# US 12,015,043 B2 · Packaging structure, electronic device, and method for manufacturing the packaging structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,015,043 B2 - Document ID: US12015043B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/378,472 - Filed: 2021-07-16 - Published: 2022-01-20 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2020-07-17 - Assignees: Triple Win Technology(Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. - Applicants: Triple Win Technology(Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. - Inventors: Hsin-Yen Hsu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015043B2 ## CPC - H10F 39/804: {Containers or encapsulations} - H10F 39/811: {Interconnections} - H10F 39/011: {Manufacture or treatment of image sensors covered by group H10F39/12} - H10F 39/026: {Wafer-level processing} - H10F 39/802: {Geometry or disposition of elements in pixels, e.g. address-lines or gate electrodes} - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A packaging structure for an image sensor used in an electronic device includes a flexible circuit board, a reinforcing plate, an image sensor, and an adhesive layer. The reinforcing plate is disposed on the flexible circuit board. The image sensor is disposed in the reinforcing plate. The adhesive layer bonds the flexible circuit board, the reinforcing plate, the image sensor and the conductor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A packaging structure comprising: a flexible circuit board comprising a first opening and a protruding portion surrounding the first opening; a reinforcing plate disposed on the flexible circuit board, the reinforcing plate comprising a second opening connected to the first opening, and the protruding portion protruding from a periphery of the second opening toward a center axis of the second opening; a conductor; an image sensor comprising a photosensitive area and a connecting area surrounding the photosensitive area, the image sensor disposed in the second opening, the connecting area and the protruding portion spaced apart from each other, the conductor electrically connecting the protruding portion to the protruding portion, the photosensitive area exposed from the first opening; and an adhesive layer bonding together the protruding portion, the reinforcing plate, the connecting area, and the conductor, the adhesive layer disposed between a periphery of the image sensor and an inner sidewall of the second opening of the reinforcing plate, and the adhesive layer further covering the conductor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The packaging structure of claim 1, wherein a periphery of the first opening comprises a first point A and a second point B, the periphery of the second opening comprises a third point C and a fourth point D, the first point A, the second point B, the third point C, and the fourth point D are all in a same plane, a distance between the points A and B is less than a distance between the third point C and the fourth point D. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The packaging structure of claim 2, wherein a periphery of the image sensor comprises a fifth point E and a sixth point F, the fifth point E, the sixth point F and the first point A and the second point B are all in the same plane, the distance between the first point A and the second B is less than a distance between the fifth point E and the sixth point F. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The packaging structure of claim 1, wherein the flexible circuit board further comprises a dielectric layer and a circuit layer disposed in the dielectric layer, the conductor further connects the circuit layer to the connecting area, and the adhesive layer further connects the dielectric layer to the connecting area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The packaging structure of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing plate is made of metal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The packaging structure of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing plate is made of non-metal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The packaging structure of claim 1, wherein the conductor comprises gold balls, tin balls, or silver glue. ### Claim 8 An electronic device comprising: a packaging structure comprising: a flexible circuit board comprising a first opening and a protruding portion surrounding the first opening; a reinforcing plate disposed on the flexible circuit board, the reinforcing plate comprising a second opening connected to the first opening, and the protruding portion protruding from a periphery of the second opening toward a center axis of the second opening; a conductor; an image sensor comprising a photosensitive area and a connecting area surrounding the photosensitive area, the image sensor disposed in the second opening, the connecting area and the protruding portion spaced apart from each other, the conductor electrically connecting the protruding portion to the protruding portion, the photosensitive area exposed from the first opening; and an adhesive layer bonding together the protruding portion, the reinforcing plate, the connecting area, and the conductor, the adhesive layer disposed between a periphery of the image sensor and an inner sidewall of the second opening of the reinforcing plate, and the adhesive layer further covering the conductor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein a periphery of the first opening comprises a first point A and a second point B, the periphery of the second opening comprises a third point C and a fourth point D, the first point A, the second point B, the third point C, and the fourth point D are all in a same plane, a distance between the points A and B is less than a distance between the third point C and the fourth point D. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein a periphery of the image sensor comprises a fifth point E and a sixth point F, the fifth point E, the sixth point F and the first point A and the second point B are all in the same plane, the distance between the first point A and the second B is less than a distance between the fifth point E and the sixth point F. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the flexible circuit board further comprises a dielectric layer and a circuit layer disposed in the dielectric layer, the conductor further connects the circuit layer to the connecting area, and the adhesive layer further connects the dielectric layer to the connecting area.