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Contact-type image sensor

Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1988-06-22
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Granted: 1990-07-03
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Expires: 2008-06-22
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Abstract

Abstract A contact-type image sensor comprising a light source that illuminates the manuscript to be read; photodetectors that convert the light reflected by the manuscript into an electrical signal; a substrate that is disposed between the photodetectors and the manuscript, a bundle of optical fibers being buried in the substrate; and wiring electrodes that are disposed on the top surface of the substrate corresponding to the light-emitting face of the bundle of optical fibers and that are disposed on the light-receiving surfaces of the photodetectors, wherein the photodetectors are disposed in such a manner that the light-receiving surfaces of the photodetectors face the light-emitting face of the bundle of optical fibers, the wiring electrodes disposed on the photodetectors being electrically bonded to the wiring electrodes disposed on the substrate.

Inventors

  • 👤 Masataka Itoh
  • 👤 Atsushi Yoshinouchi
  • 👤 Satoshi Nishigaki
  • 👤 Takashi Nukii
  • 👤 Shuhei Tsuchimoto

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/024; H04N1/028; H04N1/03; H04N1/031; H04N1/0311; H04N1/0312; H04N1/0315; H04N1/0316

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 129 words
A contact-type image sensor comprising a light source that illuminates the manuscript to be read; photodetectors that convert the light reflected by said manuscript into an electrical signal; a substrate that is disposed between said photodetectors and said manuscript, a bundle of optical fibers being buried in said substrate; and wiring electrodes that are disposed on the top surface of said substrate corresponding to the light-emitting face of said bundle of optical fibers and that are disposed on the light-receiving surfaces of said photodetectors, wherein said photodetectors are disposed in such a manner that the light-receiving surfaces of said photodetectors face the light-emitting face of said bundle of optical fibers, said wiring electrodes disposed on said photodetectors being directly electrically bonded to said wiring electrodes disposed on said substrate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 129 words
A contact-type image sensor comprising a light source that illuminates the manuscript to be read; photodetectors that convert the light reflected by said manuscript into an electrical signal; a substrate that is disposed between said photodetectors and said manuscript, a bundle of optical fibers being buried in said substrate; and wiring electrodes that are disposed on the top surface of said substrate corresponding to the light-emitting face of said bundle of optical fibers and that are disposed on the light-receiving surfaces of said photodetectors, wherein said photodetectors are disposed in such a manner that the light-receiving surfaces of said photodetectors face the light-emitting face of said bundle of optical fibers, said wiring electrodes disposed on said photodetectors being directly electrically bonded to said wiring electrodes disposed on said substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 36 words
A contact-type image sensor according to claim 1, wherein said electrical bonding of the wiring electrodes of said photodetectors to the wiring electrodes of said substrate is carried out by the use of solder bump bonding.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 35 words
A contact-type image sensor according to claim 1, wherein said electrical bonding of the wiring electrodes of said photodetectors to the wiring electrodes of said substrate is carried out by the use of tool bonding.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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