Sensing method of fingerprint sensor and related sensing circuit

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PATENT NO 9721140
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15044086

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A sensing method of a fingerprint sensor includes the following steps: (a) applying a first voltage, a second voltage and a third voltage to a first node connected to an electrode plate to be measured, a second node disconnected from the first node, and a conductor adjacent to the electrode plate to be measured, respectively; (b) providing a first finger drive voltage for a finger; (c) stopping applying the first, second and third voltages to the first node, the second node and the conductor, respectively; (d) after step (c), applying a fourth voltage to the conductor, and connecting the first node to the second node; (e) after steps (b) and (c), providing a second finger drive voltage for the finger; and (f) after steps (d) and (e), obtaining a measurement result of the electrode plate to be measured according to a signal on the second node.

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ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONNO 12 INNOVATION 1ST RD SCIENCE-BASED INDUSTRIAL PARK HSIN CHU

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Lin, Jui-Che Miaoli County, TW 7 23
Yang, Chao-Chi Hsinchu, TW 20 155

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