Contact card is a kind of smart card, the function is same as contact ID card and IC card, but it does not need power, by the receiving antenna from the reader magnetic field induction take power, and work to calculate the data, feedback to the reader.
Contact IC Smart Cards are readand writer supported,it widely used in bank and shop, color and chip can be customized . Available chip have 5542/5528/4428/4442/24C02/24C64,TG97,JCOP etc.