Invention Grant
- Patent Title: CMOS image sensors adapted for dental applications
- Patent Title (中): 适用于牙科应用的CMOS图像传感器
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Application No.: US11494058Application Date: 2006-07-26
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Publication No.: US07655918B2Publication Date: 2010-02-02
- Inventor: Xinqiao Liu , Boyd Fowler
- Applicant: Xinqiao Liu , Boyd Fowler
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: Fairchild Imaging, Inc
- Current Assignee: Fairchild Imaging, Inc
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agent Calvin B. Ward
- Main IPC: G01T1/20
- IPC: G01T1/20

Abstract:
An image sensor having a two-dimensional array of CMOS pixel sensors, a row decoder and a column decoder is disclosed. The two-dimensional array of CMOS pixel sensors is organized as a plurality of rows and columns that are addressed with the aid of row and column decoders. At least one of the column decoder or the row decoder is located between two of the rows or two of the columns, respectively. X-rays are converted to light that is detected by the image sensor by a layer of scintillation material that overlies the two-dimensional array. The internally located decoder or decoders facilitate sensors in which the two-dimensional array includes a rectangular array having a chamfered corner such that rows or columns that extend into the chamfered corner have lengths that are less than rows or columns, respectively, that do not extend into the corners.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080024635A1 CMOS image sensors adapted for dental applications Public/Granted day:2008-01-31
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