- Patent Title: Imaging module and endoscope apparatus each having a flexible substrate divided into different regions where a chip having a transmission buffer and a drive signal cable are connected to the different regions
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Application No.: US15082375Application Date: 2016-03-28
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Publication No.: US10281710B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Noriyuki Fujimori
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2013-204883 20130930
- Main IPC: H04N5/374
- IPC: H04N5/374 ; G02B23/24 ; A61B1/05 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N7/18

Abstract:
An imaging module includes: a first chip having a light-receiving unit; a flexible printed board connected to an electrode pad of the first chip via an inner lead extended from one end of the flexible printed board; a second chip having a transmission buffer on the flexible printed board; an image signal cable configured to output an image signal; and a drive signal cable configured to input a drive signal. The first and second chips constitute a CMOS imager. The image signal output from the first chip is amplified by the second chip. The flexible printed board includes two or more regions divided by bending the flexible printed board at a bending part arranged parallel to an optical axis direction of the imaging module. The second chip and the drive signal cable are connected to different regions of the flexible printed board.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160209637A1 IMAGING MODULE AND ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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