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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2003
Junichi Nakano, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroshi Miyajima, Hachioji, JP;
Daisuke Matsuo, Hachioji, JP;
Kenzi Murakami, Hino, JP;
Mitsuchika Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
You Kondoh, Yamato, JP;
Tsutomu Takenaka, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuhisa Kaneko, Kawasaki, JP;
Junichi Nakano, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroshi Miyajima, Hachioji, JP;
Daisuke Matsuo, Hachioji, JP;
Kenzi Murakami, Hino, JP;
Mitsuchika Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
You Kondoh, Yamato, JP;
Tsutomu Takenaka, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuhisa Kaneko, Kawasaki, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a photoconductive switch module. The photoconductive switch module comprises a first substrate having light-emitting elements, and a second substrate having photoconductive switch elements, whose number is equal to that of the light-emitting elements. The light-emitting elements face the photoconductive switch elements, so that the photoconductive switch elements are turned on/off in accordance with lighting/extinction of the light-emitting elements. The photoconductive switch module further comprises a third substrate arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. The third substrate has through holes, whose number is equal to that of the light-emitting elements. Each through hole is positioned between a light-emitting element and a photoconductive switch element facing each other. Drive light emitted from each light-emitting element travels to the photoconductive switch element via the through hole.