Karl Storz-Gmbh & Co. Kg

Institut Fuer Mikroelektronik Stuttgart

Institut Fur Mikroelektronik Stuttgart

Christine Harendt

Klaus M Irion

Arianna Menciassi

Fritz Hensler

Robert Puers

Joachim N Burghartz

Alberto Arena

Heinz-Gerhard Graf

David Turgis

Bert Lenaerts

Vassilis Kodogiannis

The invention relates to an intracorporeal probe (), for example preferably for examining hollow organs or natural or artificially created body cavities in the human or animal body, the probe () being designed in the form of a capsule that can be introduced into the body without external connecting elements, comprising an elongate housing () and an image pickup unit () inside the housing () that is designed for optically recording a region (pickup region) outside the probe (). The image pickup unit () is held in a fashion capable of moving inside the housing () in order to vary the pickup region by means of such a movement (FIG.).

Intracorporeal videocapsule with swiveling image pickup

A semiconductor substrate having a first lateral dimension is combined with a flexible film piece having a second lateral dimension by arranging the semiconductor substrate in a recess of the film piece. The semiconductor substrate has circuit structures produced using lithography process steps. After the semiconductor substrate has been arranged in the recess of the film piece, a patterned layer of an electrically conductive material is produced above the semiconductor substrate and the film piece using lithography process steps. The patterned layer extends from the semiconductor substrate up to the flexible film piece and forms a number of electrically conductive contact tracks between the semiconductor substrate and the film piece.

Method for producing an integrated circuit and resulting film chip

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Muehlacker, Germany

Christine Harendt