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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:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/435 ; H01L 2/334 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/435 ; H01L 2/334 ;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a substrate, photoelectric transfer elements arranged on the substrate, a semiconductor device located in association with the photoelectric transfer elements and a thermal device for discharging heat coming from the semiconductor device to the outside. The thermal device additionally contacts the substrate and acts to cool the photoelectric transfer elements.