Patent ID: 7582944

Claim:
An optical apparatus comprising: an optical device including a photoreceptor region or a light emitting region and electrodes provided on an optical function surface; a transparent member having an adhesion surface having a larger area than an area of the optical function surface and including protruding electrodes electrically connected to the optical device, external connection electrodes and conductive interconnects for connecting the protruding electrodes and the external connection electrodes, respectively; and a transparent adhesive provided between the optical device and the transparent member to adhere the optical device and the transparent member to each other, wherein the optical function surface of the optical device and the adhesion surface of the transparent member face each other, the electrodes and the protruding electrodes are electrically connected, respectively, and the electrical connection is maintained by the transparent adhesive, and the external connection electrodes on the adhesion surface have substantially the same height as the protruding electrodes on the adhesion surface.