Patent classifications
B06B1/0692
Fingerprint sensing display apparatus
Disclosed is a display device. The display device comprising a substrate, a display area including a fingerprint recognition area and a plurality of pixels on the substrate, a support substrate under a rear side of the substrate, a fingerprint sensor, corresponding to the fingerprint recognition area, under the support substrate, and an EMI (electro-magnetic interference) shield member positioned between the support substrate and the fingerprint sensor.
Fingerprint sensing display apparatus
Disclosed is a display. The display device, comprising an electroluminescence display panel including a display area configured to output sound and configured to recognized a fingerprint, an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor disposed at a first area of the electroluminescence display panel and a film-type speaker disposed at a second area of the electroluminescence display panel.
ULTRASONIC BIOMETRIC SENSOR WITH TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE SIDE BEAMFORMING
The described architecture and techniques may provide for ultrasonic sensing using transmit and receive beamforming using an ultrasonic sensor with a continuous (e.g., non-segmented) blanket layer of piezo-sensitive material between a common electrode and an array of electrodes. For example, an ultrasonic biometric sensor may utilize a continuous blanket layer of piezo-sensitive material (e.g., such as a continuous copolymer, in lieu of an array of piezoelectric elements) between a common electrode and an electrode array for transmit and receive beamforming. The electrode array may employ individual transmission cycle control for each electrode to perform aspects of ultrasonic transmit and receive beamforming for biometric sensing/imaging. The continuous copolymer (e.g., or other blanket layer of piezo-sensitive material) may provide for a thin layer, between the common electrode and the electrode array, with desirable material properties to isolate each pixel from neighboring pixels and enable effective ultrasonic transmit and receive beamforming.
DUAL ELECTRODE PIEZOELECTRIC MICROMACHINED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER DEVICE
A piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (PMUT) device includes a layer of piezoelectric material that is activated and sensed by an electrode and a conductive plane layer. The conductive plane layer may be electrically connected to processing circuitry by a via that extends through the piezoelectric layer. One or more isolation trenches extend through the conductive plane layer to isolate the conductive plane layer from other conductive plane layers of adjacent PMUT devices of a PMUT array.
Fingerprint Sensor
A fingerprint sensor is provided herein. A method for operating the fingerprint sensor can comprise selecting a pair of electrode elements from a first set of electrode elements and a second set of electrode elements of a second electrode. The first electrode is located on a first side of a piezoelectric layer; the second electrode is located on a second side of the piezoelectric layer. The first side and the second side are opposite sides of the piezoelectric layer. The method also can comprise transmitting ultrasonic signals using the pair of electrode elements based on a position of a switch element being in a first position, and receiving ultrasonic signals using the pair of electrode elements based on the position of the switch element being in a second position.
ULTRASOUND PROBE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ULTRASOUND PROBE
An ultrasound includes: an acoustic matching portion disposed on a plurality of piezoelectric elements; and a conductive member disposed on the plurality of piezoelectric elements and adjacent to the acoustic matching portion, in which the conductive member includes a conductor layer having a multi-layer structure, which is disposed on at least one end side of the acoustic matching portion in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the conductor layer having a multi-layer structure includes a plurality of first conductor layers respectively bonded to the second conductive portions of the piezoelectric elements, and a second conductor layer laminated on the plurality of first conductor layers and electrically connects the plurality of first conductor layers, and a ratio of a thickness to a width, which is a length in the first direction, of the first conductor layer is 1.6 or less.
Fingerprint identification structure, driving method thereof and electronic device
Disclosed are a fingerprint identification structure, a driving method thereof and an electronic device. The fingerprint identification structure includes: a driving electrode layer; a piezoelectric material layer; a receiving electrode layer, which includes M receiving electrodes; an auxiliary driving electrode layer, which is located at the side of the piezoelectric material layer away from the receiving electrode layer, and is arranged in a layer different from the driving electrode layer; and a first insulating layer, the auxiliary driving electrode layer includes N auxiliary driving electrodes; the N driving electrodes and the N auxiliary driving electrodes are alternately arranged; and the orthographic projection, on the piezoelectric material layer, of an i-th auxiliary driving electrode overlaps with an interval between the orthographic projections, on the piezoelectric material layer, of an i-th driving electrode and an (i+1)-th driving electrode.
Piezoelectric device and MEMS device
Provided is a piezoelectric device and an MEMS device whose size can be reduced. The piezoelectric device includes: a first substrate that includes a first surface on which a piezoelectric element and a first electrode coupled to the piezoelectric element are disposed; a second substrate that includes a second surface on which a second electrode configured to be coupled to a control circuit is disposed; and a third substrate that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and includes a third surface bonded to the first surface and a fourth surface facing the second surface, in which the third substrate has a through hole passing through from the third surface to the fourth surface, and a third electrode provided in the through hole and coupled to the first electrode, and the second electrode is coupled to the third electrode and is electrically coupled to the first electrode via the third electrode.
ULTRASONIC APPARATUS
An ultrasonic apparatus includes an ultrasonic transducer, a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, a Q-factor measuring circuit, and a frequency measuring circuit. The ultrasonic transducer is a three-terminal ultrasonic transducer that includes a transmitting electrode, a receiving electrode, and a common electrode. The transmitting circuit outputs a driving signal to the transmitting electrode to cause the ultrasonic transducer to transmit ultrasonic waves. The receiving circuit receives a receive signal from the receiving electrode. The frequency measuring circuit measures a resonant frequency of the ultrasonic transducer from a reverberation signal in the receive signal. The Q-factor measuring circuit measures a Q factor of the ultrasonic transducer from the reverberation signal in the receive signal.
ULTRASONIC APPARATUS
An ultrasonic apparatus includes a transmitting circuit, an ultrasonic transducer, a receiving circuit, and a capacitance measuring circuit. The ultrasonic transducer is a three-terminal ultrasonic transducer that includes a transmitting electrode, a receiving electrode, and a common electrode. The transmitting circuit outputs a driving signal to the transmitting electrode to cause the ultrasonic transducer to transmit ultrasonic waves. The receiving circuit receives a receive signal from the receiving electrode. The capacitance measuring circuit is electrically connected to the receiving electrode to measure the electrostatic capacitance of the ultrasonic transducer.