IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20170104903A1
• Filed: 06/16/2015
• Published: 04/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: WARASHINA, TAKASHI, SATO, YASUHIRO
• Application Number:
  US15/316,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20170104903A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/0055 employing a special optical element
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 13/0085 employing wafer level optics
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0006 with means to keep optical surfaces clean, e.g. by preventing or removing dirt, stains, contamination, condensation G02B1/18 takes precedence; cleaning in general B08B
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/208 for use with infrared or ultraviolet radiation, e.g. for separating visible light from infrared and/or ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/021 for more than one lens
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/04 with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 11/00 Filters or other obturators specially adapted for photographic purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/02 Bodies
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 31/02325 the optical elements not being integrated nor being directly associated with the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/54 Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/33 Transforming infrared radiation cameras or camera modules for generating image signals from infrared radiation H04N23/20; circuitry of SSIS for transforming infrared radiation into image signals H04N25/20

Abstract

The present technology relates to an imaging device, and an electronic apparatus that contribute to downsize a module. A substrate to which an image sensor is mounted, a frame that fixes a lens, and the lens are included. The substrate, the frame, and the lens seals the image sensor. There are provided a plurality of lenses, and the lens fixed to the frame is a lens positioned nearest to the image sensor among a plurality of lenses. There may be further provided a lens barrel that holds the lenses, and the lenses other than the lens are positioned near the image sensor among the plurality of lenses are held by the lens barrel. The present technology is applicable to the imaging device.

Claims

1. An imaging device, comprising:

a substrate to which an image sensor is mounted;

a frame that fixes a lens; and

the lens,

the substrate, the frame, and the lens sealing the image sensor.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1, comprising:

a plurality of lenses,

wherein the lens fixed to the frame is a lens positioned nearest to the image sensor among the plurality of lenses.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of lenses; and

a lens barrel that holds the lenses, wherein

the lenses other than the lens positioned near the image sensor among the plurality of lenses are held by the lens barrel.

4. The imaging device according to claim 3, wherein

a diameter of the lens barrel is smaller than a diameter of the lens fixed to the frame.

5. The imaging device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an IRCF (Infra Red Cut Filter) on the image sensor.

6. The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein

the lens has a function to cut infrared rays.

7. The imaging device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an IRCF (Infra Red Cut Filter).

8. The imaging device according to claim 1, comprising:

a plurality of lenses, wherein

the lenses other than the lenses positioned at a frontmost surface and an endmost surface among the plurality of lenses move upon focusing.

9. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

an imaging device including

a substrate to which an image sensor is mounted,

a frame that fixes a lens, and

the lens,

the substrate, the frame, and the lens sealing the image sensor; and

a signal processing unit that performs signal processing to a signal output from the imaging device.