Biometric Sensor Assembly With Integrated Visual Indicator

A biometric sensing device with integrated visual indicator, comprising:

• a substrate having a first side and a second side;
• a die having formed therein biometric sensing circuitry, said die secured to a die-receiving region of said first side of said substrate;
• a conductive bezel having a visual indicator region, said bezel secured to said substrate proximate said die-receiving region and electrically interconnected to said die by way of said substrate;
• a light source disposed such that light therefrom may be seen by an unaided eye through said visual indicator region;
• a light-directing region disposed between and optically coupling said light source and said visual indicator region, said light-directing region containing an optical element which preferentially directs light from said light source to said visual indicator region;
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• an encapsulation structure substantially enclosing said die, said first light-directing region, and at least a portion of said first conductive bezel such that said visual indicator region of said first conductive bezel is visible to the unaided eye;
• wherein said substrate is provided with an optical via connecting said first and second sides of said substrate, and further wherein said light source is located proximate said second side of said substrate, and light emitted therefrom may pass from said second side of said substrate though said optical via to said first side of said substrate and to said light-directing region.