Patent ID: 8669633

Claim:
An assembly comprising: a first packaged device that contains a carrier having a recessed surface, an intermediate surface and a topmost surface, a first image sensor mounted on the recessed surface, said first image sensor having an optically active portion and first fiducial marks precisely positioned outside of and relative to the optically active portion, and an optically transparent package top on the intermediate surface above the first image sensor, wherein said first fiducial marks are visible through said optically transparent package top; adhesive on a portion of the topmost surface of the carrier; a first connection body affixed within the adhesive on the topmost surface of the carrier and registered at a predetermined location relative to the first fiducial marks, wherein said carrier does not have formed therein positioning apertures recessed with respect to the carrier's topmost surface to receive the adhesive and said first connection body; and a plate in which has been formed a first counter hole at a predetermined location and an aperture, wherein the first connection body is mated into the first counter hole in the plate, wherein the plate is in direct physical contact with the topmost surface of the carrier with the aperture positioned above and in alignment with the first image sensor.