Abstract: An image pickup module includes: a lens unit including a first principal surface and a second principal surface; an image pickup unit including a third principal surface and a fourth principal surface on which an external electrode is disposed; a wiring board including a hole and a bonding electrode disposed on a bottom surface of the hole; a solder that bonds the bonding electrode and the external electrode; a rigid member that defines a spacing between the fourth principal surface and the bottom surface; and a second resin disposed between the fourth principal surface and the bottom surface.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus for endoscope includes a resin member in which an outer dimension of a third main surface is equal to an outer dimension of a second main surface, an image pickup member having a light receiving surface smaller than the second main surface, and having a first external electrode on a back surface covered by the resin member, a fan-out wiring provided to extend between an inside and an outside of an extension space, the extension space being an extension of the image pickup member in an optical axis direction, a first through wiring penetrating through the resin member, and provided in the inside of the extension space, a first bonding electrode connected with the external electrode through the first through wiring and the fan-out wiring and forming the fan-out wiring provided on the third main surface, and an electric cable bonded to the first bonding electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a trench capacitor arranged on the semiconductor substrate, a first wiring layer, a second wiring layer, a first TSV penetrating the semiconductor substrate outside the trench capacitor, a second TSV penetrating the semiconductor substrate outside the trench capacitor, a first connecting terminal connected to the first TSV, a second connecting terminal connected to the first TSV, a third connecting terminal connected to the second TSV, and a fourth connecting terminal connected to the second TSV. A plurality of connecting terminals including the first through fourth connecting terminals are arranged dispersively over an entire area of the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer of the semiconductor device, thereby stabilizing voltage supplied to an image unit and achieving a stable image signal.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes a first member including an illumination optical element and an observation optical element, an image pickup device, and a second member including a signal wire and an illumination member. The first member includes a first layer substrate including an illumination window and an observation window and a second layer substrate including a first illumination element and an observation lens, the second member includes a third layer substrate including a second illumination element and an opening in which the image pickup device is disposed and a fourth layer substrate including a third illumination element and a signal wire, the first member and the second member are stacked in order of the first layer substrate, the second layer substrate, the third layer substrate, and the fourth layer substrate and integrally bonded, and the first illumination element is a light emitting element.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus for endoscope includes: an optical unit having an incident surface and an emitting surface; an image pickup unit adhering to the emitting surface; an interposer where the image pickup unit is bonded to a first electrode of a first main surface; and an electric cable bonded to the interposer. The image pickup unit is smaller than the optical unit and the interposer in an outer size in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis. The image pickup apparatus for endoscope further includes a heat conductive resin with which a portion among the emitting surface, the first main surface, and a side surface of the image pickup unit is filled. The first electrode extends to a position where the first electrode is brought into contact with the heat conductive resin.

Abstract: An endoscope includes an image pickup module, and the image pickup module includes: an image pickup device an external electrode being disposed on a back surface of the image pickup device; a wiring element provided with a through-hole passing through a first main surface and a second main surface, a first electrode on the first main surface being bonded with the external electrode; a signal cable bonded with a second electrode on the second main surface of the wiring element; and a first resin that seals a first bump bonding the first electrode and the external electrode and a second bump bonding the second electrode and the signal cable, and fills the through-hole.

Abstract: An endoscope comprising: an objective optical system; an imager having a light receiving plane that faces an emitting plane of the objective optical system; a semiconductor device provided so as to face a plane, of the imager, opposite to the light receiving plane; and a conductive member that covers the objective optical system, the imager, and the semiconductor device, the conductive member having an external dimension that is identical between a side of the objective optical system and a side of the imager. A distance from an end portion of the semiconductor device in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the objective optical system to an inner wall of the conductive member is shorter than a distance from an end portion of the imager in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the objective optical system to the inner wall of the conductive member.

Abstract: An endoscope includes: an image sensor having a light receiving plane; a laminate provided to be opposed to an opposite side of the image sensor from the light receiving plane and having a plurality of layers formed by lamination of a plurality of semiconductor elements; and an insertion section having the image sensor and the laminate therein. The laminate includes: a first active layer in which a first active element is provided; a first passive layer in which a first passive element is provided and which is provided between the first active layer and the image sensor; and a through-silicon via provided in each of the first active layer and the first passive layer.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes a stacked device in which a plurality of semiconductor devices respectively including a plurality of through electrodes are stacked, a first semiconductor device, among the plurality of semiconductor devices, in which thermal resistance of a through electrode is highest among the plurality of through electrodes, is disposed in front of a first surface on which a first circuit that is one of the semiconductor circuits having a largest heat generation amount is formed, the plurality of through electrodes of the first semiconductor device are conformal vias, and the plurality of through electrodes of semiconductor devices other than the first semiconductor device are filled vias.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: a first member, in which a plurality of optical members are laminated; a second member including an image pickup device; and a third member including a spacer and a frame, a first through-hole that penetrates through the spacer and a second through-hole that has a larger sectional area in a direction that perpendicularly intersects an optical axis than a sectional area of the first through-hole and that penetrates through the frame are provided in the third member, the third member is glued to the first member, the second member is disposed in the second through-hole, and a front surface of the second member abuts on a second main surface of the spacer, and the frame is a frame body that shields light that is incident on the second through-hole from an image pickup side surface that is a side surface of the second member.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus disposed in an endoscope includes an optical unit in which a plurality of optical members are stacked, an image pickup unit including an image pickup device and a plurality of semiconductor devices, mold resin covering the optical unit and the image pickup unit, and a wiring board bonded to the image pickup unit, in which a recess is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the mold resin.

Abstract: An image pickup module includes an image pickup device having a light receiving circuit, a prism arranged on the light receiving circuit and configured to bend incident light to guide the incident light to the light receiving circuit, a stacked device that includes a plurality of semiconductor devices each having a through wiring and bonded to each other by solder, and is arranged around the light receiving circuit of the image pickup device, a resin layer stacked on an uppermost semiconductor device of the plurality of semiconductor devices of the stacked device, and a plurality of cables connected to the stacked device and having a connection portion with the stacked device covered with the resin layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a trench capacitor arranged on the semiconductor substrate, a first wiring layer, a second wiring layer, a first TSV penetrating the semiconductor substrate outside the trench capacitor, a second TSV penetrating the semiconductor substrate outside the trench capacitor, a first connecting terminal connected to the first TSV, a second connecting terminal connected to the first TSV, a third connecting terminal connected to the second TSV, and a fourth connecting terminal connected to the second TSV. A plurality of connecting terminals including the first through fourth connecting terminals are arranged dispersively over an entire area of the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer of the semiconductor device, thereby stabilizing voltage supplied to an image unit and achieving a stable image signal.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus for endoscope includes a resin member in which an outer dimension of a third main surface is equal to an outer dimension of a second main surface, an image pickup member having a light receiving surface smaller than the second main surface, and having a first external electrode on a back surface covered by the resin member, a fan-out wiring provided to extend between an inside and an outside of an extension space, the extension space being an extension of the image pickup member in an optical axis direction, a first through wiring penetrating through the resin member, and provided in the inside of the extension space, a first bonding electrode connected with the external electrode through the first through wiring and the fan-out wiring and forming the fan-out wiring provided on the third main surface, and an electric cable bonded to the first bonding electrode.

Abstract: An image pickup module includes a stacked element in which an external electrode is disposed on a rear surface, a first wiring board where a front electrode connected to the external electrode by an interconnecting bonding section and a first electrode are disposed, and a first signal cable connected to the first electrode by a cable bonding section, in which the first wiring board is flexible and includes a bent section in a space defined by extending a first region out of the first region and a second region obtained by dividing the rear surface into two regions in an optical axis direction, and a length of the first wiring board from the interconnecting bonding section to the cable bonding section is longer than a length of the stacked element from the interconnecting bonding section to an end side in the first region.

Abstract: An image pickup module includes a stacked element in which an external electrode is disposed on a rear surface, a first wiring board where a front electrode connected to the external electrode by an interconnecting bonding section and a first electrode are disposed, and a first signal cable connected to the first electrode by a cable bonding section, in which the first wiring board is flexible and includes a bent section in a space defined by extending a first region out of the first region and a second region obtained by dividing the rear surface into two regions in an optical axis direction, and a length of the first wiring board from the interconnecting bonding section to the cable bonding section is longer than a length of the stacked element from the interconnecting bonding section to an end side in the first region.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: a first member, in which a plurality of optical members are laminated; a second member including an image pickup device; and a third member including a spacer and a frame, a first through-hole that penetrates through the spacer and a second through-hole that has a larger sectional area in a direction that perpendicularly intersects an optical axis than a sectional area of the first through-hole and that penetrates through the frame are provided in the third member, the third member is glued to the first member, the second member is disposed in the second through-hole, and a front surface of the second member abuts on a second main surface of the spacer, and the frame is a frame body that shields light that is incident on the second through-hole from an image pickup side surface that is a side surface of the second member.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup module in which an image pickup device is laminated, a relay board having a plurality of flying leads which are electrically connected to a proximal end face of the image pickup module through ultrasonic wire bonding, and a plurality of cables electrically connected to a plurality of connection lands of the relay board, and a bent portion is formed on the relay board so that the plurality of cables are fitted within a projection surface of the proximal end face of the image pickup module.

Abstract: An image pickup unit includes: an image pickup device; a device laminate in which a plurality of semiconductor devices are laminated; and a signal cable having a lead wire and a shield lead wire. The plurality of semiconductor devices have cutouts. A groove in parallel with an optical axis direction is configured on a side surface of the device laminate by a plurality of the cutouts which communicate with one another. On cutout surfaces of the semiconductor devices, side electrodes are arranged. The lead wire and the shield lead wire are housed in the respective cutouts which have diameters in accordance with respective diameters of the lead wire and the shield lead wire. The lead wire is bonded to the side electrode and the shield lead wire is bonded to the side electrode.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus disposed in an endoscope includes an optical unit in which a plurality of optical members are stacked, an image pickup unit including an image pickup device and a plurality of semiconductor devices, mold resin covering the optical unit and the image pickup unit, and a wiring board bonded to the image pickup unit, in which a recess is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the mold resin.