Disclosure of Invention
Based on the above, it is necessary to provide a fingerprint identification module, a manufacturing method thereof and an intelligent terminal, wherein the fingerprint identification module has a smaller thickness, which is beneficial to realizing the light and thin of the intelligent terminal.
A fingerprint identification module, comprising:
the substrate comprises a body and a metal wire arranged in the body, wherein the body is provided with a first surface, and comprises at least one groove which is opened on the first surface;
The chip sensors are in one-to-one correspondence with the grooves, and each groove is internally bound with one chip sensor;
the flexible circuit board is bound to the edge of the first surface, the projection of the area of the flexible circuit board, which is positioned on the first surface, in the vertical direction is mutually spaced from the chip sensor, and the metal wiring is electrically connected with the chip sensor and the flexible circuit board.
The fingerprint identification module comprises a chip sensor, a flexible circuit board, a metal wire, a substrate, a fingerprint module and a flexible circuit board, wherein the chip sensor is bound in the groove, the flexible circuit board is bound at the edge of the first surface, the metal wire in the body is electrically connected with the chip sensor and the flexible circuit board, so that the chip sensor can be connected with an external circuit, the groove is arranged on the first surface of the body, the chip sensor is bound in the groove, the substrate is directly arranged on the surface, the thickness of the fingerprint identification module at the position of the chip sensor after being bound can be reduced, meanwhile, the projection of the area of the flexible circuit board on the first surface in the vertical direction is mutually spaced from the chip sensor, the chip sensor and the flexible circuit board can be arranged separately, the thickness is prevented from being larger due to the superposition of the chip sensor and the flexible circuit board, namely, the whole thickness of the traditional fingerprint module is the thickness of the chip sensor plus the thickness of the substrate or the thickness of the substrate plus the thickness of the substrate.
In one embodiment, the first surface is provided with a first area and a second area arranged around the first area, the groove is opened in the first area, a first connecting end is formed at the groove bottom, and a second connecting end is formed at the second area;
The chip sensor is fixed in the groove and is electrically connected with the first connecting end, and the flexible circuit board is fixed in the second area and is electrically connected with the second connecting end;
Each first connecting end is electrically connected with the second connecting end through the metal wire.
Above-mentioned fingerprint identification module through setting up first link in the tank bottom of recess, and chip sensor fixes in the recess and is connected with first link electricity in order to bind chip sensor in the recess for fingerprint identification module's thickness is less.
In one embodiment, the chip sensor is electrically connected to the first connection end through a gold wire, and the gold wire is fully covered by the first sealing compound. The binding setting mode of chip sensor can have multiple, can realize the electric connection between optical sensor and the first link well through the gold thread, and the first encapsulation of gold thread outside coating can protect the gold thread, improves the stability of electric connection.
In one embodiment, the chip sensor is secured within the recess by a thin film adhesive. The chip sensor is fixed in the groove in various ways, and the chip sensor and the groove can be well fixedly connected by adopting a film adhesive.
In one embodiment, the body has a second surface connected to the first surface, the body further has a notch, the notch is opened in the second area and the second surface, the notch has a third surface parallel to the first surface, the third surface is formed with the second connection end, and the flexible circuit board is fixed on the third surface and electrically connected to the second connection end. The notch is arranged, so that the flexible circuit board can be placed on the body conveniently, the stability of fixed connection between the flexible circuit board and the body is guaranteed, and in addition, the thickness of the fingerprint identification module at the flexible circuit board can be reduced.
In one embodiment, the flexible circuit board is electrically connected with the second connection end through anisotropic conductive adhesive, and the anisotropic conductive adhesive is covered with second sealing adhesive. The mode of electric connection between flexible circuit board and the second link has multiple, and can realize the electric connection between flexible circuit board and the second link betterly through anisotropic conductive adhesive, and cover and have the second to seal the gluey flexible circuit board that can protect at anisotropic conductive adhesive, improve the stability of electric connection.
In one embodiment, the body is an engineering plastic. Because engineering plastics have the advantages of strong rigidity, good mechanical property, strong heat resistance, good electrical insulation property, long-term use in harsh environment and the like, the body prepared from the engineering plastics can better support the chip sensor and the flexible circuit board at a thinner thickness.
In addition, the invention also provides a preparation method of the fingerprint identification module, which comprises the following steps:
Providing a substrate master plate, wherein the substrate master plate comprises a plurality of substrates distributed in an array, each substrate comprises a body and metal wires arranged in the body, the body is prepared from engineering plastics, the body is provided with a first surface, and the body comprises at least one groove which is opened on the first surface;
binding a chip sensor in each groove;
Cutting the substrate master bonded with the chip sensors to form a single-grain structure, wherein the single-grain structure is provided with one substrate and at least one chip sensor;
And binding a flexible circuit board on the edge of the first surface in the single-particle structure, wherein the projection of the area of the flexible circuit board on the first surface in the vertical direction is mutually spaced from the chip sensor, and the metal wire is electrically connected with the chip sensor and the flexible circuit board.
According to the preparation method of the fingerprint identification module, the chip sensors are bound in the grooves on the base mother plate, then the base mother plate after the chip sensors are bound is cut to form the single-particle structures, and finally binding of the flexible circuit board is carried out on each single-particle structure to complete preparation of the fingerprint identification module.
In addition, the invention also provides an intelligent terminal, which comprises a display screen, a middle frame and at least one fingerprint identification module set in the middle frame, wherein the fingerprint identification module set and the display screen are stacked and fixedly connected with the display screen through a bonding layer.
Above-mentioned intelligent terminal, fingerprint identification module inlays and establishes in the center to through glued layer and display screen fixed connection, with the fixed of realizing the relative intelligent terminal of fingerprint identification module, because the thickness of fingerprint identification module is less, consequently, the thickness of the intelligent terminal that has this fingerprint identification module is less, can realize the frivolity of intelligent terminal.
In one embodiment, the intelligent terminal further comprises a lifting layer, wherein the lifting layer is arranged in the second area and located outside the first area. The middle frames with different sizes can be matched through the arrangement of the heightening layer, so that the universality of the fingerprint identification module is improved.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.
The following describes the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Embodiment one;
Referring to fig. 4 and 5, fig. 4 shows a specific structure of the fingerprint recognition module 10, and fig. 5 shows a connection relationship of each structure in the fingerprint recognition module 10, the fingerprint recognition module 10 includes a substrate 100, a chip sensor 200, and a flexible circuit board 300.
The substrate 100 includes a body 110 and metal wires 120 disposed inside the body 110, where an end of the metal wire 120 may be located on a surface of the body 110 or may be exposed from the surface of the body 110 so as to be electrically connected, the body 110 has a first surface 111, the body 110 includes at least one groove 112 that is open to the first surface 111, and in a specific arrangement, the number of the grooves 112 may be one or more, for any groove 112, one end of the metal wire 120 is led out from the surface of the groove 112 or exposed from the surface of the groove 112, and the other end of the metal wire 120 is led out from the first surface 111 or exposed from the first surface 111;
The chip sensors 200 are bound in the grooves 112, the chip sensors 200 are in one-to-one correspondence with the grooves 112, one chip sensor 200 is bound in each groove 112, and the chip sensors 200 are connected with one end of the metal wire 120;
The flexible circuit board 300 is bound to the edge of the first surface 111, and the projection of the area of the flexible circuit board 300 located on the first surface 111 in the vertical direction is spaced from the chip sensor 200, and the flexible circuit board 300 is connected with the other end of the metal trace 120, so that the metal trace 120 is electrically connected with the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300.
The fingerprint identification module 10 is characterized in that the chip sensor 200 is bound in the groove 112, the flexible circuit board 300 is bound at the edge of the first surface 111, the metal wiring 120 in the body 110 is electrically connected with the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300, so that the chip sensor 200 can be connected with an external circuit, the groove 112 is arranged on the first surface 111 of the body 110, the thickness of the fingerprint identification module 10 at the position of the chip sensor 200 after binding can be reduced by directly arranging the chip sensor 200 in the groove 112, meanwhile, the flexible circuit board 300 is bound at the edge of the first surface 111, the projection of the area of the flexible circuit board 300 on the first surface 111 in the vertical direction is mutually spaced from the chip sensor 200, the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300 can be separately arranged, and the situation that the thickness is larger due to the superposition of the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300 is avoided, namely the thickness of the chip sensor is added with the thickness of the substrate, and the thickness of the substrate is added with the thickness of the fingerprint module, and the thickness of the whole fingerprint module is the thickness of the chip sensor 200 or the thickness of the substrate 100 is added with the thickness of the substrate 100, and the fingerprint module is lighter and thinner, and the fingerprint identification module 10 is realized.
With continued reference to fig. 5, in order to facilitate binding of the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300, in a preferred embodiment, the first surface 111 has a first region 113 and a second region 114 disposed around the first region 113, the recess 112 is open to the first region 113, one end of the metal trace 120 is led out from the bottom 115 or is exposed to the bottom 115 of the trench, the other end of the metal trace 120 is led out from the second region 114 or is exposed to the second region 114, the bottom 115 of the trench is formed with a first connection end 116, the first connection end 116 is exposed to the bottom 115 of the trench, and the first connection end 116 is electrically connected to one end of the metal trace 120, the second region 114 is formed with a second connection end 117, the second connection end 117 is exposed to the second region 114, and the second connection end 117 is electrically connected to the other end of the metal trace 120;
Each of the first connection terminals 116 and the second connection terminals 117 are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board 300 through the metal trace 120, that is, the second connection terminals 117 are common connection objects of the first connection terminals 116. The chip sensor 200 is fixed in the groove 112 through an adhesive layer, and the chip sensor 200 is electrically connected with the first connecting end 116, the flexible circuit board 300 is fixed in the second area 114, and the golden finger 310 of the flexible circuit board 300 is electrically connected with the second connecting end 117;
In the fingerprint identification module 10, the first connection end 116 is arranged at the bottom 115 of the groove 112, the first connection end 116 is connected with the metal wiring 120, the chip sensor 200 can be conveniently and rapidly bound in the groove 112 by directly connecting the chip sensor 200 with the first connection end 116, and the binding effect is good by adopting the mode of connecting the chip sensor 200 with the first connection end 116 relative to the mode of directly connecting the chip sensor 200 with the metal wiring 120, so that the product yield is high; similarly, by arranging the second connection end 117 in the second area 114, the second connection end 117 is connected with the metal wiring 120, the flexible circuit board 300 can be bound in the second area 114 conveniently and rapidly, and is directly connected with the metal wiring 120 relative to the flexible circuit board 300, the binding effect is good by adopting the mode that the flexible circuit board 300 is connected with the second connection end 117, the product yield is high, meanwhile, since the first area 113 of the second area 114 is arranged, the chip sensor 200 is bound in the groove 112 of the first area 113, the flexible circuit board 300 is bound in the second area 114, the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300 are staggered, and the non-stacked arrangement mode can enable the thickness of the fingerprint identification module 10 to be small.
With continued reference to fig. 5, the chip sensor 200 may be disposed in a plurality of binding manners, specifically, the chip sensor 200 is electrically connected to the first connection terminal 116 through the gold wire 400, and the gold wire 400 is fully covered by the first molding compound 500.
The fingerprint identification module 10 described above, the connection between the chip sensor 200 and the first connection terminal 116 may be achieved by the gold wire 400, as a common connection manner, the gold wire 400 may conveniently and rapidly achieve the connection between the chip and the first connection terminal 116, and the connection between the gold wire 400 may ensure the reliability of the electrical connection between the chip sensor 200 and the first connection terminal 116, so that the electrical connection between the optical sensor and the first connection terminal 116 may be better achieved by the gold wire 400. Because the use of fingerprint identification module 10 can unavoidably exist pollution such as steam, probably exists the condition of collision even striking moreover, can protect gold thread 400 through covering first encapsulation 500 on gold thread 400, avoid corroding gold thread 400 such as steam, guarantee the stability of assembly, improve the stability of electricity connection.
There are various ways to fix the chip sensor 200 in the groove 112, and the chip sensor 200 may be fixedly connected by a glue layer, more specifically, the chip sensor 200 is fixed in the groove 112 by a film adhesive 600.
The fingerprint identification module 10 has various fixing modes of the chip sensor 200 in the groove 112, is not limited to the fixing mode of the cementing agent, and can also adopt other fixing connection modes capable of meeting the requirements, the cementing agent can be a film adhesive 600, the film adhesive 600 is used as the cementing agent in the common semiconductor industry, the bonding effect of the film adhesive 600 is good, the fixing connection of the chip sensor 200 and the groove 112 can be better realized by adopting the film adhesive 600 with a thinner thickness, the fixing effect is better, and the product yield is improved.
For convenience of understanding, the fingerprint recognition module in the prior art is compared with the fingerprint recognition module 10 provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the fingerprint recognition module 10 is applicable to the same intelligent terminal, and referring to table 1, the thicknesses of different fingerprint recognition modules 10 are shown in table 1.
As can be seen from table 1, compared with the fingerprint recognition modules in the first and second modes, the thickness of the fingerprint recognition module 10 provided by the embodiment of the invention is reduced by more than 50%, and compared with the fingerprint recognition module in the third mode, the thickness of the fingerprint recognition module 10 provided by the embodiment of the invention is reduced by more than 30%, so that compared with the fingerprint recognition module in the prior art, the thickness of the fingerprint recognition module 10 provided by the embodiment of the invention is obviously reduced. It should be noted that, in table 1, the depth of the groove 112 is set to be 0.03mm, and in the limit case, the depth of the groove 112 is close to 0mm, and the thickness of the fingerprint recognition module 10 is close to 0.263mm, at this time, compared with the fingerprint recognition modules of the first and second modes, the thickness of the fingerprint recognition module 10 provided by the embodiment of the invention is reduced by more than 40%, and compared with the fingerprint recognition module of the third mode, the thickness of the fingerprint recognition module 10 provided by the embodiment of the invention is reduced by more than 20%, therefore, compared with the fingerprint recognition module of the prior art, the thickness of the fingerprint recognition module 10 provided by the embodiment of the invention is obviously reduced even when the depth of the groove 112 is smaller, and the thickness of the fingerprint recognition module 10 can be controlled by changing the depth of the groove 112, and the specific depth of the groove 112 is selected according to the actual condition of the fingerprint recognition module 10.
With continued reference to fig. 5, the flexible circuit board 300 may be disposed in a plurality of binding manners, specifically, the body 110 has a second surface 118 connected to the first surface 111, the body 110 further has a notch 130, the notch 130 is opened on the second area 114 and the second surface 118, the notch 130 has a third surface 119 parallel to the first surface 111, the metal trace 120 is led out of the second area 114 or exposed out of the second area 114, a second connection terminal 117 is formed on the third surface 119, the second connection terminal 117 is electrically connected with the metal trace 120, the flexible circuit board 300 is fixed on the third surface 119, and the golden finger 310 of the flexible circuit board 300 is electrically connected with the second connection terminal 117.
The fingerprint identification module 10, the flexible circuit board 300 is placed on the body 110, the golden finger 310 of the flexible circuit board 300 is placed on the third surface 119, the notch 130 is arranged to facilitate placement of a flexible circuit, and the flexible circuit board 300 can be positioned, so that the golden finger 310 of the flexible circuit board 300 can be matched with the second connecting end 117 well, meanwhile, stability of fixed connection between the flexible circuit board 300 and the body 110 is ensured, in addition, the thickness of the stacked arrangement of the flexible circuit board 300 and the substrate 100 is reduced due to the arrangement of the notch 130, and accordingly the thickness of the fingerprint identification module 10 at the position of the flexible circuit board 300 can be reduced.
With continued reference to fig. 5, there are various ways of electrically connecting the flexible circuit board 300 and the second connection terminal 117, and more specifically, the flexible circuit board 300 is electrically connected to the second connection terminal 117 through the anisotropic conductive adhesive 700, and the anisotropic conductive adhesive 700 is covered with the second sealing adhesive 800.
Above-mentioned fingerprint identification module 10, the electric connection between flexible circuit board 300 and the second link 117 can be realized through anisotropic conductive adhesive 700, as special conductive adhesive, anisotropic conductive adhesive 700 can make two closely conductive connection points can not produce the short circuit between the circuit, thereby guarantee the stability of electric connection, and can conveniently and rapidly realize the electric connection between flexible circuit board 300 and the second link 117, consequently, can realize the electric connection between flexible circuit board 300 and the second link 117 better through anisotropic conductive adhesive 700, because the unavoidable pollution such as steam that can exist in the use of fingerprint identification module 10, and probably there is the condition of collision even striking, through covering the golden finger 310 that has second seal 800 to protect flexible circuit board 300 on anisotropic conductive adhesive 700, avoid corroding golden finger 310 such as steam, protect flexible circuit board 300, guarantee the stability of assembly, improve the stability of electric connection.
In a preferred embodiment, the body 110 is an engineering plastic. Because engineering plastics have the advantages of strong rigidity, good mechanical properties, strong heat resistance, good electrical insulation properties, long-term use in harsh environments, etc., the body 110 made of engineering plastics can better support the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300 at a thinner thickness.
In some preferred embodiments, the engineering plastic may be a high molecular polypropylene.
The fingerprint identification module 10 is used as a common engineering material, the body 110 made of high-molecular polypropylene has the advantages of strong rigidity, good mechanical property, good electrical insulation property, long-term use in harsh environments and the like, so that the body 110 can better support the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300 with a smaller thickness, the engineering plastic can be high-molecular polypropylene, and can also be other materials capable of meeting requirements, such as PE (polyethylene), PVC (polyvinyl chloride), ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) and the like, and when the fingerprint identification module is specifically arranged, the specific engineering material for preparing the body 110 is selected according to the mechanical properties and corresponding cost of various materials.
Embodiment two;
Based on the first embodiment, the second embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for preparing a fingerprint identification module 10, which is used for preparing the fingerprint identification module 10 of the first embodiment, the method for preparing the fingerprint identification module 10 is shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 shows a flow for preparing the fingerprint identification module 10, and the method for preparing the fingerprint identification module 10 includes:
in step S601, as shown in fig. 7, a substrate master 20 is provided.
The substrate master 20 includes a plurality of substrates 100 distributed in an array, and in particular, in order to facilitate subsequent dicing, a channel may be disposed between two adjacent substrates 100, each substrate 100 includes a body 110 and a metal trace 120 disposed inside the body 110, the body 110 is made of engineering plastic, the body 110 has a first surface 111, and the body 110 includes at least one groove 112 opened on the first surface 111;
Step S602, as shown in FIG. 8, binding a chip sensor 200 in each groove 112, fixing the chip sensor 200 in the groove 112 by a film adhesive 600, and electrically connecting the chip sensor 200 with the metal wires 120 in the body by gold wires 400, wherein the outer sides of the metal wires 120 are coated with a first sealing adhesive 600;
Step S603, cutting the substrate master 20 bound with the chip sensors 200 along the channels to form a single-grain structure having one substrate 100 and at least one chip sensor 200;
In step S604, the flexible circuit board 300 is bonded to the edge of the first surface 111 in the single-particle structure, and the metal traces 120 electrically connect the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300.
The preparation method of the fingerprint identification module 10 comprises the steps of firstly binding a chip sensor 200 in a groove 112 on a substrate mother board 20 provided in the step S601, connecting the chip sensor 200 with one end of a metal wiring 120, then cutting the substrate mother board 20 after binding of the chip sensor 200 to form a single-grain structure in the step S603, wherein each single-grain structure is provided with one substrate 100 and at least one chip sensor 200, finally binding a flexible circuit board 300 to the edge of a first surface 111 in the single-grain structure in the step S604, and connecting the flexible circuit board 300 with the other end of the metal wiring 120, thereby realizing that the metal wiring 120 is electrically connected with the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300 so as to complete the preparation of the fingerprint identification module 10.
Embodiment three;
In addition, the present invention further provides an intelligent terminal, where the fingerprint recognition module 10 provided in the foregoing embodiment may be used in various intelligent terminals, the intelligent terminal may be a smart phone, a smart bracelet, etc., as shown in fig. 9, and fig. 9 shows a specific structure of the intelligent terminal, where the intelligent terminal includes a display screen 30 and a middle frame 40, the display screen 30 may be an OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display screen 30, and may also be other display screens 30, and the intelligent terminal further includes at least one fingerprint recognition module 10 according to any one of the foregoing embodiments, where the fingerprint recognition module 10 is disposed in the middle frame 40, and the fingerprint recognition module 10 is fixedly connected to the display screen 30 through an adhesive layer 50.
Above-mentioned intelligent terminal, this glued layer 50 can be the double faced adhesive tape, also can be other adhesive that can satisfy the requirement, when specifically setting up, can inlay fingerprint identification module 10 and establish in center 40 to through glued layer 50 and display screen 30 fixed connection, with the fixed of realizing fingerprint identification module 10 relative intelligent terminal, because the thickness of fingerprint identification module 10 is less, consequently, the thickness of intelligent terminal that has this fingerprint identification module 10 is less, can realize the frivolousization of intelligent terminal, has practiced thrift the complete machine space. When specifically setting up, can also splice a plurality of fingerprint identification modules 10, form the ultra-thin fingerprint identification module 10 of large tracts of land to improve intelligent terminal's fingerprint identification effect.
To accommodate the different sizes of the middle frame 40, as shown in fig. 9, the smart terminal further includes a raised layer 60, where the raised layer 60 is disposed at the second area 114 and outside the first area 113.
According to the intelligent terminal, the thickness and the position of the heightening layer 60 are adjusted to enable the fingerprint identification module 10 to be matched with the middle frames 40 with different sizes, so that the universality of the fingerprint identification module 10 is improved, when the intelligent terminal is specifically arranged, the heightening layer 60 is arranged in the second area 114 and is positioned on the outer side of the first area 113, the influence of the heightening layer 60 on the chip sensor 200 and the flexible circuit board 300 is avoided, the heightening layer 60 can be a gasket or a plurality of gaskets, adjacent gaskets are fixed through adhesives, and the thickness of the heightening layer 60 can be determined according to the actual condition of the intelligent terminal.
The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined, and all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are not described for brevity of description, however, as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features, they should be considered as the scope of the description.
The above examples illustrate only a few embodiments of the invention, which are described in detail and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, which are all within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the scope of protection of the present invention is to be determined by the appended claims.