Invention Application
- Patent Title: BIOMETRIC SENSOR WITH FORCE DETECTION AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING CAPABILITY
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Application No.: US16738530Application Date: 2020-01-09
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Publication No.: US20200147643A1Publication Date: 2020-05-14
- Inventor: Firas SAMMOURA , David William BURNS , Ravindra Vaman SHENOY
- Applicant: Qualcomm Incorporated
- Main IPC: B06B1/06
- IPC: B06B1/06 ; G06K9/00 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F1/3234 ; G06F3/043

Abstract:
Implementations of the subject matter described herein relate to sensors including piezoelectric micromechanical ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) sensor elements and arrays thereof. The PMUT sensor elements may be switchable between a non-ultrasonic force detection mode and an ultrasonic imaging mode. A PMUT sensor element may include a diaphragm that is capable of a static displacement on application of a force and is capable of a dynamic displacement when the PMUT sensor element transmits or receives ultrasonic signals. In some implementations, a PMUT sensor element includes a two dimensional-electron gas structure on the diaphragm. The sensors may further include a sensor controller configured to switch between a non-ultrasonic force detection mode and an ultrasonic imaging mode for one or more of the PMUT sensor elements, wherein an applied force is measured in the non-ultrasonic force detection mode and wherein an object is imaged ultrasonically during the ultrasonic imaging mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US11366543B2 Biometric sensor with force detection and ultrasonic imaging capability Public/Granted day:2022-06-21
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