The smart cards are named by the chip models. There are two types: Contact IC card and Contactless Card (RFID). Contactless card chip is embedded inside of PVC layer, you cannt distinguish it from the appearance. The normally thickness is 0.84mm, a bit thicker than plastic card(0.76mm).

Two effects of the surface: glossy finished/ matt finished. Nowadays glossy finished type is widely used, because it is available with personalization later. And matt finished type advantage is able to avoid the scratch vestige.

Features:
Dimensions: CR80 85.60 x 53.98mm
Thickness: 0.84mm
Material: PVC

Personalization Support:  
• Offset Printing with CMYK or Pantone colors
• Silk-screen printing Logo and Serial Number
• metallic, sliver printing
• Laser printing
• Signature Panel
• Barcode and QR code printing
• Photo personalization
• Hologram
• UV printing 
• Chip encoding

Application:
• Access control 
• Membership Loyalty System 
• Time attendance 
• Hotel locks
• Payments
• Transportations

IC options: 
•125KHz RFID: EM4200, EM4102, EM4100, GK4001; T5577; EM4305; Hitag1, Hitag2, Hitag S256
• 13.56Mhz ISO14443A: NXP MIFARE® Classic 1K, MIFARE® Classic 4K, MIFARE® Ultralight®,MIFARE® Ultralight® EV1, MIFARE® Desfire® 2K, MIFARE® Desfire® 4K, MIFARE® Desfire® 8K, MIFARE® Plus®, Fudan FM11RF08; NTAG203, NTAG213, NTAG215, NTAG216; LEGIC MIM256, LEGIC ATC1024, LEGIC ATC2048 
• 13.56Mhz ISO15693: ICODE SLI; ICODE SLI-X; Tag-it 256, Tag-it 2048
• 840-960Mhz UHF: Alien Higgs, Monza 3, Monza 4D, Monza 4QT; NXP UCODE G2iL