Camera module

• US 8,564,716 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2008
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Min Soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Sinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peterson, Christopher K
• Application Number:
  US12/275,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20090128681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,796 Days
• Field of Search: 348373-376
• US Class Current: 348/374
• 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 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices

Abstract

Provided are a camera modules. The camera module includes a lens unit including a lens unit; a holder coupled to the lens unit; an image sensor for converting a light through the lens into an electric signal; and a ceramic board coupled to the holder, the ceramic board having a concave portion where the image sensor is inserted. Another camera module includes a lens unit including a lens barrel; a holder including an infrared ray (IR) cut off filter, the holder being coupled to the lens unit; an image sensor for converting a light through the lens into an electric signal; a ceramic board coupled to the holder, one surface of the ceramic board having a first concave portion; and an image signal processor (ISP) inserted into the first concave portion. Another camera module includes a lens unit including at least one lens; and a ceramic board coupled to the lens unit; the ceramic board including an image sensor and an IR cut off filter; wherein the image sensor is inserted into the ceramic board.

Claims

1. A camera module comprising:

a lens unit including a lens barrel;

a holder coupled to the lens unit;

an image sensor for converting a light through the lens unit into an electric signal; and

a ceramic board coupled to the holder, the ceramic board having a concave portion where the image sensor is inserted,

wherein the ceramic board includes a first substrate and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate is closer to the holder than the first substrate is to the holder,

wherein the second substrate includes a hole,

wherein the concave portion is defined by the hole of the second substrate and a top surface of the first substrate,

wherein the first substrate includes a first portion having a plurality of through holes under the image sensor and a second portion under the first substrate, wherein the first portion is in direct contact with image sensor, wherein the second portion is in direct contact with a second substrate, wherein the second substrate is in direct contact with the holder, and

wherein an entire lower surface of the second substrate makes contact with the first substrate.

2. The camera module according to claim 1, wherein the ceramic board is coupled to the image sensor through an adhesive material disposed at a bottom of the concave portion.

3. The camera module according to claim 1, further comprising a first pad formed on the ceramic board and a second pad formed on the image sensor, the first pad and the second pad being electrically connected through a wire, a conductive tape or a solder.

4. The camera module according to claim 1, wherein a top surface of the ceramic board and a top surface of the image sensor are disposed on the same parallel plane.

5. The camera module according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of first holes extend from a top surface of the first substrate to a bottom surface of the first substrate.

6. The camera module according to claim 1, further comprising an adhesive material disposed on a sidewall of the concave portion in order to couple the ceramic board with the image sensor.

7. A camera module comprising:

a lens unit including a lens barrel;

a holder including an infrared ray (IR) cut off filter, the holder being coupled to the lens unit;

an image sensor for converting a light through the lens unit into an electric signal;

a ceramic board coupled to the holder, one surface of the ceramic board having concave portion with a side wall and a bottom surface and a second concave portion where the image sensor is inserted, wherein the second concave portion is spaced from the first concave portion; and

a peripheral device inserted into the first concave portion and coupled to the bottom surface of the first concave portion,

wherein the peripheral device is not overlapped with the image sensor its a vertical direction, and

wherein the ceramic board is disposed between the image sensor and the peripheral device in a horizontal direction.

8. The camera module according to claim 7, wherein the one surface of the ceramic board having the first concave portion is a surface where the holder is coupled in the ceramic board.

9. The camera module according to claim 7, further comprising a third pad formed on the image sensor and a fourth pad formed on the ceramic hoard, the third pad and the fourth pad being electrically connected through a wire bonding, a conductive tape, or a solder.

10. The camera module according to claim 7, wherein a top say face of the sensor and a top surface of the ceramic board are disposed on the same parallel plane.

11. The camera module according to claim 7, further comprising:

a molding material covering the peripheral device.

12. The camera module according to claim 11, wherein the molding material comprises an opaque insulation material.

13. A camera module comprising:

a lens unit including at least one lens;

a ceramic board coupled to the lens unit, wherein the lens unit is in direct contact with the ceramic board;

an image sensor on the ceramic board;

a spacer disposed between the image sensor and the lens unit; and

an IR cut off titter coupled to the spacer,

wherein the spacer is in direct contact with the ceramic board and spaced from the lens unit and the image sensor,

wherein a first pad is formed on the ceramic board, wherein a second pad electrically collected to the first pad is formed on the image sensor, wherein the first pad and the second pad are disposed inside the spacer, and

wherein the at least one lens is not overlapped with the spacer in a vertical direction.

14. The camera module according to claim 13, wherein the image sensor is inserted into the ceramic board.