Patent ID: 6897428

Claim:
A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a housing having a base and a rectangular-frame-shaped rib that are resin molded integrally; a plurality of metal lead pieces embedded in the housing, each of which has an internal terminal portion facing an internal space of the housing, an external terminal portion exposed on a bottom face of the housing, and a side electrode portion exposed on an external side face of the housing; an imaging element fixed on the base in the internal space of the housing; connection members connecting electrodes of the imaging element and the internal terminal portions of the metal lead pieces, respectively; and a transparent plate fixed on an upper end face of the rib, wherein a thickness of each metal lead piece at a position of its internal terminal portion is substantially equal to a thickness of the base, and the external terminal portion of the metal lead piece is formed with a reverse side face of the metal lead piece at a position corresponding to the internal terminal portion.