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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Idex Asa, Fornebu, NO;
Nicolai W. Christie, Hosle, NO;
Geir Ivar Bredholt, Oslo, NO;
IDEX ASA, Fornebu, NO;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for electrical detection of a finger print has a reduced number of interconnect signals between a sensor area and a substrate and an electronic circuit for excitation and detection of the finger print compared to a single-chip finger print sensor. The individual signals are connected internally at the sensor substrate in such a way that the response from the individual sensor elements can be separated from each other. Cross-talk is reduced by keeping the sensor outputs at a constant potential, thus eliminating the effect of capacitive coupling between different sensor outputs and also between sensor outputs and a ground or reference potential.