Fingerprint sensor, fingerprint module, and terminal device
AssigneeVivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
InventorHuaping Wu
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a fingerprint sensor, a fingerprint module, and a terminal device. The fingerprint sensor has a sensing array, the sensing array includes a plurality of pixel sets, each pixel set includes at least one pixel unit, two adjacent pixel sets in each row of the plurality of pixel sets are electrically connected to each other via a first control line, two adjacent pixel sets in each column of the plurality of pixel sets are electrically connected to each other via a second control line, the plurality of pixel sets include at least one first pixel set, the first pixel set includes at least two pixel units, and the at least two pixel units are electrically connected to each other.
Claims12
A fingerprint sensor, wherein the fingerprint sensor has a sensing array, the sensing array comprises a plurality of pixel sets, and each pixel set comprises at least one pixel unit;
- two adjacent pixel sets in each row of the plurality of pixel sets are electrically connected to each other via a scanning line, and two adjacent pixel sets in each column of the plurality of pixel sets are electrically connected to each other via a data line;
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- the plurality of pixel sets comprise at least one first pixel set, the first pixel set comprises at least two pixel units, and the at least two pixel units are electrically connected to each other;
- the plurality of pixel sets further comprise at least one second pixel set, and the second pixel set comprises at least one pixel unit;
- wherein a quantity of pixel units comprised by the second pixel set is less than a quantity of pixel units comprised by the first pixel set;
- wherein the fingerprint sensor comprises a sensing surface, wherein the sensing surface comprises a first sensing area and a second sensing area, the first sensing area is an area near a center of the sensing surface, and the second sensing area is an area that is on the sensing surface and that is different from the first sensing area;
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- all the first pixel sets are located in the second sensing area, and all the second pixel sets are located in the first sensing area;
- wherein a quantity of first pixel sets is at least two, the second sensing area comprises a first sub-sensing area and a second sub-sensing area, the first sub-sensing area is located between the first sensing area and the second sub-sensing area, the first pixel sets are respectively located in the first sub-sensing area and the second sub-sensing area, and a quantity of pixel unit comprised by the first pixel set located in the first sub-sensing area is less than a quantity of pixel units comprised by the first pixel set located in the second sub-sensing area.
A fingerprint module, comprising a lens, an infrared filter, and a fingerprint sensor,
- wherein the fingerprint sensor has a sensing array, the sensing array comprises a plurality of pixel sets, and each pixel set comprises at least one pixel unit;
- two adjacent pixel sets in each row of the plurality of pixel sets are electrically connected to each other via a scanning line, and two adjacent pixel sets in each column of the plurality of pixel sets are electrically connected to each other via a data line;
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- the plurality of pixel sets comprise at least one first pixel set, the first pixel set comprises at least two pixel units, and the at least two pixel units are electrically connected to each other;
- the plurality of pixel sets further comprise at least one second pixel set, and the second pixel set comprises at least one pixel unit;
- wherein a quantity of pixel units comprised by the second pixel set is less than a quantity of pixel units comprised by the first pixel set;
- wherein the fingerprint sensor comprises a sensing surface, wherein the sensing surface comprises a first sensing area and a second sensing area, the first sensing area is an area near a center of the sensing surface, and the second sensing area is an area that is on the sensing surface and that is different from the first sensing area;
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- all the first pixel sets are located in the second sensing area, and all the second pixel sets are located in the first sensing area;
- wherein a quantity of first pixel sets is at least two, the second sensing area comprises a first sub-sensing area and a second sub-sensing area, the first sub-sensing area is located between the first sensing area and the second sub-sensing area, the first pixel sets are respectively located in the first sub-sensing area and the second sub-sensing area, and a quantity of pixel units comprised by the first pixel set located in the first sub-sensing area is less than a quantity of pixel units comprised by the first pixel set located in the second sub-sensing area;
- wherein the lens, the infrared filter, and the fingerprint sensor are stacked in sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.