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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jean-Marie Bussat, San Jose, CA (US);
Gordon S. Franza, Rockledge, FL (US);
Giovanni Gozzini, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 25/065 (2006.01); H01L 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00013 (2013.01); H01L 25/0657 (2013.01); H01L 25/50 (2013.01); H01L 2225/06541 (2013.01); H01L 2225/06565 (2013.01); H01L 2924/0002 (2013.01);
Abstract
A finger biometric sensor may include first and second integrated circuit (IC) dies arranged in a stacked relation. The first IC die may include a first semiconductor substrate and an array of finger biometric sensing pixels thereon, and the second IC die may include a second semiconductor substrate and processing circuitry thereon coupled to the array of finger biometric sensing pixels. The first and second IC dies may each have respective first and second non-rectangular shapes, such as circular shapes that are coextensive.