PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image pickup apparatus which can be disposed in a small space.SOLUTION: The image pickup apparatus 1 includes an image pickup device chip 10 having a CMOS device 11 on a front face 14 and external connection terminals 13 on a rear face via a through-hole interconnection 12 a wiring board 30 placed within a projection area 10S of the image pickup device chip 10 and made up of an intermediate portion 30M whose first main face 33 is connected with the external connection terminal 13, a first flexing portion 30V1 and a second flexing portion 30V2 extended from opposite ends of the intermediate portion 30M and bent toward the intermediate portion at a predetermined angle θv, and a first extension portion 30C1 and a second extension portion 30C2 and a signal cable 38 connected to the first extension portion 30C1 and the second extension portion 30C2.
