1. The main parts of a scanner are the prism, lens arrangement, and sensor. The prism reflects light from the finger onto the lens arrangement.
2. The lens arrangement focuses and amplifies the reflected light and sends it to the sensor. The sensor converts the light signal into an electrical signal.
3. The electrical signal is sent to the control unit via wires for processing and storage. Additional components like the keypad interface, battery, crystal oscillator, and CMOS battery support operation of the device.