Semiconductor device having a reinforcing member for filling a gap between a semiconductor chip and a cover member and manufacturing method for semiconductor device

US8937362B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8937362-B2
Application numberUS-201313975578-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 26, 2013
Priority dateMar 1, 2011
Publication dateJan 20, 2015
Grant dateJan 20, 2015

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An image pickup apparatus includes a semiconductor chip including a light receiving section, a frame-like spacer arranged on the semiconductor chip to surround the light receiving section, a transparent flat plate section arranged on the semiconductor chip via the spacer and having a plan view dimension larger than a plan view dimension of the spacer and smaller than a plan view dimension of the semiconductor chip, and a reinforcing member for filling a gap between the semiconductor chip and the transparent flat plate section on the outer side of the spacer and having a plan view dimension larger than the plan view dimension of the transparent flat plate section and smaller than the plan view dimension of the semiconductor chip.

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What is claimed is: 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an image pickup device chip including a light receiving element section; a frame-like spacer arranged on the image pickup device chip to surround the light receiving element section; a cover member formed of a transparent flat plate, arranged on the image pickup device chip via the spacer and having a plan view dimension larger than a plan view dimension of the spacer and smaller than a plan view dimension of the image…

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What does patent US8937362B2 cover?
An image pickup apparatus includes a semiconductor chip including a light receiving section, a frame-like spacer arranged on the semiconductor chip to surround the light receiving section, a transparent flat plate section arranged on the semiconductor chip via the spacer and having a plan view dimension larger than a plan view dimension of the spacer and smaller than a plan view dimension of th…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Olympus Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H10W76/40. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 20 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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