Applications

While fully appropriate for more standard applications, such as integration in PCs and mobile electronics, the flexible polymer substrate, low-profile mechanical design, and low power consumption make Fidelica Microsystems' fingerprint sensor technology uniquely suited to a new application: smart cards.

Combining the fingerprint sensor with advanced embedded electronics and fingerprint matching algorithms, Fidelica is putting the full biometric system on a card.

Benefits

Creating a full biometric system on the body of a smart card has many benefits for both users and system integrators. Users gain:

Peace of mind that their fingerprint information never leaves the card or is out of their control.
The portability and ease of use associated with the ubiquitous card format.
Fast, robust authentication, as large reference databases are eliminated.

System integrators benefit by:

Being able to add a biometric component to their system without needing to change the existing card reader infrastructure.
Not needing to create, maintain, or secure a back-end fingerprint database.

Learn more about putting the full biometric system on a card.