Photometrics, Ltd.

Photmetrics, Ltd.

Derek Paul Guenther

Stephen L Marcus

Mark S McKune

A small, low cost, solid state camera is achieved by the placement of the requisite molecular sieve in a chamber separate from the vacuum chamber which houses the solid state device (CCD). The sieve chamber is connected by a narrow tube to the vacuum chamber and functions as a passive pump. The sieve chamber has a removable cover which permits replacement of the sieve after manufacture.

Solid state camera with separate vacuum and sieve chambers

A vacuum chamber housing a cooled CCD for a CCD camera has a hermetic seal provided by a closed loop pattern on the surface of a laminate, printed circuit board having subteranean conductor traces. Electrical access to the CCD is provided, via the traces, by a universal pattern of pivouts subsets of which correspond to the pin patterns of different CCDs. Large numbers of pin connection patterns are achieved by this technique without leaks. A single board embodiment and a mother-daughter board embodiment are described.

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Tucson, AZ, United States of America

Derek Paul Guenther