Patent ID: 6878917

Claim:
An injection molded image sensor for being electrically connected to a printed circuit board, the image sensor comprising: a plurality of metal sheets arranged in a matrix, each of the metal sheets having a first board, a second board and a third board to form a -shaped structure; an injection molded structure for encapsulating the metal sheets by way of injection molding, the injection molded structure having a first molded body and a second molded body, the injection molded structure having a U-shaped structure and being formed with a cavity, wherein a portion of each of the first boards of the metal sheets is inside the first molded body while another portion of each of the first boards is exposed from the first molded body to form signal input terminals, the second boards are exposed from a bottom surface of the first molded body to form signal output terminals, which are to be electrically connected to the printed circuit board, and the third boards are exposed from a side surface of the first molded body; a photosensitive chip mounted within the cavity of the injection molded structure; a plurality of bonding pads formed on the photosensitive chip; a plurality of wires for electrically connecting the bonding pads to the signal input terminals; and a transparent layer covering over the first molded body to encapsulate the photosensitive chip.