Patent ID: 7829833

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: an optical element permitting image pickup light to pass through; an electric board having connection patterns on one face, and having the optical element fixed on the other face; an image pickup device ( 1 ) being a bare chip, ( 2 ) being plate-shaped, ( 3 ) having an uncovered outer periphery, and ( 4 ) having an image pickup area and a mount area on the same face, the image pickup device being electrically connected to the connection patterns in the one face of the electric board such that the image pickup area is opposed to the optical element; a support for supporting the image pickup device, wherein the support is plate-shaped and has an opening which is supplied with an adhesive to fix the image pickup device to the support, the adhesive being supplied only in the opening of the support, wherein an area of the opening is smaller than the area of the chip, and wherein the electric board is a flexible printed circuit board.