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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takeru Imamura, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/23 (2006.01); H10W 42/00 (2026.01); H10W 72/00 (2026.01); H10W 72/90 (2026.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10W 42/00 (2026.01); H04N 1/2307 (2013.01); H10W 72/00 (2026.01); H10W 72/927 (2026.01);
Abstract
A circuit board on which a first semiconductor device or a second semiconductor device which is different from the first semiconductor device is exclusively mounted, wherein the circuit board comprises a region in which a component configured to form a circuit for achieving a function incorporated in the first semiconductor device but not incorporated in the second semiconductor device is to be mounted, and wherein the component is prevented from being mounted in the region in a case where the first semiconductor device is mounted, and the component is mounted in the region in a case where the second semiconductor device is mounted.