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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
John R Tower, West Deptford, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 30 ; 357 24 ; 357 45 ;
Abstract
Thinned, contiguous imager chips, are arranged end-to-end, and accurately positioned relative to one another, that is, are positioned so that the proper spacing period between adjacent imager pixel detectors is maintained, by using a lap joint between contiguous chips. The use of a lap joint rather than a butt joint permits operation without any significant phase difference occurring and without any pixel detector gap occurring at the lap joint seam. Further, such a lap joint permits proper operation to be obtained even with relatively coarse chip-edge tolerances.