Patent ID: 7863702

Claim:
An image sensor package assembling method comprising: providing a substrate on which a plurality of image sensors are mounted; providing a housing strip including a plurality of housings arranged corresponding to an arrangement of the plurality of image sensors on the substrate, each of the plurality of housings including an aperture corresponding to an active surface of a corresponding one of the plurality of image sensors and a cavity for at least partly receiving therein a corresponding one of the plurality of image sensors; affixing the housing strip on the substrate; attaching a transparent cover plate to seal the apertures of the plurality of housings on the housing strip; and separating the plurality of image sensors from each other by cutting the transparent cover plate, the housing strip, and the substrate, wherein the separating of the plurality of the image sensors comprises: cutting the transparent cover plate, thereby exposing a portion of the housing strip; and cutting the substrate and the exposed portion of the housing strip, wherein the cutting of the transparent cover plate and the cutting of the exposed portion of the housing strip and the substrate are processed such that a cutting surface of the transparent cover plate can be located more inwardly than the exposed portion of the housing strip and a cutting surface of the substrate.