Patent ID: 7626155

Claim:
A semiconductor image sensor module comprising at least: a semiconductor image sensor having a transistor forming region with one or more transistors formed therein at a first main surface side of a semiconductor substrate and having a photoelectric conversion region with a light incident surface formed at a second main surface opposite to the first main surface side, an image signal processor in which image signals formed in said semiconductor image sensor are processed, and a heat dissipating means for dissipating excess heat away from the semiconductor image sensor and/or the image signal processor, wherein a plurality of bump electrodes are formed over the first main surface of said semiconductor image sensor, wherein a plurality of bump electrodes are formed over said image signal processor, wherein said semiconductor image sensor and image signal processor are secured together with a portion of the heat dissipating means therebetween, and further wherein the heat dissipating means extends to a region adjacent the image signal processor and the image sensor thereby forming a protruding heat dissipating body having a primary purpose of transferring and dissipating heat generated by the image signal processor and the image sensor.