TW201545072A - Fingerprint sensor - Google Patents

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TW201545072A
TW201545072A TW103118930A TW103118930A TW201545072A TW 201545072 A TW201545072 A TW 201545072A TW 103118930 A TW103118930 A TW 103118930A TW 103118930 A TW103118930 A TW 103118930A TW 201545072 A TW201545072 A TW 201545072A
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When utilizing capacitor sensing effect to detect fingerprint ridges and valleys from tiny changed capacitances, a sensing circuit designed with high sensitivity is required. However, when a sensing circuit has higher sensitivity, the accompanying noises are greater. Such situation is getting worse for pressing type capacitive sensing arrays; wherein, sensing capacitive units and accompanying noises are varied by differences of positions in lines and rows. To improve such issue, the present invention provides not only a circuit arrangement/configuration to decrease possible noises, but also an offset cancellation circuit, having two different capacitors, to optimize noises of sensing capacitors. After signals of fingerprint ridges and valleys are optimized, said signals are arranged to pass an amplifier so as to enhance the magnitude of each of said signals. Hence, through said two capacitors of the offset cancellation circuit, the signal of each sensing electrode is optimized.

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指紋感測器Fingerprint sensor

本發明是關於一種指紋感測器,特別是指一種針對電容式指紋感測晶片的指紋影像具有加強設計的指紋感測器。The present invention relates to a fingerprint sensor, and more particularly to a fingerprint sensor having a reinforced design for a fingerprint image of a capacitive fingerprint sensing wafer.

由於電容式指紋感測技術,除了要保持足夠的電容訊號,還必須克服手指觸摸時之靜電破壞;因此,一方面,為了產生足夠的電容訊號,在設計一電容式感測晶片時,必須考量使用具有較高電容值的感應電極、及具有較高介電常數且較薄之絕緣電容感應層,藉以避免其他雜散電容的產生或影響;另一方面,為了產生對於足夠的靜電保護,則需要較厚的保護層與其他靜電消除設計,如靜電保護之金屬網等。然而,當保護層的厚度增大時,將會使感應電極之電容減小;因此,如何在改善電容訊號及靜電保護兩者間取得最佳化係成為電容式指紋感測器的主要課題之一。Due to the capacitive fingerprint sensing technology, in addition to maintaining sufficient capacitance signals, it is also necessary to overcome the electrostatic damage when the finger is touched; therefore, on the one hand, in order to generate sufficient capacitance signals, it is necessary to consider when designing a capacitive sensing wafer. Using a sensing electrode with a higher capacitance value and a thin insulating capacitor sensing layer with a higher dielectric constant to avoid the occurrence or influence of other stray capacitance; on the other hand, in order to generate sufficient electrostatic protection, A thicker protective layer and other static elimination designs are required, such as a metal mesh for electrostatic protection. However, when the thickness of the protective layer is increased, the capacitance of the sensing electrode is reduced; therefore, how to optimize the improvement between the capacitive signal and the electrostatic protection becomes the main subject of the capacitive fingerprint sensor. One.

此外,為了改善指紋辨識率,指紋感測元件也從手指線性滑動式感應演變成平面按壓式感應。然而,平面按壓式感應必須克服各感測像素因位置不同,而具有不同的雜散電容及造成訊號傳遞的差異,以避免造成指紋影像灰度的不均等。In addition, in order to improve the fingerprint recognition rate, the fingerprint sensing element also evolves from a finger linear sliding induction to a planar pressing induction. However, the planar push-type sensing must overcome the difference in position of the sensing pixels due to different positions, and have different stray capacitances and cause signal transmission differences to avoid gradation of the grayscale of the fingerprint image.

再者,若要利用電容感應來感測指紋中之指紋峰與指紋谷的極小電容變化,必須要設計一高靈敏度的感測電路。然而,感測電路之靈敏度越高,其伴隨的雜訊也隨之增大,尤其是針對按壓式電容感測陣列上,感測電容單元與伴隨之雜訊將隨著位在不同行、列位置之差異而有所變化。Furthermore, if capacitive sensing is to be used to sense the small capacitance change of the fingerprint peak and the fingerprint valley in the fingerprint, a highly sensitive sensing circuit must be designed. However, the higher the sensitivity of the sensing circuit, the more the accompanying noise increases. Especially for the push-type capacitive sensing array, the sensing capacitor unit and the accompanying noise will be in different rows and columns. The difference in location has changed.

為了解決上述問題,改善先前技術的不足,本發明目的之一係提供一種電容感應裝置,其具一偏移消除電路,並透過該偏移消除電路改善各像素之感測電容單元之寄生電容或手指乾溼的差異,藉以取得最佳的訊號雜訊比及均等的指紋灰度影像。In order to solve the above problems and improve the deficiencies of the prior art, one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a capacitance sensing device having an offset cancellation circuit and improving the parasitic capacitance of the sensing capacitance unit of each pixel through the offset cancellation circuit or The difference between fingers wet and dry, in order to obtain the best signal noise ratio and equal fingerprint grayscale image.

依據本發明之一實施例,一種指紋感測器,包含一偏移消除電路,其具有一輸入端與一輸出端,且該輸出端係對應該輸入端設置,並包含:一第一開關、一第二開關、一第三開關、一第四開關、一第一電容、一第二電容、及一第三電容。該第一開關之一端係連接該輸入端;該第二開關之一端係與該第一開關之一另端連接;該第一電容之一端係與該第一開關之該另端連接,並與該第二開關並聯,且其之一另端接地;該第二電容之一端與該第二開關之一另端連接,且其之一另端接地;該第三電容之一端與該第一開關之該另端連接,並與該第二開關並聯,且其之一另端係鄰接該輸出端;該第三開關之一端係連接該第三電容之該另端與該輸出端之間,且其之一另端接地;該第四開關之一端係連接該第二電容之該端,且其之一另端接地。According to an embodiment of the present invention, a fingerprint sensor includes an offset cancellation circuit having an input end and an output end, and the output end is disposed corresponding to the input end, and includes: a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a third capacitor. One end of the first switch is connected to the input end; one end of the second switch is connected to the other end of the first switch; one end of the first capacitor is connected to the other end of the first switch, and The second switch is connected in parallel, and one of the other ends is grounded; one end of the second capacitor is connected to the other end of the second switch, and one of the other ends is grounded; one end of the third capacitor and the first switch The other end is connected in parallel with the second switch, and one of the other ends is adjacent to the output end; one end of the third switch is connected between the other end of the third capacitor and the output end, and One of the other ends is grounded; one end of the fourth switch is connected to the end of the second capacitor, and one of the other ends is grounded.

較佳的,該指紋感測器進一步包含一感應電路,其具有一感應輸入端與一感應輸出端,該感應輸出端係相對該感應輸入端設置,且該感應輸出端係與該輸入端連接,並包含:一第一感應開關、一第二感應開關、一參考電容、一雜散電容、及一感應電極。該第一感應開關之一端係連接該感應輸入端;該第二感應開關之一端係與該第一感應開關之一另端連接;該參考電容之一端係與該第一感應開關之該另端連接,並與該第二感應開關並聯,且其之一另端接地;該雜散電容之一端與該第二感應開關之一另端連接,且其之一另端接地;該感應電極之一端與該第二感應開關之該另端連接,並與該雜散電容並聯,且其之一另端可視為接地。Preferably, the fingerprint sensor further includes an inductive circuit having an inductive input end and an inductive output end, the inductive output end is disposed opposite the inductive input end, and the inductive output end is coupled to the input end And comprising: a first inductive switch, a second inductive switch, a reference capacitor, a stray capacitance, and a sensing electrode. One end of the first inductive switch is connected to the inductive input end; one end of the second inductive switch is connected to one end of the first inductive switch; one end of the reference capacitor is connected to the other end of the first inductive switch Connected and connected in parallel with the second inductive switch, and one of the other ends is grounded; one end of the stray capacitance is connected to one end of the second inductive switch, and one of the other ends is grounded; one end of the sensing electrode The other end of the second inductive switch is connected and connected in parallel with the stray capacitance, and one of the other ends can be regarded as a ground.

較佳的,該感應電路具有一基板,該基板與該感應電極間具有複數個浮動電極。透過該複數個浮動電極,可遮蔽來自該基板所產生的雜散電容,以避免影響該感應電極所形成的感應電容,並降低該感應電路整體的該雜散電容。Preferably, the sensing circuit has a substrate, and the substrate has a plurality of floating electrodes between the sensing electrodes. The stray capacitance generated by the substrate can be shielded by the plurality of floating electrodes to avoid affecting the sensing capacitance formed by the sensing electrode and reduce the stray capacitance of the sensing circuit as a whole.

較佳的,該第一電容之電容值與該第二電容之電容值係為可調整的。藉此以調整該第二電容與該第一電容之比值係等於該雜散電容與該參考電容之比值,使得輸出之電壓訊號可將指紋谷之電壓消除,並保留指紋峰之訊號,進而提升指紋感測之品質。Preferably, the capacitance value of the first capacitor and the capacitance value of the second capacitor are adjustable. The ratio of the second capacitor to the first capacitor is adjusted to be equal to the ratio of the stray capacitance to the reference capacitor, so that the output voltage signal can cancel the voltage of the fingerprint valley and retain the signal of the fingerprint peak, thereby improving the fingerprint. The quality of sensing.

以下藉由具體實施例配合所附的圖式詳加說明,當更容易瞭解本發明之目的、技術內容、特點及其所達成之功效。The purpose, technical contents, features, and effects achieved by the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description of the appended claims.

請參照圖1,其顯示本發明一實施例之指紋感測器1之元件架構。指紋感測器1包含一感應絕緣層10、複數個感應電極12、一行多工器14、一列多工器16、一控制器18、及一偏移消除電路60。其中,複數個感應電極12與感應絕緣層10鄰接,並與行多工器14、列多工器16、及偏移消除電路60電性連接,而行多工器14與列多工器16係與控制器18電性連接。更詳細的說明,每一感應電極12係為一個像素,複數個感應電極12形成一特定的像素陣列,而該特定像素陣列具有一特定之行數與一特定之列數,行多工器14與列多工器16係根據一預設程式及控制器18的控制,藉以將複數個感應電極12之訊號以該預設程式所產生之一特定順序的訊號輸出至偏移消除電路60,並藉由偏移消除電路60濾除或減少雜散/寄生電容的影響,進而輸出一處理過的訊號至一處理器100中,而處理器100係用以轉換該處理過的訊號成為可供該處理器100、其他處理器(未顯示)或使用者可判讀的資訊。較佳的,偏移消除電路60與處理器100間連接一處理訊號放大器(未顯示)。較佳的,偏移消除電路60係與行多工器14或列多工器16電性連接,藉以輸出該處理過的訊號至處理器100。Please refer to FIG. 1, which shows the component architecture of the fingerprint sensor 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The fingerprint sensor 1 includes an inductive insulating layer 10, a plurality of sensing electrodes 12, a row of multiplexers 14, a column of multiplexers 16, a controller 18, and an offset cancellation circuit 60. The plurality of sensing electrodes 12 are adjacent to the inductive insulating layer 10, and are electrically connected to the row multiplexer 14, the column multiplexer 16, and the offset eliminating circuit 60, and the row multiplexer 14 and the column multiplexer 16 are connected. It is electrically connected to the controller 18. In more detail, each of the sensing electrodes 12 is a pixel, and the plurality of sensing electrodes 12 form a specific pixel array, and the specific pixel array has a specific number of rows and a specific number of columns, and the row multiplexer 14 And the column multiplexer 16 outputs a signal of the plurality of sensing electrodes 12 in a specific order generated by the preset program to the offset canceling circuit 60 according to a preset program and the control of the controller 18. The offset cancellation circuit 60 filters out or reduces the influence of the stray/parasitic capacitance, thereby outputting a processed signal to the processor 100, and the processor 100 is configured to convert the processed signal to be available. The processor 100, other processors (not shown), or information that the user can interpret. Preferably, the offset cancellation circuit 60 is coupled to the processor 100 with a processing signal amplifier (not shown). Preferably, the offset cancellation circuit 60 is electrically connected to the row multiplexer 14 or the column multiplexer 16 to output the processed signal to the processor 100.

請參照圖2A,顯示本發明一實施例之感應電極12之電路與使用狀態。其中,感應絕緣層10之一端設有感應電極12,感應絕緣層10之一另端係供一使用者之至少一手指1000接觸。感應電極12連接一感應電路20,感應電路20具有一感應輸入端22與一感應輸出端24,並包含一第一感應開關30、一第二感應開關32、一參考電容40、及一雜散電容42;其中,該雜散電容42係感應電極12與鄰近之電路(如電晶體、訊號線或其他電子元件等)產生之電容,該雜散電容42係可表示如圖2A之位置。當該使用者之一手指1000接觸感應絕緣層10時,則會在感應電極12與該手指1000之指紋的指紋峰1000A與指紋谷1000B間分別形成對應的感應電容44;亦即,感應電極12分別對應一指紋峰1000A與一指紋谷1000B形成一指紋峰感應電容44A與一指紋谷感應電容44B。更詳細的說明,感應輸出端24係相對感應輸入端22設置;第一感應開關30之一端連接感應輸入端22;第二感應開關32之一端係與第一感應開關30之一另端連接;參考電容40之一端係與第一感應開關30之該另端連接,並與第二感應開關32之並聯,且其之一另端接地;雜散電容42之一端與第二感應開關32之一另端連接,且其之一另端接地;感應電極12或感應電容44(44A、44B)之一端與第二感應開關32之該另端連接,並與雜散電容42並聯,且其之一另端可視為接地。較佳的,感應電路20之感應輸出端24可再串聯一放大器50;較佳的,放大器50包含一電流鏡(未顯示)與一源極隨耦器(未顯示)。應注意的是,在一實施範例中,感應電極12係為感應電路20之主要元件之一;亦即感應電路20包含感應電極12。Referring to FIG. 2A, a circuit and a use state of the sensing electrode 12 according to an embodiment of the present invention are shown. One end of the inductive insulating layer 10 is provided with a sensing electrode 12, and one end of the inductive insulating layer 10 is contacted by at least one finger 1000 of a user. The sensing circuit 12 is connected to an inductive circuit 20. The sensing circuit 20 has an inductive input terminal 22 and an inductive output terminal 24, and includes a first inductive switch 30, a second inductive switch 32, a reference capacitor 40, and a stray. Capacitor 42; wherein the stray capacitance 42 is a capacitance generated by the sensing electrode 12 and an adjacent circuit (such as a transistor, a signal line or other electronic component, etc.), and the stray capacitance 42 can be represented as shown in FIG. 2A. When the finger 1000 of the user contacts the sensing insulating layer 10, a corresponding sensing capacitor 44 is formed between the sensing electrode 12 and the fingerprint peak 1000A of the finger 1000 and the fingerprint valley 1000B; that is, the sensing electrode 12 A fingerprint peak sensing capacitor 44A and a fingerprint valley sensing capacitor 44B are formed corresponding to a fingerprint peak 1000A and a fingerprint valley 1000B, respectively. In more detail, the inductive output terminal 24 is disposed opposite to the inductive input terminal 22; one end of the first inductive switch 30 is coupled to the inductive input terminal 22; and one end of the second inductive switch 32 is coupled to the other end of the first inductive switch 30; One end of the reference capacitor 40 is connected to the other end of the first inductive switch 30, and is connected in parallel with the second inductive switch 32, and one of the other ends is grounded; one end of the stray capacitance 42 and one of the second inductive switches 32 The other end is connected, and one of the other ends is grounded; one end of the sensing electrode 12 or the sensing capacitor 44 (44A, 44B) is connected to the other end of the second inductive switch 32, and is connected in parallel with the stray capacitance 42, and one of them The other end can be considered as ground. Preferably, the inductive output 24 of the inductive circuit 20 can be further coupled to an amplifier 50. Preferably, the amplifier 50 includes a current mirror (not shown) and a source follower (not shown). It should be noted that in one embodiment, the sensing electrode 12 is one of the main components of the sensing circuit 20; that is, the sensing circuit 20 includes the sensing electrode 12.

較佳的,進一步參照圖2B,其顯示本發明一實施範例之感應電極12與參考電容40之相關配置。每一感應電極12及其對應之感應電路20之元件係配置於行多工器14與列多工器16(如圖1所示)分別之行掃描線140與列掃描線160間所構成之網路間,第一感應開關30、第二感應開關32、及參考電容40係配置於感應電極12之任一側;亦即,第一感應開關30、第二感應開關32、及參考電容40係與感應電極12間為非重疊的配置;而透過第一感應開關30、第二感應開關32、及參考電容40係與感應電極12間為非重疊的配置,可避免因感測電極12下方具有其他可能有固定電壓的第一感應開關30、第二感應開關32、或參考電容40之存在,藉以避免過多的雜訊電容的產生。較佳的,如圖2C所示,感應電路20具有一基板26,基板26與感應電極12間具有複數個浮動電極(Floating Electrodes)28,藉以遮蔽來自基板26所產生的雜散電容,以避免影響感應電極12所形成的感應電容44,並降低感應電路20整體的雜散電容42。較佳的,浮動電極28係為一金屬電極。較佳的,感應電極12與基板26間具有一絕緣材料200。其中,參考電容40係利用電晶體之MOS(金屬氧化物半導體)電容中的閘極薄氧化層的特性,藉以縮減參考電容40的面積與體積,且同時增加參考電容40之電容值;並透過參考電容40之面積與體積之縮減,進而增加感應電極12可分布之面積,而提升感應電容值。藉由以上配置,可提高參考電容40與感應電容44之電容值,並降低雜散電容42對整體感應電路20之影響。Preferably, referring further to FIG. 2B, an arrangement of the sensing electrode 12 and the reference capacitor 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The components of each of the sensing electrodes 12 and their corresponding sensing circuits 20 are disposed between the row multiplexer 14 and the column multiplexer 16 (shown in FIG. 1) between the row scanning lines 140 and the column scanning lines 160. The first inductive switch 30, the second inductive switch 32, and the reference capacitor 40 are disposed on either side of the sensing electrode 12; that is, the first inductive switch 30, the second inductive switch 32, and the reference capacitor 40 The non-overlapping configuration between the sensing electrode 12 and the sensing electrode 12; and the non-overlapping configuration between the first inductive switch 30, the second inductive switch 32, and the reference capacitor 40 and the sensing electrode 12 can be avoided under the sensing electrode 12 There are other first inductive switches 30, second inductive switches 32, or reference capacitors 40 that may have a fixed voltage to avoid excessive noise capacitance. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2C, the sensing circuit 20 has a substrate 26 with a plurality of floating electrodes 28 between the substrate 26 and the sensing electrodes 12 to shield the stray capacitance generated from the substrate 26 to avoid The sensing capacitor 44 formed by the sensing electrode 12 is affected, and the stray capacitance 42 of the entire sensing circuit 20 is reduced. Preferably, the floating electrode 28 is a metal electrode. Preferably, an insulating material 200 is disposed between the sensing electrode 12 and the substrate 26. Wherein, the reference capacitor 40 utilizes the characteristics of the gate thin oxide layer in the MOS (Metal Oxide Semiconductor) capacitor of the transistor, thereby reducing the area and volume of the reference capacitor 40, and simultaneously increasing the capacitance of the reference capacitor 40; The area and volume of the reference capacitor 40 are reduced, thereby increasing the area that the sensing electrode 12 can be distributed, and increasing the value of the sensing capacitance. With the above configuration, the capacitance values of the reference capacitor 40 and the sensing capacitor 44 can be increased, and the influence of the stray capacitance 42 on the overall sensing circuit 20 can be reduced.

請參照圖3,其顯示本發明一實施例之指紋感測器之感應電路20及偏移消除電路60之電路示意圖。其中,由於雜散電容42之影響,感應電路20經電荷分享後會產生相當大程度的偏移訊號,影響訊號判讀的正確性與辨識性;因此,為了改善偏移訊號的問題,本發明導入一偏移消除電路60與感應電路20連接。其中,偏移消除電路60具有一輸入端62與一輸出端64,並包含一第一開關70、一第二開關72、一第三開關74、一第一電容80、一第二電容82、及一第三電容84。輸出端64係對應輸入端62設置,且感應電路20之感應輸出端24係與偏移消除電路60之輸入端62連接;第一開關70之一端係連接輸入端62;第二開關72之一端係與第一開關70之一另端連接;第一電容80之一端係與第一開關70之該另端連接,並與第二開關72並聯,且其之一另端接地;第二電容82之一端與第二開關72之一另端連接,且其之一另端接地;第三電容84之一端與第一開關70之該另端連接,並與第二開關72並聯,且其之一另端係連接輸出端64;第三開關74之一端係連接第三電容84之該另端與輸出端64之間,且第三開關74之一另端接地;第四開關76之一端係連接第二電容82之該端,且其之一另端接地。較佳的,一電路連接開關90串聯於感應電路20與偏移消除電路60之間;更詳細的說,電路連接開關90連接於感應輸出端24與輸入端62之間。較佳的,偏移消除電路60之輸出端64係與處理器100電性連接。較佳的,一電路輸出開關92設置於偏移消除電路60與一處理器100之間。較佳的,偏移消除電路60之輸出端64可再串聯一放大器52。較佳的,電路輸出開關92之一端係分別與第三電容之84該另端及第三開關74連接,且電路輸出開關92之一另端係與並輸出端64連接。Please refer to FIG. 3, which shows a circuit diagram of the sensing circuit 20 and the offset canceling circuit 60 of the fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of the invention. Because of the influence of the stray capacitance 42, the sensing circuit 20 generates a considerable degree of offset signal after charge sharing, which affects the correctness and identification of the signal interpretation; therefore, in order to improve the problem of the offset signal, the present invention introduces An offset cancellation circuit 60 is coupled to the sense circuit 20. The offset cancellation circuit 60 has an input terminal 62 and an output terminal 64, and includes a first switch 70, a second switch 72, a third switch 74, a first capacitor 80, and a second capacitor 82. And a third capacitor 84. The output terminal 64 is disposed corresponding to the input terminal 62, and the sensing output terminal 24 of the sensing circuit 20 is connected to the input terminal 62 of the offset canceling circuit 60; one end of the first switch 70 is connected to the input terminal 62; and one end of the second switch 72 One end of the first switch 70 is connected to the other end of the first switch 70; one end of the first capacitor 80 is connected to the other end of the first switch 70, and is connected in parallel with the second switch 72, and one of the other ends is grounded; the second capacitor 82 One end is connected to one end of the second switch 72, and one of the other ends is grounded; one end of the third capacitor 84 is connected to the other end of the first switch 70, and is connected in parallel with the second switch 72, and one of them The other end is connected to the output end 64; one end of the third switch 74 is connected between the other end of the third capacitor 84 and the output end 64, and one of the third switches 74 is grounded at the other end; one end of the fourth switch 76 is connected The end of the second capacitor 82, and one of the other ends is grounded. Preferably, a circuit connection switch 90 is connected in series between the induction circuit 20 and the offset cancellation circuit 60; in more detail, the circuit connection switch 90 is connected between the inductive output terminal 24 and the input terminal 62. Preferably, the output 64 of the offset cancellation circuit 60 is electrically coupled to the processor 100. Preferably, a circuit output switch 92 is disposed between the offset cancellation circuit 60 and a processor 100. Preferably, the output 64 of the offset cancellation circuit 60 can be connected in series with an amplifier 52. Preferably, one end of the circuit output switch 92 is connected to the other end of the third capacitor 84 and the third switch 74, and one of the circuit output switches 92 is connected to the output end 64.

透過以上本發明指紋感測器1之感應電路20與偏移消除電路60之配置,本發明之指紋感測器1可用於感測一使用者之指紋,並說明如下步驟一至步驟五: 步驟一 當偵測指紋時,即當使用者之手指與感應電極12間形成一感應電容44時,感應輸入端22輸入一第一感應電壓,第一感應開關30係為接通,第二感應開關32係為斷開,第一開關70係為斷開,參考電容40兩端具有一第一電壓差VO1 。其中,該第一感應電壓之值係為Vb ,參考電容40具有一電容值Co ,該第一電壓差VO1 之值係大致上等於該第一感應電壓之值。 步驟二 當參考電容40兩端具有第一電壓差VO1 後,第一感應開關30係為斷開,第二感應開關32係為接通,第一開關70係為斷開,藉此產生第一次之電荷分享,使參考電容40、雜散電容42、及感應電容44之兩端具有一第二電壓差VO2 。其中,雜散電容42具有一電容值Cp ,感應電容44具有一電容值CS ,該第二電壓差VO2 之值係可表示為下式(1):   VO2 = Vb Co /(Co +Cp +CS )    (1)   較佳的,在步驟一或步驟二中,第三開關74是預設為接通的,藉以使第三電容84之兩端無電壓差。 步驟三 當感應電路20具有第二電壓差VO2 後,第一感應開關30係為斷開,第二感應開關32係為接通,第一開關70係為接通,第二開關72係為斷開,第三開關74係為接通,第四開關76係為接通,並待第三電容84儲存一特定電量後,將預設為接通狀態之第三開關74與第四開關76轉換為斷開,藉以使第三電容84之兩端具有一取樣電壓差,且該取樣電壓差係大致上等於第二電壓差VO2 之值。更詳細的說明,因為第三開關74之斷開,使具有該特定電量之第三電容84不會再產生充電或放電的效應,進而使第三電容84之兩端的該取樣電壓差將維持一定值,且該定值等同第二電壓差VO2 之值。 步驟四 當第三電容84之兩端具有該取樣電壓差後,第一感應開關30係為接通,第二感應開關32係為斷開,第一開關70係為接通,第二開關72係為斷開,第三開關74係為斷開,第四開關76係為斷開,感應輸入端22輸入一第二感應電壓,使第三電容84之該端產生一端第一電壓VEA1 ,且端第一電壓VEA1 之值係大致上等於該第二感應電壓之值;而基於第三電容84之兩端的該取樣電壓差仍維持為第二電壓差VO2 之值,第三電容84之該另端產生一另端第一電壓VEB1 。在一實施範例中,若該第二感應電壓之值係與該第一感應電壓之值相等,另端第一電壓VEB1 之值係可表示如下式(2):   VEB1 = Vb (Cp +CS )/(Co +Cp +CS )    (2)   由式(2)觀之,應注意的是,在一理想情況下,雜散電容42之值Cp =0;此時,當感測一指紋谷時,將分別得到如下式(2a)、(2b)所示的一理想狀態的指紋峰訊號VIDEA-A 與一理想狀態的指紋谷訊號VIDEA-B :   VIDEA-A = Vb (CSA )/(Co +CSA )    (2a) VIDEA-B = Vb (CSB )/(Co +CSB )    (2b)   其中,當在理想情況下,因指紋谷電容44B之值CSB 極小,使理想狀態的指紋谷訊號VIDEA-B 趨近於零,進而使得理想狀態的指紋峰訊號VIDEA-A 將與理想狀態的指紋谷訊號VIDEA-B 間產生極大的比值,並透過一般的訊號處理即可很輕易地辨識且清晰地產生指紋峰與指紋谷的影像。然而,實際上,式(2)之作為一指紋辨識輸出訊號的另端第一電壓VEB1 中的雜散電容42之值Cp 係無法被省略,使得習知指紋感測器所量測之指紋峰訊號與指紋谷訊號間的差異不夠大,進而使得辨識效果不佳或辨識後影像解析度不良與灰度不均勻。鑒此,本發明之下列步驟五將利用偏移消除電路60中各元件之配置,藉以消除或減少雜散電容42對輸出訊號的影響,進而提升本發明之指紋感測器1可正確辨識指紋峰與指紋谷的訊號,並藉以產生清晰的影像。 步驟五 待第二感應電壓輸入後,並造成第三電容84產生端第一電壓VEA1 與另端第一電壓VEB1 後,第一開關70係為斷開,使偏移消除電路60之電荷係儲存且保留於第一電容80;其中,若第一電容80具有一電容值CS/H ,且若該第二感應電壓之值係與該第一感應電壓之值相等,則第一電容80儲存之一電荷QS/H-C 可表示如下式(3):   QS/H-C = CS/H Vb (3)   接著,接通第二開關72,藉此產生第二次之電荷分享,使使第三電容84之該端產生一端第二電壓VEA2 ;其中,若第二電容82具有一電容值COS ,則端第二電壓VEA2 可表示如下式(4):   VEA2 = Vb (CS/H )/(CS/H +COS )    (4)   並基於第三電容84之兩端的該取樣電壓差仍維持為第二電壓差VO2 之值,第三電容84之該另端產生一另端第二電壓VEB2 可表示如下式(5):       VEB2 = Vb (Cp +CS )/(Co +Cp +CS )-Vb COS /(CS/H +COS )    (5)   其中,式(5)之另端第二電壓VEB2 係相對式(2)之另端第一電壓VEB1 為一雜散電容消除方程式。Through the configuration of the sensing circuit 20 and the offset canceling circuit 60 of the fingerprint sensor 1 of the present invention, the fingerprint sensor 1 of the present invention can be used to sense the fingerprint of a user, and the following steps 1 to 5 are described: Step 1 When the fingerprint is detected, that is, when a sensing capacitor 44 is formed between the user's finger and the sensing electrode 12, the sensing input terminal 22 inputs a first induced voltage, the first sensing switch 30 is turned on, and the second sensing switch 32 is turned on. The first switch 70 is disconnected, and the reference capacitor 40 has a first voltage difference V O1 at both ends. The value of the first induced voltage is V b , and the reference capacitor 40 has a capacitance value C o , and the value of the first voltage difference V O1 is substantially equal to the value of the first induced voltage. Step 2: When the reference capacitor 40 has a first voltage difference V O1 at both ends, the first inductive switch 30 is turned off, the second inductive switch 32 is turned on, and the first switch 70 is turned off, thereby generating the first The charge sharing at one time causes the reference capacitor 40, the stray capacitance 42, and the sense capacitor 44 to have a second voltage difference V O2 at both ends. The stray capacitance 42 has a capacitance value C p , and the induction capacitor 44 has a capacitance value C S , and the value of the second voltage difference V O2 can be expressed as the following formula (1): V O2 = V b C o / (C o + C p + C S ) (1) Preferably, in step one or step two, the third switch 74 is preset to be turned on, so that there is no voltage difference across the third capacitor 84. Step 3: After the sensing circuit 20 has the second voltage difference V O2 , the first sensing switch 30 is turned off, the second sensing switch 32 is turned on, the first switch 70 is turned on, and the second switch 72 is When the third switch 74 is turned off, the fourth switch 76 is turned on, and after the third capacitor 84 stores a certain amount of power, the third switch 74 and the fourth switch 76 that are preset to the on state are turned off. The conversion is turned off so that the sampling capacitor voltage difference is substantially equal to the value of the second voltage difference V O2 . In more detail, because the third switch 74 is turned off, the third capacitor 84 having the specific power does not reproduce the charging or discharging effect, so that the sampling voltage difference between the two ends of the third capacitor 84 is maintained constant. A value that is equal to the value of the second voltage difference V O2 . Step 4: When both ends of the third capacitor 84 have the sampling voltage difference, the first inductive switch 30 is turned on, the second inductive switch 32 is turned off, the first switch 70 is turned on, and the second switch 72 is turned on. The third switch 74 is disconnected, the fourth switch 76 is open, and the second input voltage is input to the sensing input terminal 22, so that the end of the third capacitor 84 generates a first voltage V EA1 at one end. The value of the first voltage V EA1 is substantially equal to the value of the second induced voltage; and the sampling voltage difference based on the two ends of the third capacitor 84 is maintained at the value of the second voltage difference V O2 , and the third capacitor 84 The other end generates an external first voltage V EB1 . In an embodiment, if the value of the second induced voltage is equal to the value of the first induced voltage, the value of the other first voltage V EB1 can be expressed by the following equation (2): V EB1 = V b (C p + C S ) / (C o + C p + C S ) (2) From the equation (2), it should be noted that, in an ideal case, the value of the stray capacitance 42 C p =0; When a fingerprint valley is sensed, an ideal state of the fingerprint peak signal V IDEA-A and an ideal state of the fingerprint valley signal V IDEA-B are obtained as shown in the following equations (2a) and (2b), respectively. IDEA-A = V b (C SA ) / (C o + C SA ) (2a) V IDEA-B = V b (C SB ) / (C o + C SB ) (2b) where, when ideally , valleys of the fingerprint due to a very small capacitance value C SB 44B of the ideal state of the valleys of the fingerprint signal V IDEA-B approaches zero, thus making the ideal fingerprint peak signal V IDEA-a to the ideal state of valleys of the fingerprint signal V IDEA A large ratio is generated between -B , and the image of the fingerprint peak and the fingerprint valley can be easily recognized and clearly generated by the general signal processing. However, in practice, the value C p of the stray capacitance 42 in the other first voltage V EB1 of the fingerprint (2) as a fingerprint identification output signal cannot be omitted, so that the conventional fingerprint sensor measures The difference between the fingerprint peak signal and the fingerprint valley signal is not large enough, which results in poor recognition performance or poor image resolution and uneven gray scale after recognition. In view of this, the following step 5 of the present invention utilizes the configuration of each component in the offset cancellation circuit 60 to eliminate or reduce the influence of the stray capacitance 42 on the output signal, thereby improving the fingerprint sensor 1 of the present invention to correctly recognize the fingerprint. The signal of the peak and the fingerprint valley, and thereby produce a clear image. Step 5 After the second induced voltage is input, and the third capacitor 84 generates the first voltage V EA1 and the other end voltage V EB1 , the first switch 70 is disconnected to make the charge of the offset cancel circuit 60 Stored and retained in the first capacitor 80; wherein, if the first capacitor 80 has a capacitance value C S / H , and if the value of the second induced voltage is equal to the value of the first induced voltage, the first capacitor 80 storage one charge Q S / HC can be expressed as the following formula (3): Q S / HC = C S / H V b (3) Next, the second switch 72 is turned on, thereby generating a second charge sharing such that the end of the third capacitor 84 generates a second voltage V EA2 at one end; wherein, if the second capacitor 82 has a The capacitance value C OS , the second voltage V EA2 can be expressed as the following equation (4): V EA2 = V b (C S / H ) / (C S / H + C OS ) (4) and based on the third capacitor 84 The sampling voltage difference between the two ends is still maintained as the value of the second voltage difference V O2 , and the other end of the third capacitor 84 generates a second voltage V EB2 which can be expressed by the following equation (5): V EB2 = V b ( C p +C S )/(C o +C p +C S )-V b C OS /(C S/H +C OS ) (5) where the second voltage V EB2 at the other end of equation (5) is a stray capacitance elimination equation with respect to the other end of the second voltage V EB1 of equation (2) .

在一實施範例中,根據前述步驟五所得之另端第二電壓VEB2 ,即係為一偏壓消除電壓或前述所謂處理過的訊號,並可將該處理過的訊號傳輸至一處理器100中;或者,在一另實施範例中,該處理過的訊號係可選擇地經過一放大器52或一訊號轉換器(未顯示)後再傳輸至該處理器100中。In an embodiment, the second voltage V EB2 obtained according to the foregoing step 5 is a bias cancellation voltage or the so-called processed signal, and the processed signal can be transmitted to a processor 100. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the processed signal is optionally transmitted to the processor 100 via an amplifier 52 or a signal converter (not shown).

更詳細的說明,當一感應電極12上係為一指紋峰1000A時,其對應的指紋峰感應電容44A之值係為CSA ,其對應另端第二電壓VEB2 所產生之一指紋峰偏壓消除輸出電壓VA 之值係可表示如下式(6):   VA = Vb {[(CSA +CP )/(Co +Cp +CSA )]-[COS /(CS/H +COS )]}    (6)   當一感應電極12上係為一指紋谷1000B時,其對應的指紋谷感應電容44B之值係為CSB ,其對應另端第二電壓VEB2 所產生之一指紋谷偏壓消除輸出電壓VB 之值係可表示如下式(7):   VB = Vb {[(CSB +CP )/(Co +Cp +CSB )]-[COS /(CS/H +COS )]}       (7)   其中,因為指紋谷感應電容44B之值CSB 係遠小於參考電容40之值Co 與雜散電容42之值Cp ,故式(7)可省略指紋谷感應電容44B之值CSB ,並簡化如下式(8):   VB Vb {[Cp /(Co +Cp )]-[COS /(CS/H +COS )]}       (8)   其中,在一實施範例中,設計第二電容82與第一電容80之比值COS /CS/H 大致上等於雜散電容42與參考電容40之比值Cp /Co ,則指紋谷偏壓消除輸出電壓VB 之值則為零,指紋峰偏壓消除輸出電壓VA 之值可表示如下式(9):   VA = (Vb Co CSA )/[(Co +Cp +CSA )(Co +Cp )] = (Vb CSA )/[(Co +Cp +CSA )(1+Cp /Co )]             (9)In more detail, when a sensing electrode 12 is a fingerprint peak 1000A, the value of the corresponding fingerprint peak sensing capacitor 44A is C SA , which corresponds to one of the fingerprint voltage peaks generated by the second voltage V EB2 . The value of the voltage-eliminating output voltage V A can be expressed by the following equation (6): V A = V b {[(C SA +C P )/(C o +C p +C SA )]-[C OS /(C S/H +C OS )]} (6) When a sensing electrode 12 is a fingerprint valley 1000B, the value of the corresponding fingerprint valley sensing capacitor 44B is C SB , which corresponds to the other second voltage V EB2 . The value of one of the generated fingerprint valley bias elimination output voltages V B can be expressed by the following equation (7): V B = V b {[(C SB + C P ) / (C o + C p + C SB )] -[C OS /(C S/H +C OS )]} (7) where, since the value C SB of the fingerprint valley sensing capacitor 44B is much smaller than the value of the reference capacitor 40 C o and the value of the stray capacitance 42 C p Therefore, equation (7) can omit the value C SB of the fingerprint valley sensing capacitor 44B and simplify the following equation (8): V B V b {[C p /(C o +C p )]-[C OS /(C S/H +C OS )]} (8) wherein, in an embodiment, the second capacitor 82 is designed and first the ratio of the capacitance 80 C OS / C S / H 42 is substantially equal to the stray capacitance and the reference capacitance ratio C p / C o 40, the offset canceling the valleys of the fingerprint of the output voltage V B of the zero bias fingerprint peaks Eliminating the value of the output voltage V A can be expressed as the following equation (9): V A = (V b C o C SA )/[(C o +C p +C SA )(C o +C p )] = (V b C SA )/[(C o +C p +C SA )(1+C p /C o )] (9)

較佳的,第一電容80與第二電容82之值係為可調整的,並藉此可因應不同位置之感應電極12所具有之不同參考電容40及雜散電容42之差異,而設定或調整對應之第一電容80與第二電容82,使指紋峰偏移消除輸出電壓VA 與指紋谷偏移消除輸出電壓VB 之比值增大,特別是使指紋谷偏移消除輸出電壓VB 等於零或趨近零,藉以使指紋峰與指紋谷之感測訊號之差異更明顯及產生更清晰的影像。在一實施範例中,第一電容80與第二電容82係分別具有至少二個不同大小電容值,藉以調整第一電容80之值與雜散電容42之值的比例,以及調整第二電容82之值與參考電容40之值的比例,使指紋谷偏壓消除輸出電壓VB 之值等於零、趨近於零、或相對指紋峰之偏壓消除輸出電壓VA 之值於訊號處理中係可忽略或明顯辨識的,以達成指紋感測訊號之最佳化。較佳的,在一實施範例中,第一電容80與第二電容82係分別具有至少三個不同大小電容值。Preferably, the values of the first capacitor 80 and the second capacitor 82 are adjustable, and thereby can be set according to the difference between the different reference capacitors 40 and the stray capacitances 42 of the sensing electrodes 12 at different positions. Adjusting the corresponding first capacitor 80 and the second capacitor 82 to increase the ratio of the fingerprint peak offset canceling output voltage V A to the fingerprint valley offset canceling output voltage V B , in particular, causing the fingerprint valley offset to eliminate the output voltage V B It is equal to zero or close to zero, so that the difference between the fingerprint peak and the sensing signal of the fingerprint valley is more obvious and a clearer image is produced. In an embodiment, the first capacitor 80 and the second capacitor 82 respectively have at least two different size capacitance values, thereby adjusting the ratio of the value of the first capacitor 80 to the value of the stray capacitance 42 and adjusting the second capacitor 82. The ratio of the value to the value of the reference capacitor 40 is such that the value of the fingerprint valley bias cancellation output voltage V B is equal to zero, approaches zero, or the bias voltage of the opposite fingerprint peak eliminates the output voltage V A which is negligible in signal processing. Or clearly identified to achieve the optimization of the fingerprint sensing signal. Preferably, in an embodiment, the first capacitor 80 and the second capacitor 82 respectively have at least three different size capacitance values.

應注意的是,為了達成第二電容82與第 一電容80之比值COS /CS/H 大致上等於雜散電容42與參考電容40之比值Cp /Co ,可透過在製程上使用對應類型之電容。舉例而言,若參考電容40及雜散電容42分別為一電晶體式電容及一電極板式電容,則可分別對應地使用一電晶體式電容及電極板式電容作為第二電容82及第一電容80。藉此,可達成模擬各電容在製程中的偏移量,並透過偏移消除電路60使偏移量校正。惟,應注意的是,第二電容80並不以電晶體式電容為限,第二電容80亦可為其他類型之電容,例如多晶矽電容(PIP Capacitor)或金屬絕緣層金屬電容(MIM Capacitor);且第二電容80亦不以上述舉例之電容種類為限。It is noted that, in order to achieve a ratio of the second capacitor 82 and the capacitor 80 of the first C OS / C S / H ratio is substantially equal to the stray capacitance C p / C o 42 and 40 of the reference capacitance can be used in the manufacturing process through Corresponding type of capacitor. For example, if the reference capacitor 40 and the stray capacitance 42 are respectively a transistor capacitor and an electrode plate capacitor, a transistor capacitor and an electrode plate capacitor can be respectively used as the second capacitor 82 and the first capacitor. 80. Thereby, the offset of each capacitor in the process can be simulated, and the offset can be corrected by the offset cancel circuit 60. However, it should be noted that the second capacitor 80 is not limited to the transistor type capacitor, and the second capacitor 80 may be other types of capacitors, such as a polysilicon capacitor (PIP Capacitor) or a metal-insulated metal capacitor (MIM Capacitor). And the second capacitor 80 is not limited to the types of capacitors exemplified above.

較佳的,請覆參考圖2B,前述特定像素陣列之每一行或每一列配置有一對應的偏移消除電路60,藉以針對每一行或每一列之個別的電氣特性調整第一電容80與第二電容82,進而改善指紋感測器的辨識正確性與影像清晰度。較佳的,每一該特定像素係配置一對應的偏移消除電路60。Preferably, referring to FIG. 2B, each row or column of the specific pixel array is configured with a corresponding offset cancellation circuit 60 for adjusting the first capacitor 80 and the second for each individual electrical characteristic of each row or column. The capacitor 82, in turn, improves the identification accuracy and image sharpness of the fingerprint sensor. Preferably, each of the specific pixels is configured with a corresponding offset cancellation circuit 60.

應注意的是,上述說明書所提及之用語「大致上等於」係涵蓋因電路相關元件於實際操作或訊號量測時可能產生的誤差範圍,而本發明之請求項所記載之用語「等於」應被定義與理解為包含一合理的誤差範圍。較佳的,該合理的誤差範圍係在±20%之內。It should be noted that the term "substantially equal" as used in the above description covers the range of errors that may occur due to actual operation or signal measurement of circuit-related components, and the term "equal" as recited in the claims of the present invention. It should be defined and understood to include a reasonable margin of error. Preferably, the reasonable error range is within ±20%.

以上所述之實施例僅是為說明本發明之技術思想及特點,其目的在使熟習此項技藝之人士能夠瞭解本發明之內容並據以實施,當不能以之限定本發明之專利範圍,即大凡依本發明所揭示之精神所作之均等變化或修飾,仍應涵蓋在本發明之專利範圍內。The embodiments described above are only intended to illustrate the technical idea and the features of the present invention, and the purpose of the present invention is to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and to implement the present invention. That is, the equivalent variations or modifications made by the spirit of the present invention should still be included in the scope of the present invention.

1‧‧‧指紋感測器
10‧‧‧感應絕緣層
12‧‧‧感應電極
14‧‧‧行多工器
16‧‧‧列多工器
18‧‧‧控制器
20‧‧‧感應電路
22‧‧‧感應輸入端
24‧‧‧感應輸出端
30‧‧‧第一感應開關
32‧‧‧第二感應開關
40‧‧‧參考電容
42‧‧‧雜散電容
44‧‧‧感應電容
44A‧‧‧指紋峰感應電容
44B‧‧‧指紋谷感應電容
50‧‧‧放大器
52‧‧‧放大器
60‧‧‧偏移消除電路
62‧‧‧輸入端
64‧‧‧輸出端
70‧‧‧第一開關
72‧‧‧第二開關
74‧‧‧第三開關
76‧‧‧第四開關
80‧‧‧第一電容
82‧‧‧第二電容
84‧‧‧第三電容
90‧‧‧電路連接開關
92‧‧‧電路輸出開關
100‧‧‧處理器
140‧‧‧行掃描線
160‧‧‧列掃描線
1000‧‧‧手指
1000A‧‧‧指紋峰
1000B‧‧‧指紋谷
1‧‧‧Finger sensor
10‧‧‧Induction insulation
12‧‧‧Induction electrodes
14‧‧‧ multiplexer
16‧‧‧ column multiplexer
18‧‧‧ Controller
20‧‧‧Induction circuit
22‧‧‧Induction input
24‧‧‧inductive output
30‧‧‧First sensor switch
32‧‧‧Second sensor switch
40‧‧‧ reference capacitor
42‧‧‧Stray capacitance
44‧‧‧Inductive Capacitance
44A‧‧‧Finger peak induction capacitance
44B‧‧‧Finger Valley Sensing Capacitance
50‧‧‧Amplifier
52‧‧‧Amplifier
60‧‧‧Offset elimination circuit
62‧‧‧ input
64‧‧‧output
70‧‧‧First switch
72‧‧‧second switch
74‧‧‧ Third switch
76‧‧‧fourth switch
80‧‧‧first capacitor
82‧‧‧second capacitor
84‧‧‧ third capacitor
90‧‧‧Circuit connection switch
92‧‧‧Circuit output switch
100‧‧‧ processor
140‧‧‧ scan lines
160‧‧‧ column scan line
1000‧‧‧ fingers
1000A‧‧‧Fingerprint Peak
1000B‧‧‧Fingerprint Valley

圖1為一示意圖,顯示本發明一實施例之指紋感測器。   圖2A為一示意圖,顯示本發明一實施例之指紋感測器的感應電極與使用狀態。   圖2B為一示意圖,顯示本發明一實施例之指紋感測器的感應電極與參考電容之配置。   圖2C為一示意圖,顯示本發明一實施例之指紋感測器的基板與感應電極間具有複數個浮動電極。   圖3為一示意圖,顯示本發明一實施例之指紋感測器的感應電路與偏移消除電路。1 is a schematic view showing a fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2A is a schematic view showing a sensing electrode and a use state of a fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2B is a schematic view showing the arrangement of the sensing electrodes and the reference capacitors of the fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of the invention. 2C is a schematic diagram showing a plurality of floating electrodes between a substrate and a sensing electrode of a fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of the invention. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an inductive circuit and an offset canceling circuit of a fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

20‧‧‧感應電路 20‧‧‧Induction circuit

22‧‧‧感應輸入端 22‧‧‧Induction input

24‧‧‧感應輸出端 24‧‧‧inductive output

30‧‧‧第一感應開關 30‧‧‧First sensor switch

32‧‧‧第二感應開關 32‧‧‧Second sensor switch

40‧‧‧參考電容 40‧‧‧ reference capacitor

42‧‧‧雜散電容 42‧‧‧Stray capacitance

44‧‧‧感應電容 44‧‧‧Inductive Capacitance

50‧‧‧放大器 50‧‧‧Amplifier

52‧‧‧放大器 52‧‧‧Amplifier

60‧‧‧偏移消除電路 60‧‧‧Offset elimination circuit

62‧‧‧輸入端 62‧‧‧ input

64‧‧‧輸出端 64‧‧‧output

70‧‧‧第一開關 70‧‧‧First switch

72‧‧‧第二開關 72‧‧‧second switch

74‧‧‧第三開關 74‧‧‧ Third switch

76‧‧‧第四開關 76‧‧‧fourth switch

80‧‧‧第一電容 80‧‧‧first capacitor

82‧‧‧第二電容 82‧‧‧second capacitor

84‧‧‧第三電容 84‧‧‧ third capacitor

90‧‧‧電路連接開關 90‧‧‧Circuit connection switch

92‧‧‧電路輸出開關 92‧‧‧Circuit output switch

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一種指紋感測器,包含: 一偏移消除電路,具有一輸入端與一輸出端,且該輸出端係對應該輸入端設置,並包含:一第一開關,其之一端係連接該輸入端;一第二開關,其之一端係與該第一開關之一另端連接;一第一電容,其之一端係與該第一開關之該另端連接,並與該第二開關並聯,且其之一另端接地;一第二電容,其之一端與該第二開關之一另端連接,且其之一另端接地;一第三電容,其之一端與該第一開關之該另端連接,並與該第二開關並聯,且其之一另端係連接該輸出端; 一第三開關,其之一端係連接該第三電容之該另端與該輸出端之間,第三開關之一另端接地;以及一第四開關,其之一端係連接該第二電容之該端,且其之一另端接地。A fingerprint sensor includes: an offset cancellation circuit having an input end and an output end, wherein the output end is disposed corresponding to the input end, and includes: a first switch, one end of which is connected to the input end a second switch, one end of which is connected to the other end of the first switch; a first capacitor, one end of which is connected to the other end of the first switch, and is connected in parallel with the second switch, and One of the other ends is grounded; a second capacitor has one end connected to the other end of the second switch, and one of the other ends is grounded; a third capacitor, one of the ends and the first switch The end is connected and connected in parallel with the second switch, and one of the other ends is connected to the output end; a third switch, one end of which is connected between the other end of the third capacitor and the output end, third One of the switches is grounded at the other end; and a fourth switch has one end connected to the end of the second capacitor, and one of the other ends is grounded. 如請求項1所述之指紋感測器,進一步包含: 一感應電路,具有一感應輸入端與一感應輸出端,該感應輸出端係相對該感應輸入端設置,且該感應輸出端係與該輸入端串聯,並包含: 一第一感應開關,其之一端連接該感應輸入端; 一第二感應開關,其之一端係與該第一感應開關之一另端連接; 一參考電容,其之一端係與該第一感應開關之該另端連接,並與該第二感應開關並聯,且其之一另端接地; 一雜散電容,其之一端與該第二感應開關之一另端連接,且其之一另端接地;以及 一感應電極,其之一端與該第二感應開關之該另端連接,並與該雜散電容並聯,且其之一另端接地。The fingerprint sensor of claim 1, further comprising: a sensing circuit having an inductive input end and an inductive output end, wherein the inductive output end is disposed opposite the inductive input end, and the inductive output end is coupled to the The input end is connected in series, and comprises: a first inductive switch, one end of which is connected to the inductive input terminal; and a second inductive switch, one of the ends of which is connected to one end of the first inductive switch; a reference capacitor, One end is connected to the other end of the first inductive switch, and is connected in parallel with the second inductive switch, and one of the other ends is grounded; a stray capacitance, one end of which is connected to one end of the second inductive switch And one of the other ends is grounded; and a sensing electrode, one end of which is connected to the other end of the second inductive switch, and is connected in parallel with the stray capacitance, and one of the other ends is grounded. 如請求項2所述之指紋感測器,進一步包含一感應絕緣層、一行多工器、一列多工器、以及一控制器;複數個該感應電極與該感應絕緣層鄰接,且複數個該感應電極係與該行多工器及該列多工器電性連接,該行多工器及該列多工器係與該控制器電性連接。The fingerprint sensor of claim 2, further comprising an inductive insulating layer, a row of multiplexers, a column of multiplexers, and a controller; the plurality of sensing electrodes are adjacent to the inductive insulating layer, and the plurality of The sensing electrode is electrically connected to the row multiplexer and the column multiplexer, and the row multiplexer and the column multiplexer are electrically connected to the controller. 如請求項2所述之指紋感測器,其中,該感應電路具有一基板,該基板與該感應電極間具有複數個浮動電極。The fingerprint sensor of claim 2, wherein the sensing circuit has a substrate, and the substrate has a plurality of floating electrodes between the sensing electrodes. 如請求項2所述之指紋感測器,其中,當該感應電極形成一感應電容時,該感應輸入端輸入一第一感應電壓,該第一感應開關係為接通,該第二感應開關係為斷開,該第一開關係為斷開,該參考電容兩端具有一第一電壓差;當該參考電容兩端具有該第一電壓差後,該第一感應開關係為斷開,該第二感應開關係為接通,該第一開關係為斷開,該參考電容、該雜散電容、及該感應電容之兩端具有一第二電壓差;當該感應電路具有該第二電壓差後,該第一感應開關係為斷開,該第二感應開關係為接通,該第一開關係為接通,該第二開關係為斷開,該第三開關係為接通,該第四開關係為接通,並待該第三電容儲存一特定電量後,將預設為接通狀態之該第三和第四開關轉換為斷開,藉以使該第三電容之兩端具有一取樣電壓差,且該取樣電壓差係等於第二電壓差之值;當該第三電容之兩端具有該取樣電壓差後,該第一感應開關係為接通,該第二感應開關係為斷開,該第一開關係為接通,該第二開關係為斷開,該第三開關係為斷開,該第四開關係為斷開,該感應輸入端輸入一第二感應電壓,使該第三電容之該端產生一端第一電壓,該第三電容該另端產生一另端第一電壓;當該第三電容產生該端第一電壓與該另端第一電壓後,該第一開關係為斷開,使該偏移消除電路之電荷係儲存於該第一電容;再接通該第二開關,使該第三電容之該端產生一端第二電壓,該第三電容之該另端產生一另端第二電壓。The fingerprint sensor of claim 2, wherein when the sensing electrode forms a sensing capacitor, the sensing input terminal inputs a first induced voltage, and the first sensing relationship is turned on, and the second sensing is turned on. The relationship is disconnected, the first open relationship is open, and the reference capacitor has a first voltage difference at both ends; when the reference voltage has the first voltage difference across the reference capacitor, the first inductive relationship is off. The second inductive relationship is turned on, the first open relationship is off, the reference capacitor, the stray capacitance, and the sensing capacitor have a second voltage difference at both ends; when the sensing circuit has the second After the voltage difference, the first inductive open relationship is off, the second inductive open relationship is on, the first open relationship is on, the second open relationship is off, and the third open relationship is on. The fourth open relationship is turned on, and after the third capacitor stores a specific power, the third and fourth switches that are preset to be in an on state are turned into off, so that the third capacitor is The terminal has a sampling voltage difference, and the sampling voltage difference is equal to the second voltage difference a value; when the two ends of the third capacitor have the sampling voltage difference, the first inductive open relationship is on, the second inductive open relationship is off, the first open relationship is on, and the second The open relationship is disconnected, the third open relationship is open, the fourth open relationship is open, and the second input voltage is input to the sensing input end, so that the end of the third capacitor generates a first voltage at one end, The third capacitor generates an other terminal first voltage; when the third capacitor generates the first voltage of the terminal and the other terminal voltage, the first open relationship is disconnected, so that the offset cancellation circuit The charge is stored in the first capacitor; the second switch is turned on, the end of the third capacitor generates a second voltage at one end, and the other end of the third capacitor generates a second voltage at the other end. 如請求項5所述之指紋感測器,其中,該第一感應電壓之值係為Vb ,該第二感應電壓之值係等於該第一感應電壓之值,該參考電容具有一電容值Co ,該雜散電容具有一電容值Cp ,該感應電容具有一電容值CS ,該第一電容具有一電容值CS/H ,該第二電容具有一電容值COS ,該另端第二電壓之值係為Vb (Cp +CS )/(Co +Cp +CS )-Vb COS /(CS/H +COS )。The fingerprint sensor of claim 5, wherein the value of the first induced voltage is V b , the value of the second induced voltage is equal to the value of the first induced voltage, and the reference capacitor has a capacitance value C o , the stray capacitance has a capacitance value C p , the induction capacitance has a capacitance value C S , the first capacitance has a capacitance value C S/H , and the second capacitance has a capacitance value C OS , the other The value of the second voltage of the terminal is V b (C p + C S ) / (C o + C p + C S ) - V b C OS /(C S/H +C OS ). 如請求項2至請求項6中之任一項所述之指紋感測器,其中,該感應電容與該第二電容係由電晶體式電容所形成,且該雜散電容與該第一電容係由電極板式電容所形成。The fingerprint sensor according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the sensing capacitor and the second capacitor are formed by a transistor capacitor, and the stray capacitance and the first capacitor are It is formed by an electrode plate capacitor. 如請求項1至請求項6中之任一項所述之指紋感測器,其中,該第一電容之電容值與該第二電容之電容值係為可調整的。The fingerprint sensor of any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the capacitance value of the first capacitor and the capacitance value of the second capacitor are adjustable. 如請求項7所述之指紋感測器,其中,該感應電容與該第二電容係由電晶體式電容所形成,該雜散電容與該第一電容係由電極板式電容所形成。The fingerprint sensor of claim 7, wherein the sensing capacitor and the second capacitor are formed by a transistor capacitor, and the stray capacitance and the first capacitor are formed by an electrode plate capacitor. 如請求項2至請求項6中之任一項所述之指紋感測器,其中,該第二電容與該第一電容之比值係等於該雜散電容與該參考電容之比值。The fingerprint sensor of any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein a ratio of the second capacitance to the first capacitance is equal to a ratio of the stray capacitance to the reference capacitance.
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