Patent ID: 7126637

Claim:
A solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising: a solid-state image pickup device chip having a bump formed thereon, and a hermetic seal portion provided over the solid-state image pickup device chip having a flat-plate portion formed of a transparent member and a frame portion disposed on a side portion of a lower surface of the flat-plate portion; edge sides of said solid-state image pickup device chip and those of said hermetic seal portion being substantially coincident with each other; said frame portion at least including a metal wiring, said bump formed on said solid-state image pickup device chip and electrically connected to the metal wiring, and a sealed region for sealing the periphery of the bump by a sealing material; wherein said frame portion further includes a frame base portion and said metal wiring is formed on one surface of said frame base portion while the other surface of the frame base portion is adhered to said flat-plate portion.