IP Library Granted Patent US 10,339,356
Granted Patent B2
US 10,339,356 · App. 15/497,716 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Fingerprint sensor

Inventor: Tzu Wei Liu (Hsinchu County, TW)
Assignee: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
G06K9/0002G06K9/0008
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Patent No.
US 10,339,356
App. No.
15/497,716
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fingerprint sensor includes a plurality of first touch electrode strips and a plurality of second touch electrode strips. The first touch electrode strips are arranged along a first direction, and the second touch electrode strips are arranged along a second direction different from first direction. The first touch electrode strips and the second touch electrode strips intersect to form a plurality of intersections. A maximum included angle is present at each of the intersections of the first touch electrode strips and the second touch electrode strips, and to maximum included angles corresponding to the same first touch electrode strip are different.

Claims (41)

1. A fingerprint sensor, having a central region and a border region, comprising:

a plurality of first touch electrode strips, arranged along a first direction; and

a plurality of second touch electrode strips, arranged along a second direction different from the first direction, wherein

each of the first touch electrode strips intersects each of the second touch electrode strips to form a plurality of intersections,

the first touch electrode strips and the second touch electrode strips form a plurality of maximum included angles, wherein a maximum included angle of the plurality of maximum included angles is formed at each intersection of the plurality of intersections, and

a maximum included angle of a first touch electrode strip of the plurality of first touch electrode strips gradually increases from a center towards two ends of the first touch electrode strip.

2. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch electrode strips and the second touch electrode strips intersect in a non-perpendicular manner.

3. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch electrode strips in a first part bend towards the first direction, the first touch electrode strips in a second part bend towards an opposite direction of the first direction, and the first touch electrode strips in the second part and the first touch electrode strips in the first part are sequentially disposed along the first direction.

4. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 3 , wherein a pitch between centers of two adjacent first touch electrode strips in the first part near the second part is greater than a pitch between centers of two adjacent first touch electrode strips in the first part away from the second part.

5. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 3 , wherein a pitch between centers of two adjacent first touch electrode strips in the first part near the second part is smaller than a pitch between centers of two adjacent first touch electrode strips in the first part away from the second part.

6. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 3 , wherein the second touch electrode strips in a third part bend towards the second direction, the second touch electrode strips in a fourth part bend towards an opposite direction of the second direction, and the second touch electrode strips in the fourth part and the second touch electrode strips in the third part are sequentially disposed along the second direction.

7. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 6 , wherein a pitch between centers of two adjacent second touch electrode strips in the third part near the fourth part is greater than a pitch between centers of two adjacent second touch electrode strips in the third part away from the fourth part.

8. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 6 , wherein a pitch between centers of two adjacent second touch electrode strips in the third part near the fourth part is smaller than a pitch between centers of two adjacent second touch electrode strips in the third part away from the fourth part.

9. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 3 , wherein the second touch electrode strips are straight-strip-shaped.

10. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 1 , wherein an offset of a center and one end of each of the first touch electrode strips in the first direction is about 10 micrometers.

11. A fingerprint sensor, having a central region and a border region, comprising:

a plurality of first touch electrode strips, arranged along a first direction; and

a plurality of second touch electrode strips, arranged along a second direction different from the first direction, each of the first touch electrode strips intersecting each of the second touch electrode strips to form a plurality of intersections; wherein

the first touch electrode strips and the second touch electrode strips form a plurality of maximum included angles, wherein a maximum included angle of the plurality of maximum included angles is formed at each intersection of the plurality of intersections,

a maximum included angle of a first touch electrode strip of the plurality of first touch electrode strips gradually increases from a center towards two ends of the first touch electrode strip,

a first area surrounded by two adjacent first touch electrode strips and two second touch electrode strips in the central region is not equal to a second area surrounded by two adjacent first touch electrode strips and two adjacent second touch electrode strips in the border region,

the first touch electrode strips in a first part bend towards the first direction,

the first touch electrode strips in a second part bend towards an opposite direction to the first direction,

the first touch electrode strips in the second part and the first touch electrode strips in the first part are sequentially disposed along the first direction, and

the first touch electrode strips in the first part are separate from the first touch electrode strips in the second part.

12. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 11 , wherein the first touch electrode strips and the second touch electrode strips intersect in a non-perpendicular manner.

13. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 11 , wherein the first area is greater than the second area.

14. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 13 , wherein a sensing unit is formed at each of the plurality of intersections of the first touch electrode strips and the second touch electrode strips, and the number of the sensing units per unit area in the border region is greater than the number of the sensing units per unit area in the central region.

15. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 11 , wherein the first area is smaller than the second area.

16. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 15 , wherein a sensing unit is formed at each of the plurality of intersections of the first touch electrode strips and the second touch electrode strips, and the number of the sensing units per unit area in the border region is smaller than the number of the sensing units per unit area in the central region.

17. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of one of the first touch electrode strips and one of the second touch electrode strips that intersect each other is arc-shaped.

18. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 17 , wherein one of one of the first touch electrode strips and one of the second touch electrode strips that intersect each other is straight-strip-shaped.

19. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 11 , wherein a part of one of the first touch electrode strips located in the border region is differently-shaped from another part in the central region, and one of the parts is arc-shaped.

20. A fingerprint sensor, having a central region, a border region, a top border, a bottom border, a left border and a right border, the fingerprint sensor comprising:

a plurality of first touch electrode strips, arranged along a first direction and each of the first touch electrode strips connecting to both the left border and the right border; and

a plurality of second touch electrode strips, arranged along a second direction different from the first direction and each of the second touch electrode strips connecting to both the top border and the bottom border, wherein

each of the first touch electrode strips intersects each of the second touch electrode strips in a non-perpendicular manner to form a plurality of intersections,

the first touch electrode strips and the second touch electrode strips form a plurality of maximum included angles, wherein a maximum included angle of the plurality of maximum included angles is formed at each intersection of the plurality of intersections, and

a maximum included angle of a first touch electrode strip of the plurality of first touch electrode strips gradually increases from a center towards two ends of the first touch electrode strip.

21. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 20 , wherein at least one of one of the first touch electrode strips and one of the second touch electrode strips that intersect each other is arc-shaped.

22. The fingerprint sensor according to claim 21 , wherein one of one of the first touch electrode strips and one of the second touch electrode strips that intersect each other is straight-strip-shaped.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2022
From: ILI TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORPORATION
To: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 060262/0911 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2021
From: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: ILI TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055257/0614 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2018
From: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
Reel/Frame 047597/0057 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2017
From: LIU, TZU WEI
To: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 042150/0474 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 105115412 A · May 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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