Patent ID: 7369176
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: A61B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imager assembly for a miniature camera head, comprising the following components: a) an imaging sensor having conductive leads emanating from two opposite sides of said sensor, for outputting and/or inputting electric signals and/or power; b) an objective lens system attached to the light receiving face of said sensor; c) circuitry, mounted beneath said imaging sensor, said circuitry adapted to drive said sensor, to amplify said electrical signals, and to deliver signals produced by said imaging sensor for further processing, where the components of said circuitry are electrically linked, according to the circuit requirements, to each other and to said sensor leads by conductive wires; d) conductive wires electrically linked to said circuitry and to the leads of the imaging sensor for conducting electrical signals between the electrical circuitry and a remote location; and e) conductive wires electrically linked to said circuitry and to said conductive leads of said imaging sensor to provide them with electrical power from an external power supply