Lens moving apparatus, camera module and mobile device including the same

• US 10,057,493 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Tae Bong, Han, Jin Suk, Kim, Jung Cheol
• Primary Examiner(s): Ye, Lin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chan
• Application Number:
  US15/075,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20160277684A1
• Time in Patent Office: 883 Days
• Field of Search: 3482087
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/646 compensating for small deviations, e.g. due to vibration or shake movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur in cameras, projectors or printers G03B2205/0007; image stabilisation in cameras peculiar to the presence or use of an electronic image sensor H04N23/68
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/023 permitting adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/04 with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2205/0007 Movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2205/0069 using electromagnetic actuators, e.g. voice coils
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 3/10 Power-operated focusing
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 5/00 Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/6812 based on additional sensors, e.g. acceleration sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/683 performed by a processor, e.g. controlling the readout of an image memory
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/687 by shifting the lens or sensor position

Abstract

Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin having a lens barrel, a housing configured to accommodate the bobbin, an upper elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a lower elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a first coil disposed on the bobbin, a first magnet disposed on the housing, a circuit board disposed below the housing, a second coil disposed on the circuit board, a first sensor to output a first output signal based on a sensed result of a magnetic field strength of the first magnet, a first capacitor connected in parallel to the first sensor.

Claims

1. A lens moving apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a bobbin disposed in the housing;

an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and an upper portion of the housing;

a lower elastic member coupled to a lower portion of the bobbin and a lower portion of the housing;

a first coil disposed on the bobbin;

a first magnet disposed on the housing;

a circuit board disposed below the housing;

a second coil disposed on the circuit board and facing the first magnet;

a first sensor disposed below the second coil and including first and second input terminals, and first and second output terminals;

a first capacitor mounted on the circuit board and connected in parallel to the first and second output terminals of the first sensor;

a second sensor disposed below the second coil and including first and second input terminals, and first and second output terminals; and

a second capacitor mounted on the circuit board and connected in parallel to the first and second output terminals of the second sensor.

2. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first and second sensors and the first and second capacitors are disposed on the circuit board.

3. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first capacitor is connected to the first sensor and the second capacitor is connected to the second sensor via a wire formed on the circuit board.

4. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 2, wherein each of the first and second capacitors is mounted on the circuit board in a chip form.

5. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an output signal from either end of the first capacitor is a time-delayed signal of the output signal of the first sensor, and an output signal from either end of the second capacitor is a time-delayed signal of the output signal of the second sensor.

6. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a base disposed below the circuit board; and

a support member disposed on a side portion of the housing and configured to support the housing so that the housing is spaced apart from the base.

7. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first and second sensors and the first and second capacitors are located between the circuit board and the base.

8. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the base has first recesses configured to receive the first and second sensors and second recesses configured to receive the first and second capacitors, the first recesses and the second recesses being formed at an upper surface of the base.

9. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first and second sensors and the first and second capacitors are disposed on a lower surface of the circuit board and the lower surface of the circuit board faces an upper surface of the base.

10. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second capacitors has a capacitance within a range from 0.1 μ

F to 1 μ

F.

11. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first capacitor performs time-delay of the first output signal, and the second capacitor performs time-delay of the second output signal.

12. A camera module comprising:

the lens moving apparatus according to claim 1; and

an image sensor mounted on the lens moving apparatus.

13. A mobile device comprising:

a display module including a plurality of pixels, a color of which varies by an electrical signal;

the camera module according to claim 12, the camera module being configured to convert an image, introduced through a lens, into an electrical signal; and

a controller configured to control operations of the display module and the camera module.

14. The mobile device according to claim 13, wherein the controller comprises:

a first amplifier amplifying the first output signal of the first sensor; and

a second amplifier amplifying the second output signal of the second sensor,

wherein each of the first amplifier and the second amplifier is configured to be formed to a differential calculation amplifier.

15. The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein one end of the first capacitor is connected to a first input terminal of the first amplifier and the other end of the first capacitor is connected to a second input terminal of the first amplifier, and wherein one end of the second capacitor is connected to a first input terminal of the second amplifier and the other end of the second capacitor is connected to a second input terminal of the second amplifier.

16. The mobile device according to claim 15, wherein the first and second output terminals of the first sensor, both the ends of the first capacitor, and the first and second input terminals of the first amplifier are connected in parallel to one another;

and

wherein the first and second output terminals of the second sensor, both the ends of the second capacitor, and the first and second input terminals of the second amplifier are connected in parallel to one another.

17. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second capacitors is included in the circuit board.

18. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the first capacitor includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a first insulation layer interposed between the first conductive layer;

and

wherein the second capacitor includes a third conductive layer, a fourth conductive layer, and a second insulation layer interposed between the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer.

19. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second magnet disposed on the bobbin; and

a position sensor disposed on the housing so as to be opposite to the second magnet.

20. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a first input signal is input to the first and second input terminals of the first sensor, and a first output signal is output from the first and second output terminals of the first sensor based on a sensed result of a magnetic field strength of the first magnet;

and

wherein a second input signal is input to the first and second input terminals of the second sensor, and a second output signal is output from the first and second output terminals of the second sensor based on a sensed result of a magnetic field strength of the first magnet.