Apparatus for fingerprint detection and electronic device
AssigneeShenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsHao XIE, Jianyang ZHANG
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus for fingerprint detection, where the apparatus includes a sensor chip array and an MCU, the sensor chip array includes a first chip set in which chips multiplex a first signal line and a second chip set in which chips multiplex a second signal line, where the chips in the first chip set and the chips in the second chip set are alternately arranged in each row and each column, and the MCU is configured to: control one first chip in the first chip set to perform fingerprint detection on a finger on the display screen at a time; and/or, control one second chip in the second chip set to perform fingerprint detection on the finger at the time.
Claims16
An apparatus for fingerprint detection, wherein the apparatus is disposed under a display screen of an electronic device to implement under-screen optical fingerprint detection, and comprises a sensor chip array and a micro-programmed control unit (MCU), the sensor chip array comprises a first chip set in which chips multiplex a first signal line and a second chip set in which chips multiplex a second signal line, wherein the chips in the first chip set and the chips in the second chip set are alternately arranged in each row and each column of the sensor chip array, and the MCU is configured to perform at least one of the following operations:
- control one first chip in the first chip set to perform fingerprint detection on a finger on the display screen at a time, wherein the first chip communicates with the MCU by using the first signal line;
- or,
- control one second chip in the second chip set to perform fingerprint detection on the finger at the time, wherein the second chip communicates with the MCU by using the second signal line.
An apparatus for fingerprint detection, wherein the apparatus is disposed under a display screen of an electronic device to implement under-screen optical fingerprint detection, and comprises a sensor chip array and a micro-programmed control unit (MCU), the sensor chip array comprises a first chip set and a second chip set, a power supply of each chip in the first chip set shares a power capacitor and/or a power for a same functional module of each chip shares a power capacitor, and a power supply of each chip in the second chip set shares a power capacitor and/or a power for a same functional module of each chip shares a power capacitor, wherein sensor chips in the first chip set and sensor chips in the second chip set are alternately arranged in each row and each column of the sensor chip array, and the MCU is configured to perform at least one of the following operations:
- control one chip in the first chip set to perform fingerprint detection on a finger on the display screen at a time;
- or,
- control one chip in the second chip set to perform fingerprint detection on the finger at the time.
An electronic device, comprising a display screen, a processor, and an apparatus for fingerprint detection, wherein:
- the apparatus for fingerprint detection is disposed under the display screen to implement under-screen optical fingerprint detection, and comprises a sensor chip array and a micro-programmed control unit (MCU), the sensor chip array comprises a first chip set and a second chip set, a power supply of each chip in the first chip set shares a power capacitor and/or a power for a same functional module of each chip shares a power capacitor, and a power supply of each chip in the second chip set shares a power capacitor and/or a power for a same functional module of each chip shares a power capacitor, wherein sensor chips in the first chip set and sensor chips in the second chip set are alternately arranged in each row and each column of the sensor chip array, and the MCU is configured to perform at least one of the following operations:
- control one chip in the first chip set to perform fingerprint detection on a finger on the display screen at a time;
- or, control one chip in the second chip set to perform fingerprint detection on the finger at the time;
- the processor is connected to the MCU to control the sensor chip array in the apparatus for fingerprint detection to perform fingerprint detection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.