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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
Kenichi Kobayashi, Gunma, JP;
Hiroyuki Tamura, Gunma, JP;
Kenichi Kobayashi, Gunma, JP;
Hiroyuki Tamura, Gunma, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A small, thin camera module is provided in which a chipset made up of the image pickup element (), etc., is sealed with the transparent resin () wherein a camera module () is made up of a conductive pattern (); a signal processing element () having a surface on which an element is formed and which is shielded from light by being mounted facedown on the conductive pattern (); an image pickup element () fixed onto the signal processing element (); a thin metal wire () by which an electrical connection is established between the image pickup element () and the conductive pattern (); a transparent resin () with which the signal processing element (), the image pickup element (), and the thin metal wire () are covered; and a lens () situated above the image pickup element ().