Patent ID: 7605404

Claim:
An image pickup device comprising: a sensor substrate which has a plurality of image sensors arranged in an image pickup region on the sensor substrate, in the form of a matrix; an interlayer insulating film layer formed below a bottom surface of the sensor substrate, the interlayer insulating film layer including a plurality of insulating layers which have wiring layers formed within the interlayer insulating film layer to construct an electric circuit with the image sensors; a support substrate attached on a bottom surface of the interlayer insulating film layer to be opposite to the sensor substrate, which support substrate include; a top surface proximate the interlayer insulating film layer, a bottom surface opposing the top surface and distal the sensor substrate, and contact electrodes buried within the support substrate, extending between the top surface and the bottom surface and being electrically coupled to the wiring layers of the interlayer insulating film layer at the top surface to electrically connect the top surface to the image sensors through the wiring layers; and a lens layer formed over a top surface of the sensor substrate to be opposite to the interlayer insulating film layer, which lens layer has a plurality of microlenses formed within the lens layer.