Ultra-Scan declared that it has selected Marlborough, Massachusetts-based Intrinsix as its control electronics commercialization partner.
Resulting from this partnership, Ultra-scan’s new Thin Film Transistor (TFT) fingerprint sensor will have miniaturized sensor control electronics. Certified by the FBI (Appendix F) as the first non-optical four-finger scanner, the new sensor meets the key performance necessities of military and law enforcement personnel.
The TFT sensor’s existing version is being upgraded by miniaturizing the associated control electronics for easy incorporation within a variety of mobile device technologies used for fingerprint enrollment and authentication. The final phases of product miniaturization are focused on compressing the entire control electronics package to form an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip. This chip design is compatible with Ultra-Scan’s planned product line of four-finger, two-finger, and single-finger line of scanner products.
According to Ultra-Scan President and CTO, Dr. John K. Schneider, a long-term quest for available partners within the industry enabled Ultra-Scan to select Intrinsix for its high-expertise and technical capabilities. Ultra-Scan is pleased to add Intrinsix to its development team at this crucial process of commercializing the innovative fingerprint sensor technology.
Intrinsix has a wide range of work experience in over 800 semiconductor design projects applicable for broad environments.
The Director of Sales for Intrinsix, Jeff Pollack stated that with extensive expertise in supporting major DoD programs, the company is honored to be recognized by Ultra-Scan to be part of its product development.
Source: http://www.ultra-scan.com/