The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Tsutomu Nakamura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Shigeru Hosokai, Hachioji, JP;
Kenji Miyata, Okaya, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup apparatus having over solid-state image pickup device chip a hermetic seal portion comprising a flat-plate portion of a transparent member and a frame portion formed on a side portion of a lower surface of the flat-plate portion, said frame portion including a metal wiring, a bump formed on said solid-state image pickup device chip and electrically connected to the metal wiring, and a sealing region for sealing the periphery of the bump by a sealing material, thereby achieving the solid-state image pickup apparatus capable of being packaged in a relatively small size and capable of improving throughput and at the same time having a hermetic seal portion which can be readily electrically connected to an external terminal.