Patent ID: 7691678
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device, comprising: resin-molding a housing including a base and rectangular frame-shaped ribs in one piece with a plurality of metal lead pieces, forming internal terminal portions and external terminal portions with the metal lead pieces; fixing an imaging element onto the base inside an internal space of the housing; connecting electrodes of the imaging element respectively to the inner terminal portions of the metal lead pieces; and fixing a transparent plate to an upper face of the ribs, wherein a plurality of the housings are molded together with a plurality of the metal lead pieces being arranged respectively, so that rib forming members are formed with the ribs for forming adjacent housings combined into a single rib, and a groove portion is provided on the upper face of the rib forming members in the center in the width direction so as to extend in a longitudinal direction, after the imaging element is arranged inside the internal space of each housing, the electrodes of the imaging element are connected to the internal terminal portions with connecting members, then, after an adhesive is provided on a top face of the rib forming members including the groove, a transparent plate is placed on and joined to the adhesive on the upper face of the rib forming members, and then, each housing is cut inside the groove in a direction which is perpendicular to the base and which divides a width of the rib forming members into two, separating the solid-state imaging devices into individual pieces.