Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup member including an image pickup device, a stacked device in which a plurality of semiconductor devices are stacked, a wiring board having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, the wiring board including a central section having a substrate thicker than the image pickup device, an intermediate section that is extended from the central section and is bent, and a terminal section that is extended from the intermediate section, the image pickup member being bonded to the first principal surface of the central section, the stacked device being bonded to the second principal surface of the central section, and a plurality of signal cables bonded to the terminal section.

Abstract: An image pickup unit includes: a bonded device provided with a light receiving surface, an undersurface, and four side faces, the bonded device including a light receiving element provided with a light receiving circuit, and a circuit element provided with a peripheral circuit and direct-bonded to the light receiving element; a first protective layer covering the four side faces, the first protective layer being made of an inorganic material; a second protective layer covering the first protective layer, the second protective layer being made of metal; and a third protective layer covering the second protective layer, the third protective layer being made of an organic material.

Abstract: An imaging module includes an imager having an optical member on a light receiving surface, an electronic component having a front surface facing the same direction as the one to which an incidence surface of the optical member faces, a resin portion that has a first surface flush with the incidence surface of the optical member and the front surface of the electronic component, and a second surface that is a surface on a side opposite to the first surface while having the imager and the electronic component being embedded therein such that the incidence surface and the front surface are exposed to the first surface, an external connection terminal provided on the second surface, and a through wiring that extends through the resin portion to connect at least one of the imager and the electronic component with the external connection terminal.

Abstract: An imaging module includes an imager having an optical member on a light receiving surface, an electronic component having a front surface facing the same direction as the one to which an incidence surface of the optical member faces, a resin portion that has a first surface flush with the incidence surface of the optical member and the front surface of the electronic component, and a second surface that is a surface on a side opposite to the first surface while having the imager and the electronic component being embedded therein such that the incidence surface and the front surface are exposed to the first surface, an external connection terminal provided on the second surface, and a through wiring that extends through the resin portion to connect at least one of the imager and the electronic component with the external connection terminal.

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 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 an image pickup member including an image pickup device, a stacked device in which a plurality of semiconductor devices are stacked, a wiring board having a first principal surface and a second principal surface, the wiring board including a central section having a substrate thicker than the image pickup device, an intermediate section that is extended from the central section and is bent, and a terminal section that is extended from the intermediate section, the image pickup member being bonded to the first principal surface of the central section, the stacked device being bonded to the second principal surface of the central section, and a plurality of signal cables bonded to the terminal section.

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 apparatus includes an image pickup member and a laminated optical member that is fixed in frame-shaped fixed areas around respective optical path areas. The fixed areas include a first area and a second area. A width of the first area is greater than a width of the second area. In the laminated optical member, an optical surface central axis deviates from an optical axis toward the first area. In the image pickup member, an image pickup surface central axis that is a central axis of a first main surface deviates from the optical axis.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device including a wiring connecting a first electrode on a light receiving surface and a second electrode on a rear surface, a first wiring board including a distal end surface, from which a flying lead protrudes, arranged to oppose the rear surface of the image pickup device, a second wiring board including a second main surface to which an upper surface of the first wiring board is made to adhere and including a distal end surface arranged to oppose the rear surface, in which the flying lead is bent and bonded to the second electrode, and a sealing member sealing a bonding section between the second electrode and the flying lead and an adhesion member that makes the distal end surface of the second wiring board and the rear surface adhere to each other are composed of integral curable resin.

Abstract: An endoscope system includes an endoscope having an insertion portion. The endoscope is attached to the proximal end of the insertion portion. An image capturing module is attached to the distal-end portion of an insertion portion. The image capturing module includes a wiring board having a principal surface including first electrodes and second electrodes disposed thereon. An image capturing element includes respective photodetection and reverse surfaces. The reverse surface includes external electrodes and is connected to the first electrodes on the wiring board. A prism having an entrance surface to which light is applied, a reflection surface, and an exit surface in which the exit surface being bonded to the photodetection surface of the image capturing element. A support member is used to support the prism. A layered element including a plurality of elements is layered together and having an upper surface, a lower surface with element electrodes disposed thereon.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes: a wiring board including a mounting surface; an image pickup device mounted on the mounting surface, the image pickup device including, on a light-receiving surface thereof, a light-receiving section; an optical component including a first main surface and a second main surface, the second main surface being bonded to the light-receiving surface; an electronic component mounted on the mounting surface; and sealing resin disposed on the mounting surface, covering the image pickup device, located on the same surface as the first main surface and including a resin upper surface parallel to the mounting surface.

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 an image pickup member and a laminated optical member that is fixed in frame-shaped fixed areas around respective optical path areas. The fixed areas include a first area and a second area. A width of the first area is greater than a width of the second area. In the laminated optical member, an optical surface central axis deviates from an optical axis toward the first area. In the image pickup member, an image pickup surface central axis that is a central axis of a first main surface deviates from the optical axis.

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 including: an image pickup unit having a plurality of stacked semiconductor devices, the plurality of stacked semiconductor devices including an image pickup sensor; and a frame including a hollow portion in which the image pickup unit is inserted, wherein the image pickup unit includes a first side surface orthogonal to a principal surface of the image pickup sensor, and a second side surface opposed to the first side surface, and two edges of four edges defining the first side surface of the image pickup unit are in contact with an inner surface of the frame, the two edges being orthogonal to the principal surface of the image pickup device, and the second side surface is not in contact with the inner surface of the frame.

Abstract: An electronic circuit board includes: electronic components; a silicon board that is plate shaped, includes a wiring pattern provided on at least one of a surface and a reverse surface thereof, and includes recessed portions where the electronic components are individually mounted; and a supporting board that is layered over the reverse surface of the silicon board, and includes a wiring pattern provided on at least one of a surface and a reverse surface thereof. Side faces of the recessed portions are perpendicular to the surface of the silicon board, the wiring pattern is connected to at least one of the electronic components mounted in the recessed portions, via at least one of a via and a bottom surface electrode provided in of the at least one of the recessed portions, and the recessed portions penetrate through the silicon board.

Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor device having a semiconductor circuit formed on a first main surface, and including a via having an opening at a second main surface, a first wiring disposed on the first main surface of the semiconductor device, partially exposed at a bottom surface of the via, and connected to the semiconductor circuit, a first insulating layer covering the first wiring, and a redistribution wiring extending from a contact portion in contact with the first wiring at the bottom surface of the via, through an inside of the via and onto the second main surface, where a first through hole is formed in the first wiring, and the contact portion is in contact with a plurality of surfaces of the first wiring.

Abstract: An image pickup module includes a plurality of semiconductor devices laminated via a sealing layer a signal is transmitted via a signal cable connected to a rear surface of the image pickup module, a first semiconductor device has a semiconductor circuit portion in a central area on a first principal plane, through wires in an intermediate area and first electrodes connected to the through wires in the central area on a second principal plane, the second semiconductor device has second electrodes in the central area on a third principal plane, and an external connection terminal to which the signal cable is connected, on a rear surface, and the sealing layer includes a first sealing layer arranged in the central area and a second sealing layer disposed in an outer circumferential area surrounding the intermediate area and with a Young's modulus smaller than a Young's modulus of the first sealing layer.