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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1998
Itsuji Minami, Omiya, JP;
Kazuaki Takahashi, Omiya, JP;
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus or method of the present invention decreases the diameter of an image pickup device assembly by decreasing the thickness of the assembly. A conductor lead (inner lead of TAB product) is formed on a terminal of a CCD so as to protrude from the outer periphery of the main frame of an image pickup device body in accordance with the TAB (Tape Automated Bonding) method capable of realizing mass production, a cover glass is set so that an air gap is formed between the CCD and its image pickup plane side, and thereby an image pickup device body is formed. Moreover, the image pickup device body is set to an aperture of a circuit board to connect the conductor lead to a terminal at the circuit board side. Thereby, it is unnecessary to use a conventional box-type package for storing the CCD.
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