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Process for repairing data transmission lines of imagers

CA 2249163 A1 · Owner: Salisbury, Roger Stephen · Inventors: Salisbury, Roger Stephen

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A method of repairing severed or damaged data transmission lines of an imager provides a shunt path around the electrical defect in the data transmission line by means of a diode common transmission line. The repair shunt includes a first scan line segment, a common electrode segment, and a second scan line segment, which segments are fused together and to the data line having the electrical defect to bypass the electrical defect. The respective conductive lines are fused together with spot welds formed with the application of a laser. A repaired imager has a data line having an open circuit defect, with respective first and second portions of said data line being coupled to a repair shunt …

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  • Filed October 1, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 1, 2018.
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FiledOctober 1, 1998
GrantedNo grant recorded
Term endedOctober 1, 2018
Patent numberCA 2249163 A1
Classification (IPC)H01L21/30 +2 more

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