Patent ID: 7041527

Claim:
A method of mass producing a multiplicity of image sensor packages on a common substrate, each of said packages having: an image sensor chip with multiple output terminal, a printed wiring frame having at least one conductor thereon, said conductor having one end coupled to one of said output terminals, said conductor having a second end extending to the bottom of said printed wiring frame; the method comprising the steps of: printing a large number of said printed wiring frame on a common substrate as a matrix, and dicing said common substrate into said number of said printed wiring frames, wherein said transparent seal is fed through a mold having a male part and a female part, said female part having parallel grooves aligned with said image sensor ackaes in the same column of the matrix and an inlet at one end of each of said grooves to feed a sealing compound to form said seal, said male part being a flat plate pressing said substrate against said female part.