Infineon Technologies and Next Biometrics have developed a reference design that manufacturers worldwide can use to develop EMV-compliant payment cards using biometric-based authentication. Included in the reference design is a biometric module, a secure element, an operating system with biometric and payment applets, as well as a prelamination and lamination method for integration of an inlay that holds biometric components into the manufacturing process. Next Biometrics provides fingerprint sensor technology for applications including payment cards, government IDs, access control, and not...