A single-chip fingerprint sensor and identifier - （单片机指纹传感器和标识符-）.pdf

1852 IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, VOL. 34, NO. 12, DECEMBER 1999 A Single-Chip Fingerprint Sensor and Identifier Satoshi Shigematsu, Member, IEEE , Hiroki Morimura, Member, IEEE , Yasuyuki Tanabe, Takuya Adachi, and Katsuyuki Machida Abstract— A chip architecture that integrates a fingerprint requires extensive image processing, performed by a high- sensor and an identifier in a single chip is proposed. The fin- performance microprocessor, and a large memory. The tem- gerprint identifier is formed by an array of pixels, and each plate is also stored in this memory. The size and cost of the pixel contains a sensing element and a processing element. The sensing element senses capacitances formed by a finger surface components make such a unit unsuitable for application to to capture a fingerprint image. An identification is performed by portable equipment. the pixel-parallel processing of the pixels. The sensing element Recently, some small, thin, and inexpensive direct-touch is built above the processing element in each pixel. The chip semiconductor fingerprint sensors have been proposed [1]–[4], architecture realizes a wide-area sensor without a large increase [15], [16]. These devices sense the capacitance formed by the of chip size and ensures high sensor sensitivity while maintaining a high image density. The sensing element is covered with a finger when it makes direct contact with the chip. However, for hard film to prevent physical and chemical degradation and fingerprint identification, they require several support chips, surrounded by a ground wal