlays." says Patrick Sure, Product
Marketing Manager at ASK.
Security and continuity of existing printing processes
With ASK Smart Paper ID, the antenna is printed directly on the cover or
on the internal data page therefore creating a tamper-proof solid block which
cannot be delaminated. A reel to reel process also enables ID documents
printing industries to use their existing equipment and keep being the
contact person of governments who already trust their certified suppliers.
Interoperability
ASK contributed to interoperability tests organized by the US Department
of Homeland Security and achieved outstanding results as regards contactless
standards for its passport and reader, chip Operating System, and chip and
antenna assembly in harsh operating conditions.
About ASK:
Founded in 1997, ASK is today the leading supplier of a comprehensive
range of contactless cards, tickets, RFID tags and readers, complying with
ISO and EPC standards. They address the mass transit, access control and
e-government ID markets as well as the supply chain and logistics market. 50
million RFID cards, tickets and labels are already in use worldwide.
Manufacturing is located in Sophia-Antipolis, France. Local offices are based
in Paris, Singapore, Taiwan and Westport, USA.
For more information: http://www.ask-rfid.com
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