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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2013
Weidong Shi, Pearland, TX (US);
Yang LU, Pearland, TX (US);
Weidong Shi, Pearland, TX (US);
Yang Lu, Pearland, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention describes a transparent fingerprint imaging apparatus wherein said apparatus comprises, a plurality of column lines, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of fingerprint capacitance sensing cells wherein a fingerprint capacitance sensing cell further comprises, a fingerprint capacitor comprising a transparent capacitance detecting electrode and a transparent capacitance-detecting dielectric layer, a transparent reference capacitor coupled with said fingerprint capacitor with one electrode connecting to the fingerprint capacitor, and an amplification transparent TFT (thin-film transistor) wherein the gate electrode of the amplification transparent TFT connects to the transparent capacitance detecting electrode, one terminal of said amplification transparent TFT connects to a data line and the other terminal connects to a scan line.