Solidstate image-taking apparatus and laminated chip for use therewith
OwnerKazuo Akimotoinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A solidstate image-taking apparatus has an optical filter and a protective plate combined into a single, integrated structure adhered directly to a solidstate image-taking element, thereby reducing the overall size of the image-taking apparatus. The protective plate may itself be the optical filter, or the optical filter may be an infrared cutout filter, a reflection preventing filter or a low pass filter which is adhered to the protective plate. In the case where the protective plate serves as the optical filter, one face of the protective plate may be provided with a reflection preventing coating layer and the other face thereof may be provided with an infrared cutout coating layer.
Claims26
An image-taking apparatus comprising:
- a circuit board;
- a solidstate image-taking element electrically connected to circuitry on the circuit board;
- a combined optical filter and protective plate connected directly to the solidstate image-taking element;
- and a lens holder having a lens for focusing an image on the solidstate image-taking element.
A laminated chip for use in an image-taking apparatus, the laminated chip comprising:
- a laminated structure having a lower protective plate, a solidstate image-taking element adhered to an upper face of the lower protective plate, and a combined optical filter and protective plate adhered to a front face of the image-taking element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.