IC card? Integrated circuit card, also known as smart card, smart card, microcircuit card or microchip card. It embeds the microelectronic chip into the card base conforming to ISO 78 16 standard and makes it into the form of a card. The communication mode between IC card and card reader can be contact or non-contact. According to the communication interface, IC cards are divided into contact IC cards, contactless IC cards and dual-interface cards (both contact and contactless communication interfaces).