Patent ID: 7978884

Claim:
A fingerprint sensor integrated circuit, rectangular in shape with a long dimension and short dimension, comprising: an electrical interface for communicating image data comprising: a pixel clock signal for defining data bit intervals; pixel data signal for transmitting serial image data; a synchronization signal for defining lines and frames of image data; wherein pixel data from the sensor is serialized and transmitted on the pixel data signal and wherein the fingerprint sensor connects to a standard camera interface; an active sensor area with a long axis and a short axis, the long axis oriented parallel to the long dimension of the integrated circuit; electrostatic discharge protection arranged parallel to the sensor long axis adjacent to the upper and lower edges of the long axis of the sensor area; at least one column of input and output pads arranged along one edge of the short dimension; circuitry positioned in between the pads and the sensor area adjacent to one edge of the short axis of the sensor area; and wherein the width of the circuitry separates the pads from the sensor and creates a clearance distance.