Patent ID: 7640653

Claim:
An attaching device for attaching a solid state pickup device to an electronic camera including a lens barrel, and a condenser lens supported in said lens barrel, said solid state pickup device having a wiring pattern disposed on an outside thereof, said attaching device comprising: a receiving recess formed in an inner portion of said attaching device for positioning said solid state pickup device opposite said lens barrel such that said solid state pickup device is disposed behind said condenser lens, said solid state pickup device having a front face and a first end face of which at least one portion is engaged with said receiving recess, wherein said at least one portion lacks said wiring pattern; and a pressure mechanism for pressing said solid state pickup device in an optical axis direction of said condenser lens and a crosswise direction to said optical axis direction, for tightly fitting said front face and said first end face into said receiving recess, to position said solid state pickup device fixedly in said receiving recess, wherein said solid state pickup device includes: an imaging element having a light receiving surface directed to a front of said electronic camera; a shield glass layer attached to said imaging element to cover said light receiving surface; and a reinforcing glass layer attached to said imaging element on a side opposite to said light receiving surface.