Readout circuit using shared operational amplifier and related image sensor

    公开(公告)号:US10863133B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-08

    申请号:US16716464

    申请日:2019-12-16

    IPC分类号: H04N5/378 H03F3/45

    摘要: A readout circuit for reading sensed signals of a pixel array. The readout circuit includes: an operational amplifier, a plurality of switching devices and a computation circuit. The operational amplifier is arranged to generate an output signal in each amplifier output cycle. In each amplifier output cycle, each of the switching devices is controlled by a switch controlling signal to selectively couple pixel circuits to the differential input terminals of the operational amplifier. The computation circuit is arranged to the recover a plurality of sensed signal respectively corresponding to a plurality of pixel circuits. In each amplifier output cycle, at least two of the switching devices are turned on, such that the operational amplifier receives the sensed signals of at least two pixel circuits in the pixel array simultaneously and sums the sensed signals of the at least two pixel circuits to generate the output signal.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING FINGERPRINT SENSING FUNCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20230115951A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17913168

    申请日:2020-10-23

    IPC分类号: G06F3/041 G09G3/36 G06V40/13

    摘要: Provided is an electronic device comprising a touch display panel and an integrated chip. The touch display panel comprises a pixel array. The integrated chip is electrically connected to the pixel array. The integrated chip comprises a fingerprint sensing circuit and a display driving circuit. The fingerprint sensing circuit and the display driving circuit are electrically connected to multiple display data lines and sensing data lines through of the same pin. The multiple display data lines are respectively electrically connected to multiple color sub-pixels of the pixel array. The sensing data lines are electrically connected to multiple fingerprint sensing pixels of the pixel array. The multiple color sub-pixels are multiple liquid crystal display pixels.

    Capacitive fingerprint sensing device

    公开(公告)号:US11557144B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US17467459

    申请日:2021-09-07

    IPC分类号: G06V40/13

    摘要: A capacitive fingerprint sensing device is provided. A sensing pixel unit includes a capacitor, a reset circuit, and a sensing capacitor. The reset circuit provides a reset voltage during a reset period to reset a voltage on the capacitor and provides an adjustment current during a sensing period to adjust a sense voltage generated on a common junction of the capacitor and the reset circuit.

    ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING FINGERPRINT SENSING FUNCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220165079A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17601441

    申请日:2020-02-24

    摘要: An electronic apparatus having a fingerprint sensing function, including a touch panel, a driving circuit, a fingerprint sensing array, and a fingerprint sensing circuit, is provided. The driving circuit provides a driving signal to the touch panel. The fingerprint sensing array includes multiple sensing units arranged in an array. The fingerprint sensing circuit is coupled to the sensing units on the fingerprint sensing array via multiple sensing data lines, and applies multiple control signals to the sensing units via the sensing data lines. A working frequency of the driving signal is the same as a working frequency of the control signals, and the driving signal is synchronized with the control signals.

    Fingerprint sensing module
    25.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11329096B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US17004017

    申请日:2020-08-27

    IPC分类号: H01L27/146 G06V40/13

    摘要: A fingerprint sensing module including an image sensor, a microlens array and a light-shielding layer is provided. The image sensor has multiple pixels. Each of the pixels has multiple light-sensing regions physically separated. Each of the light-sensing regions is adapted to receive an image beam coming from a fingerprint of user. The microlens array is disposed above the image sensor. The microlens array includes multiple microlens. A focus region of each of the microlens covers a portion of the light-sensing regions. The light-shielding layer is disposed between the image sensor and the microlens array. The light-shielding layer has multiple openings, and the positions of the openings are corresponded to the positions of the pixels.

    CAPACITIVE FINGERPRINT SENSING DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220100984A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17467459

    申请日:2021-09-07

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: A capacitive fingerprint sensing device is provided. A sensing pixel unit includes a capacitor, a reset circuit, and a sensing capacitor. The reset circuit provides a reset voltage during a reset period to reset a voltage on the capacitor and provides an adjustment current during a sensing period to adjust a sense voltage generated on a common junction of the capacitor and the reset circuit.

    Fingerprint sensing device
    27.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11126813B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-21

    申请号:US16840464

    申请日:2020-04-06

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: The invention provides a fingerprint sensing device. A control circuit controls a part of point light sources to irradiate a fingerprint of a user. Reflected light generated by using the plurality of point light sources to irradiate the fingerprint of the user forms a light-emitted pattern including a plurality of reflected light patterns on a sensing layer, wherein each of the reflected light patterns is provided by a corresponding point light source, and each of the sensing units senses the reflected light patterns corresponding to at least two point light sources.

    Full-screen electronic device with fingerprint sensing function and fingerprint sensing method thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11048909B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-29

    申请号:US16538124

    申请日:2019-08-12

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00 G06F3/041

    摘要: A full-screen electronic device with a fingerprint sensing function and a fingerprint sensing method are provided. The full-screen electronic device includes a panel module, a plurality of fingerprint sensors and a control unit. The plurality of fingerprint sensors are aligned with the panel module and distributed into a plurality of scan regions in an array. The fingerprint sensing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a concerned information about a concerned position of the display panel is generated. After the control unit receives the concerned information, the control unit defines the scan regions of the concerned position as a first scan set according to the concerned information. Then, the control unit controls the fingerprint sensors corresponding to the first scan set according to a first scan strategy.

    FINGERPRINT SENSING DEVICE
    29.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200349335A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-05

    申请号:US16840464

    申请日:2020-04-06

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    摘要: The invention provides a fingerprint sensing device. A control circuit controls a part of point light sources to irradiate a fingerprint of a user. Reflected light generated by using the plurality of point light sources to irradiate the fingerprint of the user forms a light-emitted pattern including a plurality of reflected light patterns on a sensing layer, wherein each of the reflected light patterns is provided by a corresponding point light source, and each of the sensing units senses the reflected light patterns corresponding to at least two point light sources.

    CALIBRATION CIRCUIT FOR USE IN SENSOR AND RELATED SENSOR THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20200340855A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-29

    申请号:US16733256

    申请日:2020-01-03

    IPC分类号: G01J1/44 H03F3/45

    摘要: A calibration circuit configured to calibrate a signal of a sensing unit comprises: an amplifier, a first impedance element and a second impedance element. The amplifier has a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal. The first input terminal is coupled to a first terminal of the sensing unit, the second input terminal is coupled to a reference voltage, and the output terminal is feedback to the first input terminal and outputs the readout signal. A first terminal of the first impedance element is coupled to the first input terminal of the amplifier, and a second terminal of the first impedance element is coupled to a calibration voltage. A first terminal of the second impedance element is coupled to the first terminal of the first impedance element, and a second terminal of the second impedance element is coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier.