Patent ID: 8034652

Claim:
A method for manufacturing solid state imaging devices comprising: a die bonding step for adhering sensor packages to each of a plurality of bonding areas formed on a circuit assembly board, each of said sensor packages having an imaging chip provided with an image sensor and input/output pads and a translucent cover attached to said imaging chip for sealing said image sensor; a wire bonding step for connecting said input/output pads to internal electrodes with using bonding wires, said internal electrodes being provided in said circuit assembly board and corresponding to said sensor packages; a sealing step for holding an upper face of said cover and a lower face of said circuit assembly board between an upper mold die and a lower mold die, and for filling sealing resin to a cavity created between said upper mold die and lower mold die to seal peripheries of said sensor packages; a mold curing step for heating to cure said sealing resin; a singulation step for cutting said circuit assembly board and said sealing resin into individual sensor packages; wherein said sensor packages are adhered to said bonding areas of said circuit assembly board with sheets of die attach material; and wherein each of said sensor packages further includes a spacer held between said imaging chip and said translucent cover.