Patent ID: 6163028
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
An imaging support for supporting a plurality of imaging device tiles at respective tile mounting locations to define a tiled imaging surface, each of said imaging device tiles comprising a semiconductor detector with a plurality of pixel cells coupled to a semiconductor substrate with a corresponding plurality of pixel circuits, said semiconductor detector and said semiconductor substrate being carried on a mount having an imaging device tile contact, said imaging support being configured for mounting each of said imaging device tiles on said imaging support in a non-destructive, removable manner at respective tile mounting locations, each tile mounting location including an imaging support contact at a contact position, each of said imaging support contacts being configured to cooperate with a respective imaging device tile contact, said imaging device tile contact and said imaging support contact enabling a signal of a type selected from a group consisting of a supply, a control signal and a readout signal to be transferred between said imaging device tile and said imaging support.