Jürgen Dethloff

Jürgen Dethloff ( born May 12, 1924 in Stettin, † 31 December 2002 in Hamburg ) was a German inventor.

Life

Dethloff is considered the inventor of the microprocessor card and as a co-developer of the smart card. The radio master mechanic reported in 1969 in Germany with Helmut Gröttrup a patent for a plastic card with an integrated circuit on.