US 7,612,333 B2
Imaging apparatus and photoelectric conversion element package retaining unit
Koji Ishikawa, Kawasaki (Japan)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/196,912.
Claims priority of application No. 2007-218088 (JP), filed on Aug. 24, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2009/0050795 A1, Feb. 26, 2009
Int. Cl. H01J 5/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 250—239  [348/374; 257/433; 257/698] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photoelectric conversion element package retaining unit comprising:
a photoelectric conversion element package including electrodes formed on a rear surface of a light-receiving surface;
a printed circuit board electrically connected to the electrodes of the photoelectric conversion element package, wherein the printed circuit board has a first opening formed in an area corresponding to an inside of the electrodes of the photoelectric conversion element package; and
a retaining member configured to retain the photoelectric conversion element package, wherein the retaining member includes:
a positioning unit configured to position the photoelectric conversion element package in an axial direction orthogonal to the light-receiving surface by abutting on the photoelectric conversion element package outside the electrodes of the photoelectric conversion element package; and
a second opening formed to pour an adhesive into the area corresponding to the inside of the electrodes of the photoelectric conversion element package.