The fingerprint recognition chip has become a hot product in the market because of the adoption of Apple‘s (iPhone) iPhone 5S, and many IC design companies have rushed in. Apple previously acquired Authentec, a major manufacturer of fingerprint recognition chips, so the relevant components can be supplied in-house; Other mobile phone brands outside Apple‘s camp will have to find suitable partners. A few days ago, another fingerprint recognition chip supplier, Validity, was acquired by Synaptics, a big touch manufacturer, showing that the fingerprint recognition industry is gradually integrating, but there are also many new faces in the market.

    At present, the IC design companies that have the ability to supply fingerprint recognition chips include FPC, Validity, Shield Technology, Mediatek investment Hui Ding, MAO Hui, Duntai, Yilong Electric and so on. FPC is a Swedish fingerprint identification supplier, founded in 1998, patent for capacitive fingerprint identification technology, and the fingerprint identification system of major banks in the mainland cooperation for a long time, currently specializing in mobile phone fingerprint identification technology, customers include more mainland system manufacturers, such as Huawei, Fujitsu, Konka, Lenovo.