According to IHS Markit's latest "Display Fingerprinting Technology and Market Report for 2018," it is expected that the number of smart phone shipments using an under-screen fingerprint sensor in 2018 will reach at least 9 million units, and by 2019 it will exceed 100 million units. In years, the market will continue to maintain rapid growth; Vivo, Huawei, Xiaomi, Samsung and other leading smart phone brands will be the first to introduce and take the lead in the market.
When the fingerprint sensor is integrated under the display of the smartphone, the mobile phone can provide positive, invisible fingerprint recognition to a full screen with a ratio of 18:9 or higher. The first to use an under-screen fingerprint sensor (including the Vivo X20) And X21 and Huawei Mate RS) were launched in late March. It is expected that more models will be available in the second half of 2018.
Apple was the first company to introduce fingerprint technology as the main biometric function; in 2013, Apple introduced Touch ID on the iPhone. Subsequently, Android system officially supported fingerprint recognition from the system side in 2015. These factors caused the fingerprint identification application In the past few years, there has been rapid growth. At the same time, due to the convenience of fingerprint identification and intuitive usage, it has become popular among consumers. In 2017, about 60% of the total smartphone shipments were fingerprinted. technology.
Because the user prefers a better visual experience, the smartphone brand promotes a full screen that can display more content. However, early models were difficult to put a full-screen, fingerprint sensor on the front of the phone. The fingerprint sensor on the back was to overcome The compromised solution for full-screen smartphone limitation. Now that there is an under-screen fingerprinting solution, the sensor can be returned to the front of the smartphone.
'With Vivo and Huawei recently introduced several models that use under-the-screen fingerprint recognition technology, under-the-screen fingerprint recognition technology is undoubtedly becoming a new trend,' said Calvin Hsieh, IHS Markit's director of touchscreen and user interface research. 'The positive attitude of the Chinese smart phone brand will put pressure on Samsung, but Samsung may not have finally decided whether to adopt this solution in its Galaxy Note 9. '
IHS Markit predicts that if Samsung applies under-the-screen fingerprinting to Galaxy Note 9, 2018 shipments of smartphones using this solution will increase from the current forecast of 9 million units to more than 20 million units.
Almost all fingerprint IC manufacturers are interested in developing under-the-screen fingerprinting technology because their profit margins are currently much higher than those of silicon wafers. Leading solution manufacturers include Synaptics, Goodix, Qualcomm, and Egis, followed by Samsung LSI. , FPC, VkanSee, CrucialTec, BeyondEyes, and FocalTech. Among the panel makers, Samsung monitors with mature Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) panel manufacturing technology dominate, followed by BOE. Fingerprinting technology can only be used for AMOLED, and the two companies are quite active in developing AMOLED screen fingerprinting technology.