# US 11,309,365 B2 · Optical fingerprint sensor and display module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,309,365 B2 - Document ID: US11309365B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/901,882 - Filed: 2020-06-15 - Published: 2021-06-24 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-18 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yawei Wang; Haisheng Wang; Lei Wang; Lin Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11309365B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/60: OLEDs integrated with inorganic light-sensitive elements, e.g. with inorganic solar cells or inorganic photodiodes - G06V 40/1318: {using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing} - H10K 59/1213: {the pixel elements being TFTs} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract The present disclosure provides an optical fingerprint sensor and a display module. The optical fingerprint sensor includes a photodiode and a switching thin film transistor connected to the photodiode, in which the photodiode includes a first electrode made of a light-absorbing conductive nano-material; the first electrode is located in a same layer as a second electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and the first electrode includes a light-entering end surface facing a light-entering side and a side surface connected to the light-entering end surface, the side surface includes a curved portion, and the second electrode is at least connected to the curved portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An optical fingerprint sensor, comprising a photodiode and a switching thin film transistor connected to the photodiode, wherein the photodiode comprises a first electrode made of a light-absorbing conductive nano-material; wherein the first electrode is located in a same layer as a second electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and the first electrode comprises a light-entering end surface facing a light-entering side and a side surface connected to the light-entering end surface, the side surface comprises a curved portion, and the second electrode is at least connected to the curved portion; and wherein the second electrode is arranged to fully surround the first electrode and be connected to each position of the side surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 1, wherein the second electrode is a source electrode or a drain electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and the first electrode is an electrode of the photodiode away from the light-entering side. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 1, wherein the light-entering end surface is formed into a circular shape, and the curved portion is an entire side surface of the first electrode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 1, wherein the second electrode comprises a top surface facing the light-entering side, the top surface is located in a same plane as the light-entering end surface, and the top surface and the light-entering end surface are combined to form a preset pattern. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 4, wherein the light-entering end surface is formed into a first pattern comprising a curved portion, and a portion of the top surface connected to the light-entering end surface is formed into a second pattern; and wherein the first pattern and the second pattern are combined to form a quadrilateral. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 5, wherein the first pattern of the light-entering end surface is an inverted “F” shape, the second pattern of the portion of the top surface connected to the light-entering end surface is an upright “F” shape, and the first pattern and the second pattern are spliced at the curved portion and combined to form a quadrilateral. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 1, wherein the light-absorbing conductive nano-material is an iron oxide nano-material doped with a conductive metal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 7, wherein the conductive metal comprises, but is not limited to, one or more of titanium, platinum, molybdenum, chromium, and tin. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 1, wherein a drain electrode and a source electrode of the switching thin film transistor are made of any one of molybdenum, aluminum, chromium, gold, titanium, nickel, neodymium, copper, and an alloy thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 1, wherein the second electrode is a source electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and the first electrode is a lower electrode of the photodiode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 1, wherein the photodiode further comprises: a PIN diode and a transparent electrode sequentially prepared on the light-entering end surface of the first electrode; and a third electrode connected to the transparent electrode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The optical fingerprint sensor of claim 1, wherein the second electrode is a source electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and the first electrode is a lower electrode of the photodiode, and wherein the switching thin film transistor further comprises a gate electrode, a drain electrode, and an active layer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A display module comprising the optical fingerprint sensor of claim 1. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display module of claim 13, wherein the display module further comprises an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel; and wherein a plurality of optical fingerprint sensors is arranged on a side of the OLED display panel away from the light-entering side and distributed in an array. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display module of claim 14, wherein the plurality of the optical fingerprint sensors is assembled on an optical path collimating substrate, and the optical path collimating substrate is attached to the OLED display panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The display module of claim 13, wherein the display module further comprises an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel, and the OLED display panel comprises a plurality of OLED pixel units; and wherein a plurality of optical fingerprint sensors is distributed in an array among the plurality of OLED pixel units. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display module of claim 16, wherein the second electrode and the first electrode are arranged in a same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode of the thin film transistor of the OLED pixel unit; and a gate electrode of the switching thin film transistor is arranged in a same layer as a gate electrode of a thin film transistor of the OLED pixel unit.