Patent ID: 7745834

Claim:
A semiconductor image sensor, which is connected with an external device when the sensor is used, the sensor comprising: a semiconductor imaging element including a silicon substrate, an imaging area for detecting light disposed on the silicon substrate, a peripheral circuit area disposed on the silicon substrate, and an electrode area in which electrode terminals are formed on the silicon substrate; a transparent resin layer formed on a circuit-formation surface of the semiconductor imaging element; and cylindrical electrodes formed on the electrode terminals, having an upper surface existing in the same plane as an upper surface of the transparent resin layer, and provided for connection with the external device, wherein: an upper surface of the semiconductor imaging element is entirely covered with a transparent resin, and the silicon substrate is exposed at a side surface and a back surface of the semiconductor imaging element, an area of an upper surface of the transparent resin layer is substantially the same as that of the upper surface of the semiconductor imaging element, and side faces of the transparent resin layer and the semiconductor imaging element are substantially located in the same plane.