Patent ID: 7294907

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a housing having a base and ribs forming a rectangular frame that are molded in one piece with a resin; a plurality of metal lead pieces embedded in the housing, the metal lead pieces having an inner terminal portion facing an inner space of the housing, an outer terminal portion exposed on a bottom surface of the housing, and a lateral electrode portion exposed at an outer lateral surface of the housing; an imaging element fixed on the base in the inner space of the housing; connecting members connecting electrodes of the imaging element respectively to the inner portions of the metal lead pieces; and a transparent plate fixed to an upper surface of the ribs; wherein a die pad is embedded in a center portion of the base so that upper and lower surfaces of the die pad are exposed from the base, and the imaging element is adhered by a bonding member on the die pad, a thickness of the metal lead pieces at the position of the inner terminal portions is substantially the same as the thickness of the base, and the outer terminal portions are formed on an opposite surface corresponding to the position of the inner terminal portions, a lower surface of the lateral electrode portions of the metal lead pieces is covered by the resin of the base, and the die pad has a through hole under the bonding member and the imaging element so that air in an inner space of the housing is ventilated to the outside through the through hole.