Fingerprint detection circuit and fingerprint recognition system

• US 10,496,869 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2017
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhan, Chang
• Primary Examiner(s): Werner, Brian
• Application Number:
  US15/658,415
• Publication Number:
  US 20170323147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 861 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/00 Pattern recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1306 non-optical, e.g. ultrasonic or capacitive sensing
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1365 Matching; Classification

Abstract

The present invention provides a fingerprint detecting circuit applied in a fingerprint identification system, wherein the fingerprint identification system transmits a first signal to finger. The fingerprint detecting circuit includes a conductive layer to couple a touch from the finger; and an amplifier including a first input terminal coupled to the conductive layer; a second input terminal to receive a second signal; and an output terminal, wherein a first capacitance is between the output terminal and the first input terminal; wherein a phase of the first signal is inverse to a phase of the second signal. The present invention utilizes the two signals with the inverse phases to drive the fingerprint detecting circuit, so as to enhance strength of the output signal and lower hardness of fingerprint detecting. Power consumption and production cost are reduced, and the requirement of conventional voltage for the portable electronic device is satisfied.

Claims

1. A fingerprint detecting circuit, applied in a fingerprint identification system transmitting a first signal to a finger, the fingerprint detecting circuit comprising:

a conductive layer, configured to couple a touch from the finger; and

an amplifier, comprising;

a negative input terminal, coupled to the conductive layer;

a positive input terminal, configured to receive a second signal; and

an output terminal, wherein a first capacitance is formed between the output terminal and the negative input terminal;

wherein a first phase of the first signal is inverse to a second phase of the second signal.

2. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 1, wherein a second capacitance is formed between the conductive layer and the finger, and a third capacitance is formed between the conductive layer and a ground terminal.

3. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 2, wherein the first signal is coupled to the negative input terminal through the second capacitance.

4. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 1, further comprising a switching unit, configured to establish a direct current (DC) bias of the amplifier, a terminal of the switching unit is coupled to the negative input terminal, and another terminal of the switching unit is coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier.

5. A fingerprint identification system, which transmits a first signal to a finger, the fingerprint identification system comprising:

a plurality of fingerprint detecting circuits, each fingerprint detecting circuit comprising;

a conductive layer, configured to couple a touch from the finger; and

an amplifier, comprising;

a negative input terminal, coupled to the conductive layer;

a positive input terminal, configured to receive a second signal; and

an output terminal, wherein a first capacitance is formed between the output terminal and the negative input terminal;

wherein a first phase of the first signal is inverse to a second phase of the second signal;

a fingerprint determining module, coupled to the plurality of fingerprint detecting circuits, configured to determine whether each fingerprint detecting circuit corresponds to a finger ridge or a finger valley.

6. The fingerprint identification system of claim 5, wherein a second capacitance is formed between the conductive layer and the finger, and a third capacitance is formed between the conductive layer and a ground terminal.

7. The fingerprint identification system of claim 6, wherein the first signal is coupled to the negative input terminal of the amplifier through the second capacitance.

8. The fingerprint identification system of claim 5, further comprising a switching unit, configured to establish a direct current (DC) bias of the amplifier, a terminal of the switching unit is coupled to the negative input terminal of the amplifier, and another terminal of the switching unit is coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier.

9. A fingerprint detecting circuit, comprising:

a conductive layer; and

an amplifier, comprising a negative input terminal, a positive input terminal and an output terminal;

wherein the negative input terminal is coupled to the conductive layer, and a first capacitance is formed between the negative input terminal and the output terminal;

the conductive layer is configured for forming a second capacitance with a finger, and the second capacitance is configured to couple a first signal transmitted to the finger to the negative input terminal;

the positive input terminal is configured to receiving a second signal which has a phase inverse to that of the first signal.

10. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 9, wherein the first signal and the second signal cooperate with each other to drive the fingerprint detecting circuit to operation.

11. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 10, wherein the second signal are expressed as:

V2=−

k*V1,

wherein V1 represents the first signal, V2 represents the second signal, and k is a positive constant.

12. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 9, wherein the first capacitance serves as a feedback capacitance of the amplifier, and is a PIP capacitance or an MiM capacitance formed between the output terminal of the amplifier and the conductive layer.

13. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 9, wherein a third capacitance is formed between the conductive layer and a ground terminal.

14. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 13, wherein the amplifier is configured to generate a first output signal corresponding to the first signal, and generate a second output signal corresponding to the second signal;

wherein an overall output signal of the output terminal of the amplifier is a summation of the first output signal and the second output signal.

15. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 14, wherein the first output signal, the second output signal, and the overall output signal are respectively expressed as:

Vo1=−

(C2/C1)*V1;

Vo2=((C1+C2+C3)/C1)*V2;

Vo=−

(C2/C1+k(C1+C2+C3)/C1)*V1;

wherein Vo1 and Vo2 represent the first output signal and the second output signal respectively;

Vo represents the overall output signal of the output terminal;

V1 and V2 represent the first signal and the second signal respectively;

C1, C2 and C3 represent the first capacitance, the second capacitance and the third capacitance; and

k is a positive constant.

16. The fingerprint detecting circuit of claim 9, further comprising a switching unit, configured to establish a direct current (DC) bias of the amplifier, a terminal of the switching unit is coupled to the negative input terminal, and another terminal of the switching unit is coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier.