Lens moving apparatus and camera module and optical device including the same

• US 10,551,587 B2
• Filed: 02/07/2018
• Issued: 02/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Park, Sang Ok, Lee, Jun Taek, Son, Byung Wook, Min, Sang Jun, Yoo, Kyoung Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Alexander, William R
• Application Number:
  US15/890,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20180164536A1
• Time in Patent Office: 727 Days
• Field of Search: 359557
• 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 7/00 Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/023 permitting adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/08 adapted to co-operate with a remote control mechanism
• 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 23/6812 based on additional sensors, e.g. acceleration sensors

Abstract

Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin including a first coil disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a housing provided with first and second magnets for moving the bobbin by interaction with the first coil, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, and a first position sensor for detecting a sum of intensities of magnetic fields of the first and second magnets, wherein the first position sensor is disposed in a space between the first magnet and the second magnet when the bobbin is disposed at an initial position.

Claims

1. A lens moving apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a bobbin disposed in the housing;

a first coil disposed on the bobbin;

a magnet disposed on the housing;

a base disposed below the bobbin; and

a circuit board disposed on the base;

wherein the circuit board comprises a terminal rib, a terminal disposed on the terminal rib, and a coating layer disposed on an upper surface of the terminal rib and an upper surface of the terminal;

wherein the coating layer exposes a portion of the upper surface of the terminal, and

wherein a length of a boundary line between the coating layer and the portion of the upper surface of the terminal is longer than a width of the terminal.

2. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board comprises a plurality of terminals disposed on the terminal rib, and

wherein the coating layer disposed on the plurality of terminals,

wherein a portion of an upper surface of each of the plurality of terminals is exposed from the coating layer.

3. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the boundary line is configured to have a line shape having a bent point or a line shape having two adjacent sides of a triangle.

4. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the boundary line is configured to have a round shape, an arcuate shape, or a semicircular shape.

5. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a width of the boundary in a longitudinal direction of the terminal is within a range of 0.03 mm to 0.07 mm.

6. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the coating layer is made of photo solder resist ink or polyimide.

7. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuit board further comprises a conductive layer disposed between the terminal rib and a lower surface of the terminal, and

wherein the terminal rib, the conductive layer, and the terminal are conductively connected to each other.

8. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conductive layer is formed into a plate shape from copper or a copper alloy.

9. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the circuit board further comprises at least one via penetrating through the conductive layer and the terminal, and

wherein the at least one via conductively connects the terminal rib, the conductive layer, and the terminal to each other.

10. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the terminal is disposed on an upper surface of the conductive layer and exposes a portion of the upper surface of the conductive layer, and

wherein the coating layer exposes the portion of the upper surface of the conductive layer exposed from the terminal.

11. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the at least one via comprises a first via connecting the portion of the upper surface of the terminal exposed from the coating layer.

12. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the at least one via further comprises a second via connecting another portion of the upper surface of the terminal and the another portion of the upper surface of the terminal is not exposed from the coating layer.

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

a sensing magnet disposed on the housing and spaced apart from the magnet;

an elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing; and

a first position sensor disposed on the bobbin and spaced apart from the first coil.

14. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a second coil disposed under the housing so as to be opposite to the magnet; and

a support member disposed at a corner portion of the housing and electrically connecting the elastic member and the circuit board,

wherein the circuit is disposed under the second coil, and

wherein the first position sensor is electrically connected to the upper elastic member.

15. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the circuit board has a through hole through which the support member passes, and the support member is electrically connected to a lower surface of the circuit board.

16. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising a second position sensor disposed under the circuit board and including a first sensor and a second sensor disposed on the base.

17. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the circuit board is disposed on an upper surface of the base, and

wherein the terminal rib is bent at an upper surface of the circuit board.

20. A camera module comprising:

a lens barrel;

the lens moving apparatus according to claim 1 for moving the lens barrel; and

an image sensor for converting an image, introduced through the lens moving apparatus, into an electric signal.

18. A lens moving apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a bobbin disposed in the housing;

a first coil disposed on the bobbin;

a magnet disposed on the housing;

a base disposed below the bobbin; and

a circuit board disposed on the base,

wherein the circuit board comprises;

a terminal rib bent at an upper surface of the circuit board and including a terminal; and

a coating layer disposed on an upper surface of the terminal,

wherein the terminal has an exposed area exposed from the coating layer, and

wherein a length of a boundary line between the exposed area and the coating layer is longer than a width of the terminal.

19. The lens moving apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the circuit board further comprises a conductive layer disposed on the terminal rib,

wherein the terminal is disposed on an upper surface of the conductive layer,

wherein the terminal exposes a portion of the upper surface of the conductive layer,

wherein the coating layer exposes the portion of the upper surface of the conductive layer exposed from the terminal, and

wherein the terminal rib, the conductive layer, and the terminal are conductively connected to each other.