Fingerprint sensor and touch device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10055629-B2
Application number	US-201514814572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2015
Priority date	Aug 5, 2014
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

A fingerprint sensor includes a piezoelectric substrate, and an electrode on the piezoelectric substrate. The electrode includes a first electrode and a second electrode on at least one of one surface of the piezoelectric substrate and an opposite surface opposite to the one surface. The electrode includes a node area in which the first electrode crosses the second electrode, and the node area transmits and receives a signal by an object that makes contact with the node area or approaches the node area in a direction of the piezoelectric substrate. The fingerprint sensor includes a substrate including a first area to a fourth area. At least one of first and second electrodes is provided in the first area to the third area, and a chip connected with the first and second electrodes is provided in the fourth area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fingerprint sensor comprising:
a substrate comprising a first area to a fourth area;
a first electrode on the first area and third area;
a second electrode on the second area and third area; and
a chip connected with the first and second electrodes, and the chip is on the fourth area,
wherein the first sensing electrode, the second sensing electrode and the chip are provided on a same surface of the substrate,
wherein the substrate is folded at the first and the second area so that the third area faces either in an up or in a down direction and the fourth area faces in an opposite direction,
wherein the first electrode is overlapped with the second electrode on the third area, and an insulating layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,
wherein after folding said same surface of the substrate now includes a first surface facing in the up direction and a second surface facing in the down direction,
wherein the first surface and the second surface are divided by a folded portion of the substrate, and
wherein the first and second electrodes on the third area are on the first surface of the substrate and the chip is on the second surface of the substrate, wherein either the chip is positioned below the first and second electrodes or the first and second electrodes are positioned below the chip.

2. The fingerprint sensor of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode extend in mutually different directions in the third area.

3. The fingerprint sensor of claim 1 , wherein the first and second electrodes make contact with the substrate.

4. The fingerprint sensor of claim 3 , wherein the third area is provided therein with the first and second electrodes on the substrate, an insulating layer provided on the first and second electrode to expose the second electrode, and a connection electrode making contact with the second electrode on the insulating layer.

5. The fingerprint sensor of claim 4 , wherein the insulating layer is partially provided on the second electrode.

6. The fingerprint sensor of claim 4 , wherein the insulating layer surrounds the first and second electrodes, and is formed therein with a through hole to expose the second electrode.

7. The fingerprint sensor of claim 3 , wherein the third area is provided therein with the first and second electrodes on the substrate, an insulating layer to surround the first electrode, and a connection electrode making contact with the second electrode on the insulating layer.

8. The fingerprint sensor of claim 7 , wherein the insulating layer makes contact with only the first electrode, and the connection electrode is bent on the insulating layer to make contact with the second electrode.

9. The fingerprint sensor of claim 1 , wherein the third area is provided therein with a connection electrode on the substrate, an insulating layer provided on the connection electrode while forming an exposed surface of the connection electrode, a first electrode on the connection electrode, and a second electrode making contact with the connection electrode through the exposed surface on the connection electrode.

10. The fingerprint sensor of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer is a piezoelectric layer.

11. The fingerprint sensor of claim 10 , wherein the insulating layer includes a PVDF.

12. The fingerprint sensor of claim 1 , wherein the first to fourth areas is integrally formed with each other while being connected with each other.

13. The fingerprint sensor of claim 1 , wherein the chip is a fingerprint recognition driving chip and the chip is connected with an external main board driving chip.

14. The fingerprint sensor of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is bent at the intersection of the first area and the third area, and the second electrode is bent at the intersection of the second area and the third area.

15. The fingerprint sensor of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is bent at the intersection of the first area and the fourth area, and the second electrode is bent at the intersection of the second area and the fourth area.

16. A touch device comprising the fingerprint sensor according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Seung Jin
• Park Jae Wan
• Kim Hyun Soo
• Bang Jung Hwan
• Lee Dong Keun
• Jang Sin Ae
• Jeong Jong Seon
• Yoo Kyoung Jong

Classifications

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G06K9/00053

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K9/0002 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06V40/1318 Primary

  using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing · CPC title

• G06V40/1329

  Protecting the fingerprint sensor against damage caused by the finger · CPC title