Patent ID: 7629566

Claim:
A solid state imaging device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an image sensor formed on said semiconductor substrate, said image sensor having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a matrix form; a light shield covering a part of said image sensor for light protection; and radiation fins formed integrally on said light shield, wherein the plurality of light receiving elements is formed on said semiconductor substrate, wherein said image sensor is a CCD image sensor which includes: vertical transfer electrodes for transferring signal charges accumulated in said light receiving elements in a vertical direction; horizontal transfer electrodes connected perpendicular to said vertical transfer electrodes, for transferring said signal charges transferred from said vertical transfer electrodes in a horizontal direction; and an output amplifier for amplifying and outputting said signal charges transferred from said horizontal transfer electrodes, wherein said light shield is formed according to the positions of said horizontal transfer path and said output amplifier so as to cover said horizontal transfer electrodes and said output amplifier, whereas said radiation fins are formed above said output amplifier.