APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NOISE IN FINGERPRINT SENSING CIRCUITS

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14331760

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An apparatus for reducing noise in fingerprint sensing circuits is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a fingerprint sensing area onto which a user can apply a fingerprint. An analog front end is coupled to the fingerprint sensing area and is configured to generate an analog response signal. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) samples the analog response signal and converts the sample to a digital value, which may be received by a digital device such as a processor or CPU. To reduce the amount of the noise that is present in the analog response signal and therefore reflected in the digital value, the digital device may be shut down while the ADC is sampling the analog response signal.

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SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED1109 MCKAY DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95131

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DEAN, Gregory Lewis Standish, US 27 1448
ERHART, Richard Alexander Tempe, US 43 2009
JANDU, Jaswinder S Chandler, US 7 140
THOMPSON, Erik Jonathon Phoenix, US 34 1322

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