Patent ID: 6445763
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A detector array for an imaging system, said detector array comprising:a plurality of electrically conductive busses; a plurality of detector elements arranged in rows extending in an x-direction and columns extending in a z-direction; a plurality of scan lines, each operatively coupled to at least one said detector element so that electrical activation of a said scan line transfers an electrical charge from said at least one detector element onto one of said busses; a plurality of read-out lines; and an interconnection matrix operatively coupled to said busses and said read-out lines and electrically reconfigurable to transfer electrical charges from said busses selectively to said readout lines, said detector array further comprises a plurality of modules, including modules having some of said plurality of electrically conductive busses, some of said plurality of detector elements, some of said plurality of scan lines, some of said plurality of read-out lines, and a portion of said interconnection matrix.