Patent ID: 6646316
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A package structure of an image sensor for electrically connecting to a printed circuit board, comprising:an image sensing chip on which a plurality of electrical circuits are formed, each of the electrical circuits being formed with bonding pads; a flexible circuit board having an upper surface and a lower surface, a plurality of signal input terminals being formed on the lower surface and at positions corresponding to each of the bonding pads of the image sensing chip, respectively, for electrically connecting to the corresponding bonding pads of the image sensing chip, and the signal input terminals being electrically connected to signal output terminals, respectively, for electrically connecting the flexible circuit board to the printed circuit board; and a transparent layer for covering the upper surface of the flexible circuit board, wherein the image sensing chip receives image signals via the transparent layer, transforms the image signals into electrical signals, and transmits the electrical signals from the flexible circuit board to the printed circuit board, wherein the flexible circuit board is formed with a slot, the signal input terminals are formed at the periphery of the slot, and the image sensing chip is exposed to the outside via the slot when the flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the image sensing chip.