Patent ID: 7443444
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a) an image pickup element which picks up an image of an object; b) a connecting member arranged to be electrically connected to said image pickup element, said connecting member having two connection portions each of which is formed extendedly; c) a holding member which holds said image pickup element electrically connected to said connecting member; and d) a circuit board which is arranged facing said holding member, said circuit board including a signal processing circuit and also including a first connector mounted on a front surface of said circuit board so as to be connectable to one of said two connection portions of said connecting member, and a second connector mounted on a surface of said circuit board, opposite to said front surface, so as to be connectable to the other of said two connection portions of said connecting member, wherein one of said two connection portions, which is formed to extend toward an end side of said circuit board so that the distance from said end side of said circuit board to the center of said image pickup element is shorter than the distance from another end side of said circuit board to the center of said image pickup element, is turned down at said end side of said circuit board to connect to said second connector.