US 12,008,191 B2
Single-chip device for driving a panel including fingerprint sensing pixels, display pixels and touch sensors, electronic module therefor, and electronic apparatus including the single-chip device
Tzu-Wen Hsieh, Hsinchu (TW); Weilun Shih, Hsinchu (TW); Ting-Hsuan Hung, Hsinchu (TW); and Huang-Chin Tang, Zhubei (TW)
Assigned to Novatek Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/037,760.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/912,666, filed on Oct. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0109638 A1, Apr. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04164 (2019.05) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/04166 (2019.05); G06V 40/1318 (2022.01); G09G 3/20 (2013.01)] 106 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single-chip device for driving a panel including a plurality of display pixels, a plurality of touch sensors, a plurality of fingerprint sensing pixels, a plurality of data lines coupled to the display pixels, a plurality of fingerprint sensing lines coupled to the fingerprint sensing pixels and a plurality of selection circuits, wherein each selection circuit of the plurality of selection circuits is coupled to a corresponding set of the plurality of data lines and to a corresponding fingerprint sensing line of the plurality of fingerprint sensing lines, and the single-chip device comprising:
a main body having a left portion and a right portion with respect to an axis;
a first group of pads disposed in the main body and comprising a plurality of first pads for driving the fingerprint sensing pixels, wherein the first group of pads are disposed on both the left portion and the right portion and configured to be coupled to the fingerprint sensing pixels; and
a second group of pads disposed in the main body and comprising a plurality of second pads for driving the display pixels and a plurality of third pads coupled to the selection circuits of the panel, wherein the second group of pads are disposed on both the left portion and the right portion and configured to be coupled to the panel and a plurality of selection signals are outputted to each selection circuit of the plurality of selection circuits through the third pads.