Optical image stabilization (OIS) unit of a camera module

• US 10,274,746 B2
• Filed: 04/08/2016
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Oh, Sangyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Selby, Gevell V
• Application Number:
  US15/094,592
• Publication Number:
  US 20160223830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,117 Days
• 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 7/09 adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 13/36 Autofocus systems
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2205/0007 Movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur imaging systems in general using optical elements for stabilisation of the position of the image G02B27/64
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2205/0069 using electromagnetic actuators, e.g. voice coils
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 5/00 Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• 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 23/67 Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/685 performed by mechanical compensation

Abstract

An Optical Image Stabilization unit including a wire connecting a housing to a holder module, a bobbin disposed inside the outer blade, a spring member disposed at the outer blade to support a movement of the bobbin in a direction along an optical axis, a first coil disposed at a periphery of the bobbin, a magnet moving the bobbin relative to the holder module by interacting with the first coil, a second coil moving the holder module relative to the housing by interacting with the magnet, a first solder portion disposed at a distal end of the wire to couple the wire to the housing, a second solder portion disposed at the other distal end of the wire to couple the wire to the holder module, and a buffer portion disposed at a part of the wire by being distanced from at least one of the first solder portion and the second solder portion to restrict a movement of the holder module relative to the housing by being coupled to at least one of the housing and the holder module.

Claims

1. An OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) unit, comprising;

a housing comprising a base and a first substrate;

a holder module comprising an outer blade spaced apart from the base, a bobbin disposed in the outer blade, and a spring member connecting the outer blade and the bobbin to support a movement of the bobbin in a direction along an optical axis;

a wire connecting the housing and the holder module;

a first coil disposed on a periphery of the bobbin;

a magnet configured to move the bobbin relative to the holder module by interacting with the first coil;

a second coil configured to move the holder module relative to the housing by interacting with the magnet;

a first solder disposed at a distal end of the wire to couple the wire to the housing;

a second solder disposed at the other distal end of the wire to couple the wire to the holder module; and

a buffer portion disposed at a part of the wire by being distanced from at least one of the first solder and the second solder to restrict a movement of the holder module relative to the housing by being coupled to at least one of the housing and the holder module,

wherein the wire and the spring member are electrically connected through the second solder.

2. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein the first solder portion couples the wire with the first substrate.

3. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein the buffer portion couples the wire with the housing.

4. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein the buffer portion contacts at least one of the first solder and the second solder.

5. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein a part of the buffer portion is disposed between the first solder and the second solder.

6. The OIS unit of claim 5, wherein the part of the buffer portion wraps at least a part of the wire.

7. The OIS unit of claim 5, wherein the buffer portion is an insulation material, and

wherein the wire is formed with a metal material and having a thickness of 1 to 100 μ

m.

8. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein the holder module further includes comprises a second substrate, wherein the second solder couples the wire with the second substrate, and wherein the wire is electrically connected to the spring member through the second substrate.

9. The OIS unit of claim 4, wherein the buffer portion is disposed to wrap a part of at least one of the first solder and the second solder.

10. The OIS unit of claim 4, wherein the buffer portion is disposed to wrap an entire part of at least one of the first solder and the second solder.

11. The OIS unit of claim 7, wherein the buffer portion is an adhesive material.

12. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein a current is supplied to the first coil through the first solder and the second solder.

13. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein the wire supplies a current to the first coil through the spring member.

14. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein the first substrate further comprises a terminal unit to supply a current to the first coil and the second coil.

15. The OIS unit of claim 14, wherein the terminal unit comprises two terminals for auto focusing control and four terminals for OIS driving.

16. The OIS unit of claim 3, wherein the wire and the housing are adhered by the buffer portion.

17. The OIS unit of claim 2, wherein the first substrate comprises a hole disposed at a position corresponding to the wire, and

wherein the first solder connects a distal end of the wire having passed through the hole of the first substrate to the first substrate.

18. The OIS unit of claim 17, wherein an area of the first substrate corresponding to the first solder is opened by a solder resist.

19. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein at least a part of the buffer portion and the first solder are mutually oppositely arranged relative to the first substrate.

20. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first solder and the second solder wraps a distal end of the wire.

21. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein the buffer portion restricts a movement of holder module relative to the housing when a shock is applied to at least one of the first solder and the second solder.

22. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein the buffer portion mitigates a shock when a shock is applied to one of the first solder and the second solder.

23. The OIS unit of claim 1, wherein the buffer portion mitigates a trembling of at least one of the wire and the holder module when a shock is applied to one of the first solder and the second solder.

24. A camera module of claim 1, further comprising a third substrate disposed under the base and an image sensor coupled to the third substrate,

wherein the holder module is configured to move relative to the image sensor.

25. The OIS unit of claim 2, wherein the first substrate comprises a pad and a hole disposed at a center region of the pad, and

wherein a distal end of the wire passes through the hole of the first substrate and the wire is connected to the pad of the first substrate through the first solder.

26. An OIS (Optical Image Stabilization) unit, comprising:

a housing;

a holder module comprising an outer blade spaced apart from a base, a bobbin disposed in the outer blade, and a spring member disposed on the outer blade to support a movement of the bobbin in a direction along an optical axis;

a wire connecting the housing and the holder module;

a first coil disposed on a periphery of the bobbin;

a magnet configured to move the bobbin relative to the holder module by interacting with the first coil;

a second coil configured to move the holder module relative to the housing by interacting with the magnet;

a first solder disposed at a distal end of the wire to couple the wire to the housing;

a second solder disposed at the other distal end of the wire to couple the wire to the holder module; and

a buffer portion comprising a portion disposed between the first solder and the second solder to attach the wire to at least one of the housing and the holder module,

wherein the buffer portion contacts at least one of the first solder and the second solder.

27. The OIS unit of claim 26, wherein the housing further comprises a first substrate,

wherein the first solder couples the wire with the first substrate, and

wherein the wire and the spring member are electrically connected through the second solder.

28. The OIS unit of claim 26, wherein the holder module further comprises a second substrate,

wherein the second solder couples the wire with the second substrate, and

wherein the wire is electrically connected to the spring member through the second substrate.

29. The OIS unit of claim 26, wherein the buffer portion is coupled to the wire and the housing.

30. The OIS unit of claim 26, wherein the buffer portion mitigates a shock and a trembling of at least one of the wire and the holder module when the shock is applied to one of the first solder and the second solder.