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AuthenTec unveils new fingerprint sensor for the wireless market

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

AuthenTec unveiled a new durable, thin profile fingerprint sensor packaging technology. AuthenTec’s new TouchStone packaging technology will enable a new class of fingerprint sensors that combine all the features of TruePrint technology with thin, durable, easy to integrate, waterproof and surface-mountable packaging for today’s cell phone designs.

TouchStone technology triples the protective coating over the fingerprint sensor die. Its thin package profile also enables flat surface mounting on the outside of a mobile device’s case, providing improved tactile feel when using AuthenTec’s TrueNav menu navigation feature. The first AuthenTec product available in TouchStone packaging will be the new AES1711 low-power sensor for the wireless market, with production quantities expected in the fourth quarter. [end] 

Mobile and network security provider AuthenTec has released the AuthenTec AE2750, a fingerprint sensor designed for use in mobile commerce applications.

The AE2750 contains many features found in smart sensor designs, such as a 192 pixel by 8 pixel fingerprint sensor array. It also offers hybrid fingerprint matching on a sensor match and host match, AES, RSA and SHA encryption block and One Time Password generation. The device can mount on smart phones, tablest and touchscreen-enabled mobile devices.

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AuthenTec announced that its Eikon Digital Privacy Manager now comes pre-configured with Symantec Validation and ID Protection Service (VIP).

The addition of Symantec VIP to Eikon fingerprint readers enable users to perform three-factor authentication via a single swipe of a finger, combining something you are with something you know and something you have – the Eikon fingerprint reader.

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AuthenTec announced the acquisition of all the assets of Proxure, which includes intellectual property and software products relating to their syncing and cloud-based storage services.

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The Bank of China and other major Chinese banks are deploying new bank terminals designed to reduce teller fraud in branch offices.

Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD created the product by integrating AuthenTec’s TCS2 TouchChip fingerprint sensors into its Bank ID Terminals. Bank tellers will use their fingerprints to provide a unique identification marker, which will then provide a biometric audit trail of financial transactions.

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AuthenTec has announced that its AES850 smart fingerprint sensor has been integrated into a new Fujitsu smart phone, the REGZA Phone T-01D.

With AuthenTec’s AES850, the Android 2.3-based phone can be locked and unlocked via a quick scan of the user’s fingerprint. The sensor can also be used to control access to applications on the phone as well as provide greater security for NFC-enabled mobile payments.

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Sensor supplier Fingerprint Cards AB (FPC) has extended its partnership with Chinese biometrics provider Miaxis Biometrics Co. LTD to deliver biometrics products to the Chinese banking sector.

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