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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Hua Zhong, Shenzhen, CN;

Jinchun Ye, Shenzhen, CN;

Shunzhan Li, Shenzhen, CN;

Jinhui Lin, Shenzhen, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00053 (2013.01); H01L 27/0248 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices and methods are provided for recovering from latchup state in fingerprint sensor devices. For example, a disclosed device can be operated to perform operations that include, receiving, at a microcontroller of the fingerprint sensor device, raw sensor data from a sensor array in communication with the microcontroller, comparing the received raw sensor data against a predetermined threshold, and, based at least partly on the comparing, resetting power supplied to the fingerprint sensor device to recover from a latchup state.


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