Patent ID: 7940296

Claim:
An image capturing unit for an electronic endoscope, comprising: a solid-state image capturing element, which is adapted to capture an image of an object; a metallic housing member, which is adapted to hermetically enclose a circumference of an insulated base holding the image capturing element and is arranged to cover a front-end portion of the insulated base, the insulated base being in a shape of a block with a recessed portion at a front thereof; at least one connection land, which is connected to at least one signal conductor at a position in a vicinity to a rear-end portion of the insulated base outside the housing member; and a conductive cylindrical shield, which is arranged to surround the position where the at least one connection land and the at least one signal conductor are connected and is spaced from the at least one connection land and the at least one signal conductor in a radial direction, wherein an outer periphery of the rear-end portion of the insulated base is formed to be smaller than a circumference of the insulated base enclosed by the housing member, so that an outer periphery of the cylindrical shield is smaller than an outer periphery of the housing member.