Patent ID: 7772542

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion element unit for use in an imaging apparatus, the photoelectric conversion element unit comprising: a photoelectric conversion element package containing a photoelectric conversion element; a wiring substrate where the photoelectric conversion element package is mounted on a first surface, and an electronic component related to the photoelectric conversion element is mounted within a mounting region on a rear side of the first surface; and a support board attached to an attachment point in the imaging apparatus for fixing the photoelectric conversion element package to the imaging apparatus, wherein an opening is formed in the support board, the opening formed in the support board is smaller than an external form of the photoelectric conversion element package and larger than the size of the mounting region where the electronic component is mounted on the wiring substrate, wherein the support board is provided on the photoelectric conversion element package such that the electronic component mounted on the wiring substrate is disposed within the opening of the support board and a region extending outside of the wiring substrate in a rear surface of the photoelectric conversion element package is provided within the opening of the support board, and wherein a bond is washed down into the region extending outside of the wiring substrate so as to fix the photoelectric conversion element package to the support board.