Abstract:
An image capturing device module is disclosed. The image capturing device module includes an image capturing device provided on a base circuit substrate; a translucent member adhered to the image capturing device with a first adhesive to cover an upper part of an effective pixel region in the image capturing device; a lens body including a lens portion that focuses light into the effective pixel region in the image capturing device and a support portion that is translucent and is provided around the lens portion to expose an upper part of the lens portion; and a non-translucent molding resin that molds the image capturing device, the translucent member, and the lens body, with the upper part of the lens portion being exposed.

Description:
[0001]    This Nonprovisional Application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No. 2007-126102 filed in Japan on May 10, 2007, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0003]    The present invention relates to an image capturing device module mounted to a cell phone, a notebook computer and the like to realize a camera function or an image capturing device module used as a miniature image sensor in a surveillance camera and the like; a manufacturing method of the image capturing device module; and an electronic information device using the image capturing device. 
         [0004]    2. Description of the Related Art 
         [0005]    An image capturing device, such as a CCD image capturing device and a CMOS image capturing device, for converting image information into an electric signal is used in a cell phone and the like to realize a camera function, or alternatively, it is used as a miniature image sensor in a surveillance camera and the like. In general, such an image capturing device is implemented in a cell phone and the like as an image capturing device module integrated with a lens member for focusing an incident light. It is desirable that the image capturing device module be small and efficiently manufactured. 
         [0006]    Reference 1 discloses a configuration, in which a semiconductor chip having an image capturing device formed thereon, a frame member, and a mirror frame member on which a lens member is mounted are positioned mounted on a position reference surface of a ceramic substrate. However, with regard to an image capturing device module having such a configuration, the semiconductor chip is covered by the frame member and the frame member is covered by the mirror frame member, resulting in having a large number of parts and being large in size. Further, a problem arises where such a configuration is not efficiently manufactured. 
         [0007]    In addition, Reference 2 discloses an image capturing device module, in which a translucent cover member is integratedly provided on an upper surface of a solid-state image capturing device that is provided on a semiconductor substrate; and a lens holding assembly having a lens is provided in such a manner to cover the solid-state image capturing device and the translucent cover member. However, the image capturing device module of this type also has a configuration in which the solid-state image capturing device and the translucent cover member are covered by the lens holding assembly, thereby, this configuration results in having a large number of parts and being large in size. Further, such a configuration is not efficiently manufactured. 
         [0008]    Reference 3 discloses an image capturing device module, in which a housing having an IR filter provided therein is arranged in such a manner to cover an image sensor, and a holder having a lens is provided on the housing. However, even this image capturing device module may have a large number of parts and may be large in size due to the use of the housing. Moreover, a step-like structure for determining the position of the holder needs to be formed on the upper surface of the housing, resulting in a problem that this module is not easy to manufacture. 
         [0009]    Further, Reference 4 discloses an image capturing device module, in which a semiconductor chip adhered on a substrate is covered with a resin molding portion that is formed in a box shape; and a lens tube having a lens attached thereto is provided on the resin molding portion. However, the image capturing device module with such a configuration may have a large number of parts and may be large in size as well because the lens is attached to the lens tube. Moreover, a step-like structure and the like needs to be formed on the upper surface of the resin molding portion to determine the position of the lens tube, resulting in a problem that this module is not easy to manufacture. 
         [0010]    An easily manufactured small-sized image capturing device module has been developed in order to solve the problems with the conventional techniques described above.  FIG. 3  is a cross sectional view showing a diagrammatical configuration of such a conventional image capturing device module. This image capturing device module includes an image capturing device  22   a  that is die-bonded on a base circuit substrate  21   a , the image capturing device  22   a  being wire-bonded to a circuit provided on the base circuit substrate  21   a  with a gold wire  23 , which is a bonding wire. An IR (Infrared Ray) cut glass  24  is attached on the image capturing device  22   a  with an adhesive  25 . The IR cut glass  24  is configured in such a manner that an IR cut filter is affixed on a glass body portion that is configured in a cuboid shape. The IR cut glass  24  is mounted in an opposing state against an effective pixel region in the image capturing device  22   a , the opposing state forming a predetermined space separated from the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  22   a , by the adhesive  25  provided along the entire circumference surrounding the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  22   a.    
         [0011]    The IR cut glass  24  is encapsulated with a non-translucent molding resin  26  together with the image capturing device  22   a  and the gold wire, which is a bonding wire, so as to the upper surface of the IR cut glass  24  is exposed. The upper surface of the molding resin  26  is parallel to the upper surface of the IR cut glass  24  at a level lower than the upper surface of the IR cut glass  24 . 
         [0012]    A cylinder shaped lens holder  27  is arranged on the upper surface of the molding resin  26  to cover the upper surface of the IR cut glass  24 . The cylinder shaped lens holder  27  is open in its lower end surface and is adhered to the upper surface of the IR cut glass  24  with an adhesive  28  that is provided along the entire circumference of the lower end surface. A lens support portion  27   a  is provided on an upper surface of the cylinder shaped lens holder  27 , and a lens unit  29  is adjustably mounted at the center of the lens support portion  27   a . The lens unit  29  includes a cylinder shaped lens barrel  29   b  that supports the lens portion  29  and an external circumference surface of the lens barrel  29   b  and an internal circumference surface of the center of the lens support portion  27   a  of the lens holder  27  are coupled with each other with a screw. Therefore, the position of the lens portion  29   a  can be adjusted with respect to the lens holder  27  by rotating the lens barrel  29   b  of the lens unit  29  against the lens support portion  27   a  of the lens holder  27 . 
         [0013]      FIG. 4  is a schematic view showing manufacturing steps of the image capturing device module shown in  FIG. 3 . The image capturing device module shown in  FIG. 3  is manufactured using a semiconductor wafer  22 . As shown in  FIG. 4(   a ), a large number of image capturing device portions  22   b  are formed on the semiconductor wafer  22  in advance, corresponding to respective image capturing devices  22   a  of the image capturing device modules. Subsequently, each of a plurality of IR cut glasses  24  is adhered with the adhesive  25  in such a manner so as to be opposed to an effective pixel region of each of the image capturing device portions  22   b  corresponding to respective image capturing device modules. In this case, the adhesive  25  is continuously provided along the entire circumference surrounding an effective pixel region in the image capturing device portion  22   b . Therefore, a space is formed between the effective pixel region in the image capturing device portion  21   b  and a lower surface of the IR cut glass  24  in an airtight manner. 
         [0014]    Having reached the state described above, the semiconductor wafer  22  is divided at every image capturing device portion  22   b , and each of the image capturing device portions  22   b  becomes an image capturing device  22   a  of a corresponding image capturing device module as shown in  FIG. 4(   b ). Subsequently, each of the divided image capturing devices  22   a  is mounted on a base substrate  21  by die-bonding. A large number of base circuit substrate portions  21   b  are formed on the base substrate  21 , corresponding to respective base circuit substrates  21   a  of the image capturing device modules. The divided image capturing devices  22   a  are attached by die-bonding to respective predetermined positions on the base circuit substrate portions  21   b  of the base substrate  21 . Subsequent to die-bonding the image capturing devices  22   a  to the respective base circuit substrate portions  21   b , the base circuit substrate portions  21   b  and the image capturing devices  22   a , which are die-bonded, are wire-bonded with gold wires  23 . 
         [0015]    Subsequent to the die-bonding and wire-bonding of the image capturing devices  22   a  to the respective base circuit substrate portions  21   b  of the base substrate  21 , all of the image capturing devices  22   a  on the base substrate  21  together with the IR cut glass  24  are molded with a non-translucent molding resin  26  as shown in  FIG. 4(   a ). Then, an upper surface of the molding resin  26  is processed to form a flattened surface that is parallel to the upper surface of the IR cut glass  24  so as to expose each of the upper surface of the IR cut glass  24  provided on the base substrate  21 . 
         [0016]    After the molding resin  26  provided on the base substrate  21  is processed into a predetermined shape, the base substrate  21  and the molding resin  26  together are divided in every base circuit substrate portion  21   b  on the base substrate  21  along the dividing line A shown as a dotted line in  FIG. 4(   c ). As a result, each image capturing device  22  a having IR cut glass  24  attached therein is formed in such a manner to be encapsulated by the molding resin  26 . 
         [0017]    Subsequently, as shown in  FIG. 4(   d ), the lens holder  27  is adhered with the adhesive  28  on the flat upper surface of the cut off molding resin  26  in such a manner to accommodate the IR cut glass  24  inside the lens holder  27 . Then, the lens unit  29  is coupled to the lens support portion  27   a  on the upper end surface of the lens holder  27  with a screw. In this case, the position of the lens portion  29   a  is adjusted with respect to the image capturing device  22   a  by rotating the lens barrel  29   b  of the lens unit  29 . As a result, the image capturing device module shown in  FIG. 3  is manufactured. 
         [0018]    According to the image capturing device module shown in  FIG. 3 , IR cut glass  24  is directly adhered on the image capturing device  22   a  with the adhesive  25 , and further, the lens unit  29  is directly adhered with the adhesive  28  to the upper surface of the molding resin  26 , which is for molding the IR cut glass  24  together with the image capturing device  22   a . Therefore, the image capturing device module shown in  FIG. 3  can be manufactured with comparative ease. In addition, the IR cut glass  24  is adhered with the adhesive  25  that is provided along the circumference surrounding an effective pixel region in the image capturing device  22   a , and further, a space is formed between the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  22   a  and the lower surface of the IR cut glass  24  with the adhesive  25  in an airtight manner. As a result, it is possible to prevent dust from adhering to the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  22   a.    
         [0019]    Reference 1: Japanese Laid-Open Publication No. 2000-125212 
         [0020]    Reference 2: Japanese Laid-Open Publication No. 2004-296453 
         [0021]    Reference 3: Japanese Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-110946 
         [0022]    Reference 4: Japanese Laid-Open Publication No. 2005-184630 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0023]    According to the image capturing device module shown in  FIG. 3 , after the image capturing device  22   a  and the IR cut glass  24  are molded with a molding resin  26  and they are divided by dicing between the image capturing devices  22   a , the lens holder  27  is adhered with the adhesive  28 . Such a configuration is taken because there is a possibility of not being able to ensure a space for dicing in between adjacent lens holders  27  if the lens holders  27  are mounted on the respective upper surfaces of the molding resin  26  prior to dividing the molding resin  26 . Therefore, the lens holders  27  need to be mounted on the respective upper surfaces of the divided molding resins  26 . However, in this configuration, the lens holders cannot be efficiently mounted. Moreover, each of the lens units  29  needs to be mounted to the corresponding lens holder  27  adhered to each image capturing device  22   a , resulting in a problem where the mounting and adjusting for the lens unit  29  cannot be efficiently conducted. 
         [0024]    The present invention is intended to solve the conventional problem described above, and an objective of the present invention is to provide an image capturing device module that is efficiently manufactured with fewer parts and at a lower cost; a manufacturing method of the image capturing device module; and an electronic information device using the image capturing device. 
         [0025]    An image capturing device module according to the present invention includes an image capturing device provided on a base circuit substrate; a translucent member adhered to the image capturing device with a first adhesive to cover an upper part of an effective pixel region in the image capturing device, wherein an upper surface of the translucent member is formed into a flat surface; a lens body including a lens portion that focuses light into the effective pixel region in the image capturing device and a support portion that is translucent and is provided around the lens portion to expose an upper part of the lens portion, wherein a lower surface of the support portion is formed into a flat surface, and wherein a lower surface of the support portion is adhered to the upper surface of the translucent member with a second adhesive; and a non-translucent molding resin that molds the image capturing device, the translucent member, and the lens body, with the upper part of the lens portion being exposed. 
         [0026]    Preferably, in an image capturing device module according to the present invention, a space is formed between the effective pixel region in the image capturing device and a lower surface of the translucent member with the first adhesive in airtight manner. 
         [0027]    Still preferably in an image capturing device module according to the present invention, the translucent member is an IR cut glass. 
         [0028]    A manufacturing method of the image capturing device module according to claim  1  includes the steps of: preparing a semiconductor wafer, in which a plurality of image capturing device portions are formed, each of the plurality of image capturing device portions formed into an image capturing device, and adhering translucent members on the respective image capturing device portions on the semiconductor wafer using a first adhesive; adhering a lens body on an upper surface of the translucent member using a second adhesive; dividing the semiconductor wafer into each of the image capturing device portions to form a plurality of the image capturing devices, wherein the translucent member and the lens body are adhered to each of the image capturing devices; preparing a base substrate having a plurality of base circuit substrate portions formed thereon, each of the plurality of base circuit substrate portions formed into a base circuit substrate, and die-bonding the image capturing device having the translucent member and the lens body adhered thereto to the base circuit portion on the base substrate; performing a molding with the molding resin, so that each upper portion of the respective lens portions in all the lens bodies provided on the base substrate is exposed; and dividing the base substrate into each of the base circuit substrate portions together with the molding resin to form the base circuit substrate. 
         [0029]    Preferably, in a manufacturing method of the image capturing device module according to the present invention, the first adhesive is applied continuously along an entire circumference surrounding an effective pixel region in the image capturing device portion in the step of adhering the translucent member. 
         [0030]    Still preferably, in a manufacturing method of the image capturing device module according to the present invention, a space is formed between the effective pixel region in the image capturing device portion and a lower surface of the translucent member with the first adhesive in an airtight manner in the step of adhering the translucent member. 
         [0031]    Still preferably, in a manufacturing method of the image capturing device module according to the present invention, the translucent member is an IR cut glass. 
         [0032]    An electronic information device using the image capturing device according to the present invention as an image input section thereof. 
         [0033]    According to the image capturing device module of the present invention, a lens body is adhered on a translucent member that is adhered on an image capturing device with an adhesive, and then the lens body is molded with a molding resin, resulting in fewer parts and smaller size. Further, the image capturing device module of the present invention can be manufactured at a lower cost. In addition, the manufacturing method of the image capturing device module of the present invention significantly improves the working efficiency of mounting a translucent member and a lens body because the translucent member and the lens body are provided at once for an image capturing device portion on a semiconductor wafer, and then the semiconductor wafer is divided in every image capturing device portion. Further, after each image capturing device is mounted on the base substrate and all the image capturing devices are molded at once with a molding resin, the base substrate together with the molding resin is divided, thereby forming the image capturing device module. As a result, the dividing process of the base substrate can be performed at the end of the entire process, which eliminates the necessity of mounting a lens body and the like in a state where the base substrate is already divided, thereby significantly improving the work efficiency. 
         [0034]    The electronic information device according to the present invention uses the image capturing device module as an image input section thereof. As a result, the number of the parts used is few and the electronic information device is manufactured at a low cost. 
         [0035]    These and other advantages of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading and understanding the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying figures. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0036]      FIG. 1  is a cross sectional view showing a diagrammatical configuration of an image capturing device module according to the present invention. 
           [0037]      FIGS. 2(   a )-( d ) respectively are cross sectional views showing manufacturing steps of the image capturing device module according to the present invention shown in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0038]      FIG. 3  is a cross sectional view showing diagrammatical configuration of a conventional image capturing device module. 
           [0039]      FIGS. 4(   a )-( d ) respectively are cross sectional views showing manufacturing steps of the image capturing device module shown in  FIG. 3 . 
           [0040]      FIG. 5  is a block diagram showing an exemplary schematic structure of an electronic information device using a solid-state image capturing apparatus that includes an image capturing device module according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention for an image capturing section thereof. 
       
    
    
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       DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Embodiment 1 
       [0042]      FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view showing a diagrammatical configuration of an image capturing device module according to the present invention. This image capturing device module includes an image capturing device  12   a  that is die-bonded on a base circuit substrate  11   a . The image capturing device  12   a  is wire-bonded to the base circuit substrate  11   a  with a gold wire  13 , which is a bonding wire. An IR (Infrared Ray) cut glass  14 , which is a translucent member, is mounted above the image capturing device  12   a  with an adhesive  15 . The IR cut glass  14  is configured in such a manner that an upper surface and a lower surface of a cuboid glass body portion are formed into a flat surface respectively and an IR cut filter is affixed to the glass body portion. The IR cut glass  14  is adhered in such a manner that the adhesive  15  that is continuously provided along the entire circumference surrounding an effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   a  adheres the flat lower surface of the IR cut glass  14  to an upper surface of the image capturing device  12   a . The adhesive  15  encapsulates a space between the flat lower surface of the IR cut glass  14  and the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   a  in an airtight manner. 
         [0043]    A lens body  17  is provided above the flat upper surface of the IR cut glass  14  that is adhered by an adhesive  18 . The lens body  17  includes a support portion  17   a  that is formed in a cuboid form with a translucent resin and a lens portion  17   b  that is provided at the center of the upper portion of the support portion  17   a . A part of the lens portion  17   b  provided in the upper portion of the support portion  17   a  is protruded from the upper surface of the support portion  17   a  to refract incident light from above at a predetermined refractive index to focus the light at the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   a  through the support portion  17   a  and the IR cut glass  14 . With regard to the support portion  17   a , the upper portion except for the portion with the protruded lens portion  17   b , the lower portion and each side portion are formed into a flat surface, and the light transmitted through the lens portion  17   b  makes a straight advance inside the support portion  17   a  and is then outputted from the flatly-configured lower surface. 
         [0044]    In a plane view, the adhesive  18  is continuously provided along the entire circumference of the peripheral portion on the flat upper surface of the IR cut glass  14 , the entire circumference of the peripheral portion corresponding to the circumference surrounding the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   a , and the lens body  17  is adhered in such a manner that an appropriate space is formed between the lower surface the support portion  17   a  and the upper surface of the IR cut glass  14 . The adhesive  18  encapsulates the space between the flat lower surface of the support portion  17   a  and the flat upper surface of the IR cut glass in an airtight manner. 
         [0045]    A non-translucent molding resin  16  encapsulates the image capturing device  12   a  on the base circuit substrate  11   a , the gold wire  13  functioning as a bonding wire, the IR cut glass  14 , and the lens body  17  in such a manner that the upper surface of the support portion  17   a  of the lens body  17  and the upper portion of the lens portion  17   b  protruded from the upper surface of the support portion  17   a  are exposed. The upper surface of the molding resin  16  is a flat surface positioned at the same plane level as the upper surface of the support portion  17   a  of the lens body  17 . 
         [0046]      FIG. 2  is a schematic view showing manufacturing steps of the image capturing device module according to the present invention shown in  FIG. 1 . In order to manufacture the image capturing device module shown in  FIG. 1 , a semiconductor wafer  12  is prepared as shown in  FIG. 12(   a ). A large number of image capturing device portions  12   b  are formed in advance, which correspond to respective image capturing devices  12   a  of the image capturing device modules, on the semiconductor wafer  12 . An effective pixel region is provided for each image capturing device portion  12   b.    
         [0047]    Subsequent to the preparation of the substrate wafer, a predetermined amount of the adhesive  15  is applied at once to the respective image capturing device portion  12   b . In this case, a predetermined amount of the adhesive  15  is continuously provided along the entire circumference surrounding an effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   b.    
         [0048]    Subsequently, a plurality of IR cut glasses  14  are prepared with the upper and lower surfaces of the IR cut glass being formed into a flat surface. The IR cut glass  14  is positioned in such a manner that the IR cut glass  14  is in an opposed position with the effective pixel region in each image capturing device portion  12  corresponding to the respective image capturing device module, and each IR cut glass  14  is adhered at once to the respective image capturing device portion  12   b  in the semiconductor wafer  12 . In this case, each IR cut glass  14  is pressed at a predetermined press force to the respective image capturing device portion  12   b  in the semiconductor wafer  12 . As a result, each IR cut glass  14  is adhered in such a manner that a predetermined space is formed between each lower surface of the IR cut glass  14  and the corresponding effective pixel region in the image capturing device portion  12   b  in an airtight manner and further that each lower surface is parallel to the upper surface of the respective image capturing device portion  12   b.    
         [0049]    Having reached the state described above, the adhesive  18  is applied at once in a predetermined amount on each upper surface of the respective IR cut glass  14  as shown in  FIG. 2(   b ). In this case as well, the adhesive  18  is applied on each upper surface of the respective IR cut glasses  14  only once continuously along the entire circumference of the peripheral portion corresponding to the circumference surrounding an effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   a . Subsequently, a plurality of cuboid lens bodies  17  with a lens portion  17   b  protruded from the upper surface is adhered above the IR cut glass  14  with the adhesive  18 . In this case as well, all of the lens bodies  17  are pressed at a predetermined press force to the respective upper surfaces of the IR cut glass  14 . As a result, each lens body  17  is adhered in such a manner that a predetermined space is formed between each lower surface of the lens body  17  and the upper surface of the respective IR cut glass  14  in an airtight manner and further that each lower surface is parallel to the upper surface of the respective IR cut glass  14 . In addition, the lens body  17  is adjusted so that the lens  17   b  is positioned at a predetermined position for the effective pixel region in the respective image capturing device portion  12   b.    
         [0050]    When the lens body  17  is attached above the upper surface of the IR cut glass  14  in this manner, each base circuit substrate portion  11   b  on the base substrate  11  and the image capturing device  12   a  that is die-bonded on the respective base circuit substrate portion  11   b  are wire-bonded with the gold wire  13 . Then, each image capturing device  12  on the base substrate  11 , each of all the gold wires  13  functioning as a bonding wire, each IR cut glass  14  provided above the respective image capturing device  12  and the lens body  17  provided above the respective IR cut glass  14  are molded at once with a non-translucent molding resin  16 . The upper surface of the molding resin  16  is processed in such a manner that the flat upper surface of the support portion  17   a  of the lens body  17  and the lens portion  17   b  protruded from the upper surface of the support portion  17   a  are exposed. The upper surface of the molding resin  16  is flattened by a processing method, such as a chemical mechanical polishing and the like. 
         [0051]    When each image capturing device  12   a  on the base substrate  11  is molded together with the IR cut glass  14  and the lens body  17 , the base substrate  11  together with the molding resin  16  is divided at each base circuit substrate portion  11   b  in the base substrate  11  by dicing. As a result, the image capturing device module according to the present invention is formed as shown in  FIG. 2(   d ). In this case, each of the base circuit portions  11   b  may be formed close to each other since a space for dicing the molding resin  16  has only to be formed in between lens bodies  17  that are adjacent to each other. As a result, the base circuit substrate portion  11   b  is formed with a good yield rate in the base substrate  11 . 
         [0052]    With regard to the image capturing device module according to the present invention that is formed as described above, the light coming into the lens portion  17   b  of the lens body  17  exposed from the molding resin  16  is focused by the lens portion  17   b  and is emitted to the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   a  through the support portion  17   a  and the IR cut glass  14  with infrared rays cut off. The IR cut glass  14  is adhered to the image capturing device  12   a  with the adhesive  15  provided along the periphery of the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   a . In addition, since the lens body  17  is also adhered above the upper surface of the IR cut glass  14  with the adhesive  18  provided along the periphery of the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   a , the incident light into the lens portion  17   b  of the lens body  17  efficiently comes into the effective pixel region in the image capturing device  12   a  without being affected by the adhesive  15  or  18 . 
         [0053]    Further, since the IR cut glass  14  covers the effective pixel region through the space in an airtight manner formed by the adhesive  18  provided along the circumference of the effective pixel region in the image capturing portion  12   b , there is no possibility of dust adhering to the effective pixel region. Similarly, since the lens body  17  covers the region in the upper surface of the IR cut glass  14 , in which the light comes, through the space in an airtight manner, there is no possibility of dust adhering to the upper surface of the IR cut glass  14 . 
         [0054]    Further, the image capturing device module according to the present invention does not need a lens holder for maintaining a lens unit since the image capturing device module uses the lens body  17 , in which the lens portion  17   b  and the support portion  17   a  are integrated, and has a configuration to mount the lens body  17  directly above the IR cut glass  14 , which is a translucent member. As a result, the number of the parts used in the image capturing device module will be fewer and the entire module can be not only miniaturized but also provided at a lower cost. 
         [0055]    In addition, according to the manufacturing steps of the image capturing device module of the present invention, every piece of the IR cut glass  14  is mounted above the corresponding semiconductor wafer  12  at once, and further, lens bodies  17  are mounted above every IR cut glass  14  at once. Therefore, the position for each lens body  17  can be adjusted in the state where all the lens bodies  17  have been mounted on the semiconductor wafer  12 , thereby effectively adjusting each lens body  17 . 
         [0056]    Further, the semiconductor wafer  12  is divided into image capturing devices  12   a  and each of the image capturing devices  12   a  is mounted on the corresponding base substrate  11  after the IR cut glass  14  and the lens body  17  are mounted on each image capturing device portion  12   b , and therefore no other specific work is necessary for each of the divided image capturing devices  12   a  except for mounting it on the base substrate  11 , thereby significantly improving the workability. 
       Embodiment 2 
       [0057]      FIG. 5  is a block diagram showing an exemplary schematic structure of an electronic information device, as Embodiment 2 of the present invention, using a solid-state image capturing apparatus that includes an image capturing device module  80  according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention for an image capturing section thereof. 
         [0058]    In  FIG. 5 , the electronic information device  90  according to Embodiment 2 includes: a solid-image capturing apparatus  91  according to Embodiment 1 for performing various signal processes on an image capturing signal from the image capturing device module according to Embodiment 1 described above in order to obtain color image signals; a memory section  92  (e.g., recording media) for data-recording a color image signal, which is obtained by performing a predetermined signal process on the color image signal from the solid-state image capturing apparatus  91  after a predetermined signal process is performed on the color image signal for recording; a display section  93  (e.g., liquid crystal display device) for displaying this color image signal on a display screen (e.g., liquid crystal display screen) after a predetermined signal process is performed on the color image signal from the solid-state image capturing apparatus  91  for display; and a communication section  94  (e.g., transmitting and receiving device) for communicating the color image signal after a predetermined signal process is performed on the color image signal from the solid-stage image capturing apparatus  91  for communication. Further, the electronic information device  90  can include not only the solid-image capturing apparatus  91 , but also at least any of the memory section  92 , the display section  93 , the communication section  94 , and an image output section  95  (e.g. printer). 
         [0059]    Any of the following can be considered as the electronic information device  90 : a digital camera (e.g., digital video camera, digital still camera), an image input camera (e.g., monitoring camera, door intercom camera, car-mounted camera and camera for television telephone), and an image input device (e.g., scanner, facsimile, cell phone device equipped with camera, and personal digital assistant (PDA)). 
         [0060]    Therefore, according to Embodiment 2, based on a color image signal from the solid-state image capturing apparatus  91 , it is possible to perform a variety of data processes in an excellent manner, such as displaying the color image signal on a display screen in an excellent manner, printing out (printing) the color image signal on a paper using the image output section  95  in an excellent manner, communicating the color image signal as communication data in a wired or wireless manner in an excellent manner, and performing a predetermined compression process on the color image signal and storing it in the memory section  92 . 
         [0061]    As described above, the present invention is exemplified by the use of its preferred embodiment. However, the present invention should not be interpreted solely based on the embodiment described above. It is understood that the scope of the present invention should be solely interpreted based on the claims. It is also understood that those skilled in the art can implement equivalent scope of technology, based on the description of the present invention and common knowledge from the description of the detailed preferred embodiment of the present invention. Furthermore, it is understood that any patent, any patent application and any references cited in the present specification should be incorporated by reference in the present specification in the same manner as the contents are specifically described therein. 
       INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
       [0062]    It is possible to miniaturize an image capturing module used by being mounted in a cell phone and the like and provide the image capturing module at a lower cost. It is also possible to effectively manufacture the image capturing module. 
         [0063]    Various other modifications will be apparent to and can be readily made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this invention. Accordingly, it is not intended that the scope of the claims appended hereto be limited to the description as set forth herein, but rather that the claims be broadly construed.