IP Library Granted Patent US 10,561,306
Granted Patent B2
US 10,561,306 · App. 15/356,811 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Endoscopic device

Inventors: Naoyuki Ohno (Tokyo, JP); Masahiro Kojima (Aichi, JP); Shigeru Teshigahara (Gifu, JP)
Assignees: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.; SONY CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,561,306
App. No.
15/356,811
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an endoscopic device, including: an image sensor section including an image sensor that senses and converts lights into an electrical signal; a substrate that is electrically connected to the image sensor section; and an intermediate unit, interposed between the image sensor section and the substrate, that electrically connects the image sensor section and the substrate.

Claims (13)

1. An endoscopic device, comprising:

an image sensor configured to sense and convert light into one or more electrical signals;

a substrate that is electrically connected to the image sensor; and

an intermediate layer, interposed between the image sensor and the substrate, that electrically connects the image sensor and the substrate,

wherein the intermediate layer includes an intermediate member formed using a material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion whose value is 95% or greater than a second coefficient of thermal expansion of the image sensor, and also less than or equal to an intermediate value between the second coefficient of thermal expansion of the image sensor and a third coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate

wherein the intermediate layer additionally includes

solder balls that electrically connect the intermediate member and the substrate, and

underfill, provided between the intermediate member and the substrate, that secures the intermediate member and the substrate,

wherein the underfill is a material with less elasticity than the intermediate member and the substrate.

2. The endoscopic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

solder balls that electrically connect the image sensor and the intermediate member.

3. The endoscopic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the underfill formed using a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion with a value between the coefficient of thermal expansion of the intermediate member and the coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2016
From: OHNO, NAOYUKI; KOJIMA, MASAHIRO; TESHIGAHARA, SHIGERU
To: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.; SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-248860 · Dec 21, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170172388A1 · Jun 22, 2017