Hitachi’s latest finger vein authentication module is extremely thin at just 3mm, which is phenomenal compared to what Hitachi has on offer at the moment that measures 23.5mm in thickness, making it around 7 times more svelte. Volume production of that module will start in two years’ moment, seeing action in various mobile devices including cellphones and possibly portable hard drives and media players. that fingerprint module will feature a pixel count of 150 x 100, while offering a pitch of 0.1mm. A light-blocking layer is located amidst each two of the pixels for added effect.

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