Imaging systems with image sensors having multiple radiation detectors

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an imaging system, comprising: an image sensor which comprises: a system printed circuit board (system PCB); M group printed circuit boards (group PCBs (i), i=1, . . . , M) mounted on a mounting surface of the system PCB; and Ni radiation detectors mounted on the group PCB (i), for i=1, . . . , M, wherein M and Ni, i=1, . . . , M are integers greater than 1, wherein the image sensor is configured to scan a scene in a scanning direction, and wherein, for each group PCB (i), there is not a plane which (A) is parallel to a normal direction of the mounting surface of the system PCB, (B) is parallel to the scanning direction, (C) divides all active areas of the Ni radiation detectors into 2 groups of active areas, and (D) does not intersect any active area of all the active areas of the Ni radiation detectors.

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