Patent ID: 7202460

Claim:
A camera module comprising: a lens holder carrying an image-pickup lens; a molded body to which the lens holder is attached; protruding parts formed on a mounting surface of said molded body; a metal film, formed on said protruding parts, forming a pattern wiring on the mounting surface of said molded body so as to constitute external connection terminals together with said protruding parts; a semiconductor element embedded in said molded body; an imaging device mounted on the mounting surface of said molded body and having an imaging surface facing said image-pickup lens through an opening of said molded body; and a wiring board to which said molded body is mounted, wherein the electrodes of said semiconductor element are electrically connected to said pattern wiring, and said protruding parts include first protruding parts formed directly and entirely under the semiconductor element and second protruding parts located around said semiconductor element, and the metal film formed on said first protruding parts is extended to a position around said semiconductor element by said pattern wiring, so that a part of said pattern wiring is located directly under said semiconductor element and is connected to the metal film formed on said first protruding parts.