IP Library Granted Patent US 11,328,527
Granted Patent B2
US 11,328,527 · App. 16/316,493 · Granted May 10, 2022

Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, display substrate and driving method thereof, and display device

Inventors: Pinchao Gu (Beijing, CN); Xue Dong (Beijing, CN); Haisheng Wang (Beijing, CN); Chunwei Wu (Beijing, CN); Yingming Liu (Beijing, CN); Rui Xu (Beijing, CN); Changfeng Li (Beijing, CN); Yanan Jia (Beijing, CN); Yuzhen Guo (Beijing, CN); Yunke Qin (Beijing, CN); Lijun Zhao (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G06V40/1306
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Patent No.
US 11,328,527
App. No.
16/316,493
Granted
May 10, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, a display substrate, a driving method thereof and a display device. The ultrasonic fingerprint sensor includes: a base substrate; a driving structure provided on the base substrate and configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal; a receiving structure provided on the base substrate and configured to receive the ultrasonic signal reflected by a finger, and convert the ultrasonic signal into an electrical signal for determining fingerprint information, the driving structure and the receiving structure are provided in a same plane. Since the driving structure and the receiving structure of the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor of the present disclosure are in a same plane, the driving structure can be closer to the touch body (for example, a finger), which is advantageous for the ultrasonic waves generated by the driving structure to reach the finger to improve the touch accuracy.

Claims (31)

1. A display substrate, comprising a plurality of pixel regions and light blocking regions between every two adjacent pixel regions and a plurality of ultrasonic fingerprint sensors, each of the ultrasonic fingerprint sensors comprises a driving structure and a receiving structure located in the light blocking region, wherein

the driving structure is configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal;

the receiving structure is configured to receive the ultrasonic signal reflected by a finger, and convert the ultrasonic signal into an electrical signal for determining fingerprint information,

the driving structure and the receiving structure are provided in a same plane,

the display substrate is a color filter substrate, a black matrix is provided in the light blocking regions, and through holes are provided in the black matrix, and the driving structure and the receiving structure in each of the fingerprint recognition sensors are provided in at least one of the through holes of the black matrix.

2. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the driving structure and the receiving structure of each ultrasonic fingerprint sensors are provided in two adjacent through holes of the black matrix respectively.

3. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the driving structure and the receiving structure of each ultrasonic fingerprint sensors are provided in one of the through holes of the black matrix.

4. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the driving structure and the receiving structure of each of a portion of ultrasonic fingerprint sensors are provided in one of the through holes of the black matrix, the driving structure and the receiving structure of each of the remaining portion of ultrasonic fingerprint sensors are provided in two adjacent through holes of the black matrix respectively.

5. The display substrate according to claim 2 , wherein

the driving structure comprises a second electrode, a first piezoelectric material layer and a first electrode sequentially provided on the base substrate; and

the receiving structure comprises a fourth electrode, a second piezoelectric material layer and a third electrode sequentially provided on the base substrate.

6. The display substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the first piezoelectric material layer and the second piezoelectric material layer are provided in a same layer and made of a same material.

7. The display substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are provided in a same layer and are made of a same material; and/or

the second electrode and the fourth electrode are provided in a same layer and made of a same material.

8. The display substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are provided in a same layer and are made of a same material; and/or

the second electrode and the fourth electrode are provided in a same layer and made of a same material.

9. The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a fingerprint detection circuit configured to determine fingerprint information according to an electrical signal output by the receiving structure.

10. A driving method for the display substrate according to claim 1 , the driving method comprising steps of:

applying a driving voltage to the driving structure to drive the driving structure to generate an ultrasonic signal;

receiving, by the receiving structure, the ultrasonic signal reflected by a finger; and

determining fingerprint information by converting the ultrasonic signal into an electrical signal.

11. The driving method according to claim 10 , wherein while the step of receiving, by the receiving structure, the ultrasonic signal reflected by the finger, and the step of determining fingerprint information by converting the ultrasonic signal into the electrical signal are performed, no driving voltage is applied to the driving structure.

12. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 1 .

13. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 2 .

14. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 3 .

15. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 4 .

16. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 5 .

17. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 6 .

18. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 7 .

19. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 8 .

20. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 9 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2023
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064397/0480 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2019
From: GU, PINCHAO; DONG, XUE; WANG, HAISHENG; WU, CHUNWEI; LIU, YINGMING; XU, RUI; LI, CHANGFENG; JIA, YANAN; GUO, YUZHEN; QIN, YUNKE; ZHAO, LIJUN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048047/0784 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710570912.6 · Jul 13, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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