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Granted Patent B2
US 11,415,715 · App. 17/029,697 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Radiation image capturing apparatus

Inventor: Naoto Iwakiri (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G01T1/2978G01T1/17G01T1/20188
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Patent No.
US 11,415,715
App. No.
17/029,697
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiation image capturing apparatus including a sensor substrate including a flexible base material and a plurality of pixels accumulating electric charges generated in accordance with radiation, a flexible first cable of which one end is electrically connected to the sensor substrate, and a flexible first circuit substrate that is electrically connected to the other end of the first cable and in which a first circuit unit driven in a case of reading out the electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels is mounted is provided.

Claims (47)

1. A radiation image capturing apparatus comprising:

a sensor substrate including a flexible base material and a plurality of pixels accumulating electric charges generated in accordance with radiation;

a flexible first cable of which one end is electrically connected to the sensor substrate; and

a flexible first circuit substrate that is electrically connected to the other end of the first cable and in which a first circuit unit driven in a case of reading out the electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels is mounted, wherein

the first circuit substrate includes a flexible region and a non-flexible region that are lined up in a direction intersecting with a connection direction in which the sensor substrate, the first cable, and the first circuit substrate are connected.

2. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first cable is connected to a first side of the sensor substrate, and

the radiation image capturing apparatus further comprises:

a flexible second cable of which one end is electrically connected to a second side intersecting with the first side of the sensor substrate; and

a non-flexible second circuit substrate that is electrically connected to the other end of the second cable and in which a second circuit unit which is different from the first circuit unit and is driven in a case of reading out the electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels is mounted.

3. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the second circuit unit includes a circuit of a signal processing unit into which an electric signal corresponding to the electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels is input and that generates and outputs image data corresponding to the input electric signal.

4. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the second circuit substrate includes a connector to which the second cable is electrically connected.

5. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the second circuit substrate includes a connector to which the second cable is electrically connected.

6. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the first cable is electrically connected to the first circuit substrate by thermocompression.

7. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the first cable is electrically connected to the sensor substrate by thermocompression.

8. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the first cable is electrically connected to the first circuit substrate by thermocompression.

9. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the first cable is electrically connected to the sensor substrate by thermocompression.

10. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first circuit unit includes a circuit of a driving unit that reads out the electric charges from the plurality of pixels.

11. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first circuit unit is mounted in the non-flexible region.

12. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a circuit of a driving unit reading out the electric charges from the plurality of pixels is mounted in the first cable, and

a power supply line supplying power of a power supply to the circuit of the driving unit is disposed in the first circuit substrate and the first cable.

13. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein

the circuit of the driving unit reading out the electric charges from the plurality of pixels is mounted in the first cable, and

a signal line through which a signal for driving the circuit of the driving unit flows is disposed in the sensor substrate and the first cable.

14. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein

the first cable is electrically connected to the sensor substrate by thermocompression.

15. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a circuit of a driving unit reading out the electric charges from the plurality of pixels is mounted in the first cable, and

a power supply line supplying power of a power supply to the circuit of the driving unit is not disposed in the sensor substrate.

16. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein

the circuit of the driving unit reading out the electric charges from the plurality of pixels is mounted in the first cable, and

a signal line through which a signal for driving the circuit of the driving unit flows is disposed in the sensor substrate and the first cable.

17. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first cable is electrically connected to the first circuit substrate by thermocompression.

18. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein

the first cable is electrically connected to the sensor substrate by thermocompression.

19. The radiation image capturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the first cable is electrically connected to the sensor substrate by thermocompression.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2020
From: IWAKIRI, NAOTO
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053861/0313 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-058964 · Mar 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019007504 · Feb 27, 2019
Related Publication 20210003723A1 · Jan 7, 2021
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