Patent ID: 7645981

Claim:
An image pickup device mounting structure, comprising: an image pickup device; a reinforcing plate; and a flexible circuit board having at least one electrical component mounted thereon, and the flexible circuit board comprising a film, wherein said reinforcing plate, said image pickup device and a part of said flexible circuit board are superimposed on each other such that a surface of said image pick up device overlays a surface of said reinforcement plate in a stacking direction of said image pickup device mounting structure, wherein said reinforcing plate includes at least one cutout portion, wherein said electrical component is positioned on said part of said flexible circuit board and within said cutout portion, said electrical component being positioned within an area defined by an orthogonal projection of said image pickup device; and wherein said image pickup device is directly mounted on said flexible circuit board so that opposing surfaces of said image pickup device and said flexible circuit board come into face-to-face contact with each other.