Patent ID: 9269736
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H01L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging unit comprising: a back-illuminated semiconductor image sensor including a first substrate coupled to a second substrate, the first substrate including an image sensor and the second substrate including an image processing unit, wherein a first electrode and a second electrode are formed on a first surface of the first substrate, a third electrode and a fourth electrode are formed on a first surface of the second substrate, an intermediate layer is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first electrode is electrically connected to the third electrode through the intermediate layer by a first conductive electrode formed in a first through-hole, the second electrode is electrically connected to the fourth electrode through the intermediate layer by a second conductive electrode formed in a second through-hole, the intermediate layer includes a heat dissipating unit, the heat dissipating unit is formed of a heat-conducting layer formed of a heat-conducting material, and the intermediate layer further includes a heat-insulating layer formed of a heat-insulative material, the heat-conducting layer is between the first surface of the first substrate and the heat-insulating layer.