US Patent Issued to Samsung Display on March 17 for "Fingerprint sensor and display device including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,837, issued on March 17, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Fingerprint sensor and display device including the same" was invented by Won Jun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chol Ho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sang Yun Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fingerprint sensor comprises a read-out line disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction, a first sensor transistor controlling a sensing current based on a voltage of a sensor node, a second sensor transistor supplying a reset voltage to the sensor node based on a reset signal, a third sensor transistor ele...