Patent ID: 6924496

Claim:
A flexible interconnect apparatus for flexibly coupling a fingerprint sensor to an external circuit, comprising: a multilayer flexible substrate having conductive traces that lead to a connector at one end of said substrate for connecting to an external circuit; a fingerprint sensor mounted on an end portion of the multilayer flexible substrate distal from said connector end and having a sensor surface, the fingerprint sensor having sensor contacts that are connected to the conductive traces; and a molded package coupled to a portion of the bottom of the multilayer flexible substrate below the fingerprint sensor such that at least a portion of the multilayer flexible substrate is positioned between the fingerprint sensor and the molded package, the molded package forming an open top cavity that allows the sensor surface of the fingerprint sensor to be exposed for access by a user, such that the portion of said interconnect apparatus proximate said molded package is rigid, and the portion of said interconnect apparatus distal from said molded package is flexible.