Fingerprint sensor and display device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSoo Jung Lee, Keum Dong Jung, Yu Na Kim, Il Nam Kim
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Abstract
There are provided a fingerprint sensor and a display device including the same. The fingerprint sensor includes a base substrate in which a first sensing region and a second sensing region are defined on a plane, first photo sensors disposed on the first sensing region of the base substrate, and second photo sensors disposed on the second sensing region of the base substrate. The first sensing region has an area larger than that of the second sensing region, and the first photo sensor has a width wider than that of the second photo sensor.
Claims7
A fingerprint sensor comprising:
- a base substrate including a first sensing region and a second sensing region;
- a plurality of first photo sensors disposed on the first sensing region;
- a plurality of second photo sensors disposed on the second sensing region,
- wherein the first sensing region has an area larger than that of the second sensing region,
- wherein the plurality of second photo sensors have an arrangement density higher than that of the plurality of first photo sensors,
- wherein each of the plurality of first photo sensors has a first size, and each of the plurality of second photo sensors has a second size smaller than the first size,
- wherein the second photo sensors are used for registering a user's fingerprint, and
- wherein the first photo sensors and the second photo sensors are configured to detect the user's fingerprint using light reflected from the user's finger;
- and
- a horizontal fingerprint detector disposed in the second sensing region adjacent to a short side of the base substrate,
- wherein the first sensing region has a first height measured along a long side of the base substrate and a first width measured along a short side of the base substrate, and
- wherein the second sensing region has a second height measured along the long side of the base substrate and a second width measured along the short side of the base substrate, the second width smaller than the first width.
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