According to industry sources, Egis Technology (EgisTec) has entered the fingerprint sensor market in China, and its products have now entered the supply chain of Huawei’s 5G smartphones.
Aegis Technology Inc. (Egis for short) is specialized in FIDO-based IC design, authentication software development, and capacitive fingerprint sensor testing and sales. The IC designed by Aegis has the advantages of high resolution, small size and low cost, making it an ideal choice for mobile phone and notebook manufacturers.
Shenzhen Goodix Technology filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Egis Technology in Beijing Intellectual Property Court in July last year, accusing EgisTec of using protected intellectual property rights covering its key technologies, which are critical to the basic features of in-display fingerprint sensor technology. and functionality is critical. In addition to asking EgisTec to stop using its intellectual property, Shenzhen Huiding Technology also seeks compensation of 50.5 million yuan ($7.35 million), plus legal fees.
EgisTec is the only manufacturer in the market that designs and produces passive fingerprint sensor chips. At present, they design and produce side-pressing fingerprint recognition chips which are widely used in many mobile phone manufacturers. The advantages of side-pressing fingerprint recognition are as follows:
1. Fingerprint identification and intelligent navigation;
2. Suitable for mobile phone home button and even side power button;
3. Can quickly wake up and unlock in the dark state of mobile phone;
4. Can unlock and operate large-screen mobile phones with one hand;
Shenzhen Goodix Technology has always been a supplier of Huawei's mobile phone biometric solutions. What is the purpose of introducing EgisTec's solution to Huawei's 5G smartphones this time? Introduce side fingerprint recognition chip? Or pave the way for a series of new phone designs to follow, we'll never know, but let's wait and see.
