Patent ID: 6945929

Claim:
An imaging device assembly for an electronic stereoscopic endoscope system, said imaging device assembly including an imaging device that comprises a pair of solid state image pick-up modules set out side by side for converting right and left optical images of an object formed thereon, respectively, into right and left image signals, respectively, and a pair of circuit boards equipped with circuits, each of said circuit boards including a group of electronic parts incorporated therein and connected to said solid state image pick-up module, each of said circuit boards comprising: a front board section having a width approximately equal to a width of said solid state image pick-up module and being connected to one of said solid state image pick-up modules at a front end thereof; and a rear board section formed as contiguously integral piece with said front board section and having a width greater than said front board section so as to project laterally from said front board section and thereby to overhang a space behind the other of said solid state image pick-up module; wherein said group of electronic parts is fixedly mounted on said rear board section of each said circuit board.