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This section provides an overview for smart card connectors as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 11 smart card connector manufacturers and their company rankings.
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A smart card connector serves as the critical interface for devices designed to interface with IC cards, widely recognized as smart cards. These cards are integral to a myriad of applications including, but not limited to, executing financial transactions, facilitating personal authentication, managing public transportation fares, and enhancing security protocols. Embedded within these cards are either microprocessors or memory chips, empowering them with the capacity for data storage and computation.
The smart card connector engages in direct communication with the card's chip via physical contact, enabling the seamless transmission of electrical signals for data exchange. This interaction occurs within card readers, where the connector plays a pivotal role in the reading and writing processes, whether the card is inserted directly or aligned closely in the case of contactless communication.
Smart card connectors are categorized into contact and contactless types. The contact variant requires direct physical interaction between the card's metal contacts and the connector's pins to facilitate communication, underscoring the versatility and adaptability of smart card technology in contemporary digital applications.
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SparkFun Electronics is a manufacturer of modernized and cutting-edge electronic components and tools founded in 2003 and was established in USA. The company broad selection of goods includes sensors, development boards, kits, and modules for both experts and enthusiasts. Quality is crucial at SparkFun Electronics, and they work hard to satisfy their clients. They stand out for their adherence to open-source hardware and wealth of instructional resources, which enables them to support a thriving and cooperative community of makers and innovators.
CUI Devices, established in 1989 and headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon, is an electronic components manufacturer that is ISO 9001 certified. It stocks motion, sensor, and relay solutions and works with several distribution partners, including Mouser Electronics, Digi-Key Electronics, and Electro Sonic. The company gives back to the community by supporting organizations like Tualatin School House Pantry, Girls Who Code, and Friends of Trees, which aim to uplift society by providing basic needs, STEM education, and environmental stewardship. It has contract manufacturing facilities in other countries, including China, Vietnam, and Japan.
C&K is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, and was established in 1928 as a manufacturer of electromechanical switches. The company designs various Push buttons, Toggles, Navigational, Slides, and Rotary switches, along with Smart Card Connectors that are used in vending machines, digital satellite receivers, and other equipment. C&K switches serve a huge market of consumer electronics, transportation, aerospace, and medical to name a few. The High Reliability connectors are also produced to cope with applications that have extreme operating conditions such as space, military, automotive, etc
KLS Electronic, founded in 2002 with headquarters and factories in China, is a manufacturer of electronic components that has expanded to have more than 10 subsidiary companies. The company's extensive product line includes resistors, inductors, wiring accessories, automotive connectors, and heat sinks, which are supplied to the industrial automation, instrumentation, power, transport, shipbuilding, and new energy sectors, among others, across 30 regions worldwide. KLS Electronic also holds ISO 9001 management system certificates.
Amphenol Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of electrical products founded in 1932 and headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. The company produces specialized cable assemblies, power distribution equipment, and communication products. These include antenna technology for wireless communication, raw cables for box assemblies, and interconnectivity products such as over-molded connectors or printed circuit boards (PCBs). Amphenol is ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and AS 9100-certified. It primarily serves clients in the defense, information technology, and commercial aerospace sectors.
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| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
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United States of America
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3 | 75.0% |
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China
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1 | 25.0% |
