학술논문

A new sensor structure and fabrication process for a single-chip fingerprint sensor/identifier LSI
Document Type
Conference
Source
International Electron Devices Meeting 1999. Technical Digest (Cat. No.99CH36318) Electron devices Electron Devices Meeting, 1999. IEDM '99. Technical Digest. International. :887-890 1999
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Fabrication
Mechanical sensors
Electrostatic discharge
Large scale integration
Stress
Testing
Fingerprint recognition
CMOS process
Water pollution
Protection
Language
Abstract
We propose a new sensor structure and the fabrication process for a single-chip fingerprint sensor/identifier LSI in which the sensor is stacked on a 0.5 /spl mu/m CMOS LSI. We investigate the influence of electrostatic discharge (ESD), mechanical stress, and water penetration on the sensor's reliability. The results reveal ESD tolerance is obtained at the value of 2.0 kV, the sensor is immune to mechanical stress under the condition of 1 MPa tapping tests, and it is protected against contamination by a passivation film. The tests confirm that the sensor has sufficient reliability for conventional identification usage.