Fingerprint sensor and button combinations and methods of making same
First Claim
1. A multi-layer biometric sensor package, comprising:
- an upper circuit board layer, having a plurality of upper traces disposed at an upper surface of the upper circuit board layer and a plurality of lower traces disposed at a lower surface of the upper circuit board layer;
a core layer, disposed below the upper circuit board layer;
a lower circuit board layer, disposed below the core layer, having a plurality of upper traces disposed at an upper surface of the lower circuit board layer and a plurality of lower traces disposed at a lower surface of the lower circuit board layer;
andan integrated circuit, disposed below the lower circuit board layer, wherein the plurality of upper traces of the upper circuit board layer and the plurality of lower traces of the upper circuit board layer are electrically connected to the integrated circuit through connection vias, wherein the connection vias include one or more connection vias traversing the core layer.
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Abstract
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that there is disclosed in the present application a biometric sensor that may comprise a plurality of a first type of signal traces formed on a first surface of a first layer of a multi-layer laminate package; at least one trace of a second type, formed on a second surface of the first layer or on a first surface of a second layer of the multi-layer laminate package; and connection vias in at least the first layer electrically connecting the signal traces of the first type or the signal traces of the second type to respective circuitry of the respective first or second type contained in an integrated circuit physically and electrically connected to one of the first layer, the second layer or a third layer of the multi-layer laminate package.
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17 Claims
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1. A multi-layer biometric sensor package, comprising:
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an upper circuit board layer, having a plurality of upper traces disposed at an upper surface of the upper circuit board layer and a plurality of lower traces disposed at a lower surface of the upper circuit board layer; a core layer, disposed below the upper circuit board layer; a lower circuit board layer, disposed below the core layer, having a plurality of upper traces disposed at an upper surface of the lower circuit board layer and a plurality of lower traces disposed at a lower surface of the lower circuit board layer; and an integrated circuit, disposed below the lower circuit board layer, wherein the plurality of upper traces of the upper circuit board layer and the plurality of lower traces of the upper circuit board layer are electrically connected to the integrated circuit through connection vias, wherein the connection vias include one or more connection vias traversing the core layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for producing a multi-layer biometric sensor package, comprising:
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providing a core layer; providing an upper circuit board layer above the core layer; forming a plurality of upper traces of the upper circuit board layer disposed at an upper surface of the upper circuit board layer; forming a plurality of lower traces of the upper circuit board layer disposed at a lower surface of the upper circuit board layer; providing a lower circuit board layer below the core layer; forming a plurality of upper traces of the lower circuit board layer disposed at an upper surface of the lower circuit board layer; forming a plurality of lower traces of the lower circuit board layer disposed at a lower surface of the lower circuit board layer; forming connection vias, wherein the connection vias include one or more connection vias traversing the core layer; and providing an integrated circuit below the lower circuit board layer, wherein the plurality of upper traces of the upper circuit board layer and the plurality of lower traces of the upper circuit board layer are electrically connected to the integrated circuit through the one or more connection vias traversing the core layer.
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