Patent ID: 7651881

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a solid-state imaging device by adhering a transparent substrate, in which a plurality of frame-shaped spacers are formed, via an adhesive to a wafer on which plural solid-state imaging elements are formed, and by dividing the transparent substrate and the wafer for each solid-state imaging element, each of the solid-state imaging elements on the wafer being surrounded by each of the plurality of spacers, the method comprising the steps of: adhering a transfer member, to which the adhesive is applied, to the plurality of spacers formed on the transparent substrate; applying pressure to the transparent substrate and the transfer member, which is adhered to the plurality of spacers formed on the transparent substrate; and releasing the transfer member from the transparent substrate to transfer the adhesive, which is applied to the transfer member, from the transfer member onto the plurality of spacers formed on the transparent substrate.