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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1997
Risto O Orava, Helsinki, FI;
Jouni I Pyyhtia, Vantaa, FI;
Tom G Schulman, Masala, FI;
Miltiadis E Sarakinos, Geneva, CH;
Konstantinos E Spartiotis, Helsinki, FI;
Simage OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
An imaging support for supporting a plurality of imaging device tiles at respective tile mounting locations to define a tiled imaging surface is provided. Each of the imaging device tiles has a semiconductor detector with a plurality of pixel cells coupled to a semiconductor substrate with a corresponding plurality of pixel circuits. The semiconductor detector and the semiconductor substrate are carried on a mount having an imaging device tile contact. The imaging support is configured for mounting each of the imaging device tiles on the imaging support in a non-destructive, removable manner at respective tile mounting locations, each of which includes an imaging support contact at a contact position. Each of the imaging support contacts are configured to cooperate with a respective imaging device tile contact, wherein the imaging device tile contact and the imaging support contact enable a signal of a type selected from a group consisting of a supply, a control signal and a readout signal to be transferred between the imaging device tile and the imaging support.