Patent ID: 8049809

Claim:
A solid-state image pickup device which comprises: a circuit board provided with a hole having an open top and with a circuit layer formed on the upper surface thereof; a solid-state image pickup element housed in the hole and having an upper surface constituting a light-receiving face and electrodes formed on a peripheral portion of the upper surface; and a glass plate disposed over the light-receiving face of the solid-state image pickup element and provided with a connecting conductive layer which is extended from the underside of the glass plate, via the sidewall of the glass plate, to the upper surface of the glass plate; wherein the electrode formed on the peripheral portion of the light-receiving face of the solid-state image pickup element is electrically connected with the connecting conductive layer formed on the underside of glass plate; and the connecting conductive layer formed on the upper surface of glass plate is electrically connected with the circuit layer formed on the upper surface of the circuit board.