US 11,948,033 B2
Integrated biometric sensor and memory for biometric card
Yuexi Chen, Foster City, CA (US); and Thomas Rapkoch, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, San Francisco, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/044,548
Filed by VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, San Francisco, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/047398
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/086624, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/105,171, filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0267296 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/073 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/07354 (2013.01) [G06K 19/07745 (2013.01); G06K 19/07749 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user device comprising:
a substrate;
a first cavity in the substrate;
a second cavity in the substrate, the second cavity being adjacent to the first cavity in the substrate;
a memory within the second cavity;
electrical contacts within the first cavity, the electrical contacts at least partially overlapping the memory;
a fingerprint sensor within the first cavity and laterally adjacent to the electrical contacts, the fingerprint sensor at least partially overlapping the memory;
a first electrical connection between the memory and the electrical contacts, the first electrical connection enabling communication between the memory and the electrical contacts; and
a second electrical connection between the memory and the fingerprint sensor, the second electrical connection enabling communication between the memory and the fingerprint sensor.