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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2023
Applicant:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Feng-Chien Hsieh, Pingtung County, TW;
Yun-Wei Cheng, Taipei, TW;
Kuo-Cheng Lee, Tainan, TW;
Cheng-Ming Wu, Tainan, TW;
Wei-Li Hu, Tainan, TW;
Assignee:
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/12 (2021.12); G06V 40/13 (2021.12); H01L 27/146 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/1318 (2021.12); G06V 40/1353 (2021.12); G06V 40/1365 (2021.12); H01L 27/14621 (2012.12); H01L 27/14623 (2012.12); H01L 27/14627 (2012.12); H01L 27/14678 (2012.12);
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus is disclosed. The image sensing apparatus includes a pixel array and micro lenses disposed above the pixel array. The pixel array includes sensing pixels configured to capture minutia points of a fingerprint and positioning pixels configured to provide positioning codes.