Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fingerprint sensor, electronic device having the same, and method of operating fingerprint sensor
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Application No.: US15168241Application Date: 2016-05-30
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Publication No.: US09898639B2Publication Date: 2018-02-20
- Inventor: Choong-Hoon Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Renaissance IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: KR10-2015-0113570 20150812
- Main IPC: G06K9/28
- IPC: G06K9/28 ; G06K9/00

Abstract:
A fingerprint sensor, comprising: a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of the plurality of unit pixels including: a sensing electrode configured to form a detection capacitor; and a signal generation circuit configured to generate an analog signal based on a capacitance of the detection capacitor; and a controller configured to control an operation of the pixel array, wherein the controller is configured to electrically connect sensing electrodes of at least two unit pixels adjacent to each other and activate only one of the signal generation circuits included in the at least two unit pixels to generate the analog signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170046555A1 FINGERPRINT SENSOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING FINGERPRINT SENSOR Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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