Chronology of smartcard with a built-in fingerprint sensor
Chronologie des cartes à puce avec capteur d'empreinte digitale intégré

Here is the history of smartcard with a built-in fingerprint sensor.

Same information as the companies page, latest devices first.

Take care that I copied what they announce, and all of them are "first"...

2022

SES RFID

Samsung

2021

ST

2020

As a matter of facts, nothing really new is happening, there is no new fingerprint sensor integrated inside a smart card. Only old prototypes/products with different printing designs.


2019

APS


ExcelSecu, Hengbao


Feitian

2018

Gemalto


Idex


Next Biometrics


NXP


Toshiba


Lion


Next Biometrics


Sisoul


Infinacom


Unikeys


SCTECHONE


MeReal


China Vision


Mountain America

2017

Hantro Tech


HYF


ManeulLab


Feitian


Morix


Idemia


First Biometrics


Smartmetric


UINT & Mereal Biometrics / Fingerprint Cards


Zwipe


Kona-I / Crucialtec


Idex


Idex


Idex


KSID Korean Smart ID


Bundesdruckerei


Fingerprint Cards


Lion


Oberthur Technologies


Idex


ASD / Morix


Jinco Japan

2016

Zwipe


Kona-I / Crucialtec


Datang Microelectronics Technology (DMT)


Qafis / Access Verification Solutions


Kona-I / Crucialtec


UINT & Mereal Biometrics / Fingerprint Cards


KSID Korean Smart ID


Next Biometrics


Zwipe


Idex


IFE Infinity Electronic Biotech

2015

Jinco Japan


Smartmetric


Bundesdruckerei


FSTechnologys


Quardlock


Creative Arts

2014

B-iD


CardTech


Zwipe & Mastercard


Smartmetric


JP Sensor >> (2016) IFE

2013

UINT & Mereal Biometrics / Fingerprint Cards

Sonavation

2012

Embedx Biomatrix


MondoKey


Jinco Japan

2011

Pinkey


Smartmetric



SmartDATATEL


SIC Biometrics

2010

Validus


ASD / Morix


ASD / Morix

2009

Validus

Validus_swipeAnimation.swf

Cardlab


E-Smart technologies

2008

E-Smart technologies

the “i am”™ Card

E-Smart technologies


Validus

2007

IDSmart / Fujitsu


Fidelica


Jacob Palmborg


Vaultid

2006

Cardlab


Smartmetric

Smartmetric

Fidelica

2005

NovaCard, FingerCard / Upek

novacard

Scanecotech / Fingerprint Cards

sensor

E-Smart technologies

Super Smart Card
2004

Giesecke & Devrient / Fingerprint Cards

MoSTAR

NovaCard, FingerCard

Likely to be the same project :

Zorg Fasme

Quard Card / Upek


E-Smart technologies

biosensor
2003

E-Smart technologies

2002

Biometric Associates, Inc. (BAI)

Henny van der Velden ID card BAI

NovaCard, FingerCard


NovaCard, FingerCard / Infineon

FingerCard / Infineon. Click to enlarge

Giesecke & Devrient / Infineon

Infineon
2001

Nothing to note

2000

ID Technologies

1999

Siemens/Infineon FingerTip

Novacard/Siemens/Infineon prototype Infineon

Thomson-CSF (Atmel) FingerChip

1998

Siemens/Infineon FingerTip