Patent ID: 7592200

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device manufacturing method, comprising the steps of: forming a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of solid-state imaging devices arranged on said semiconductor substrate; arranging, on a back surface side, external connecting terminals such that the external connecting terminals are connected electrically to the solid-state imaging devices via through-holes; preparing a translucent member having a plurality of concave portions at positions that correspond to solid-state imaging device forming regions, and having inter-element recess portions between said concave portions and separated from said concave portions, to separate solid-state imaging device forming regions, wherein the concave portions and the recess portions are concave with respect to a same direction; etching a part of said translucent member above the recess portions, facing the recess portions, to facilitate separation into the individual solid-state imaging devices; joining said translucent member having the plurality of concave portions to a surface of the semiconductor substrate such that spaces are provided to oppose to light receiving areas of the solid-state imaging devices; and separating, along directions passing through said through-holes, a joined body obtained in said joining step into individual solid-state imaging devices.