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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1995
Hamamatsu Phontonics K.K., Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a fiber optic device having a plurality of cores buried in a cladding, a first luminescent screen fixed to an input face of said fiber optic device, and a first CCD image sensor fixed to an output face of the fiber optic device. The CCD image sensor comprises a package, a CCD chip fixed in the package, lead pins penetrating said package, and bonding wires connecting said lead pins to said CCD chip. The CCD chip comprises an image pickup region for converting a ray incident thereto into an electric signal, and bonding pads in contact with said bonding wires and wherein said output face is in contact with said image pickup region and said output face is not in contact with said bonding pads.