Patent ID: 6864117

Claim:
A method for producing a solid-state imaging device comprising: a base of an insulating material having a frame form in planar shape with an aperture formed in an inner region thereof and having a substantially uniform thickness; a wiring provided on one surface of the base and extending toward the outside from the peripheral portion of the aperture; and an imaging element mounted on the surface of the base provided with the wiring so that a light-receptive region of the element faces the aperture, wherein the wiring includes an internal terminal portion at the end portion on the aperture side and an external terminal portion at the end portion on the outer peripheral side of the base, and the electrode of the imaging element and the internal terminal portion are electrically connected, the method comprising: using a pair of molds for forming cavities for resin-molding a plurality of the bases and a tape member supporting thin metal plate leads for forming a plurality of sets of the wirings corresponding to the respective bases, the mold being provided with a plurality of pins for forming a plurality of positioning holes in thickness direction of the base; loading the tape member between the pair of molds so that the thin metal plate leads are positioned in the regions corresponding to the plurality of bases in the cavities; filling a sealing resin in the cavities and curing it; taking a resin molded member, in which the thin metal plate leads are embedded, out of the molds; removing the tape member from the resin molded member; dividing the resin molded member into a plurality of pieces each of which corresponds to the base provided with the wiring; and mounting the imaging element on a face of the base provided with the wirings.