Camera module and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11902644-B2
Application number	US-202217683305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 28, 2022
Priority date	Jun 23, 2020
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

A camera module includes a holder, a lens in the holder, magnets disposed on an outer wall of the holder, and a circuit board assembly. The circuit board assembly includes an outer wiring substrate, and first and second inner wiring substrates spaced out on a surface of the outer wiring substrate. The first inner wiring substrate surrounds the holder and includes a first dielectric layer and a first inner wiring layer thereon. The first inner wiring layer includes coils of wound wire in the first inner wiring layer, and each of the coils corresponds to one of the magnets. The second inner wiring substrate includes a second inner wiring layer, a thickness of each of the coils is greater than a thickness of the second inner wiring layer. A method for manufacturing the camera module is also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A camera module comprising:
a holder comprising an inner cavity and an outer wall;
a lens accommodated in the inner cavity;
a plurality of magnets arranged on the outer wall; and
a circuit board assembly, the circuit board assembly comprising:
an outer wiring substrate;
a first inner wiring substrate surrounding the holder and disposed on a surface of the outer wiring substrate facing the holder, wherein the first inner wiring substrate comprises a first dielectric layer and a first inner wiring layer on a surface of the first dielectric layer, the first inner wiring layer comprises a plurality of coils formed by winding conductive wires of the first inner wiring layer, each of the plurality of coils corresponds to one of the plurality of magnets; and
a second inner wiring substrate disposed on the surface of the outer wiring substrate with the first inner wiring substrate, wherein a first opening is defined between the first inner wiring substrate and the second inner wiring substrate, the second inner wiring substrate comprises a second inner wiring layer, a thickness of each of the plurality of coils is greater than a thickness of the second inner wiring layer.

2. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the circuit board assembly further comprises a plurality of second openings, the plurality of second openings respectively penetrate the first inner wiring substrate to divide the first inner wiring layer into the plurality of coils.

3. The camera module of claim 2 , wherein a ratio of the thickness of each of the plurality of coils to a wire pitch between two adjacent conductive wires in each of the plurality of coils is greater than three.

4. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the circuit board assembly further includes a third inner wiring substrate disposed on a side of the second inner wiring substrate away from the outer wiring substrate, the third inner wiring substrate is configured to connect an electronic component.

5. The camera module of claim 4 , wherein the first inner wiring substrate comprises two first inner wiring layers disposed on both surfaces of the first dielectric layer, the two first inner wiring layers are electronically connected to each other, each of the two first inner wiring layers comprises the plurality of coils.

6. The camera module of claim 5 , wherein the circuit board assembly further comprises a first cover layer and two first inner adhesive layers, the two first inner adhesive layers are disposed on both surfaces of the first dielectric layer and respectively encapsulate the two first inner wiring layers, the first inner wiring substrate is bonded to the outer wiring substrate through one of the two first inner adhesive layers, and the first cover layer covers a surface of the other one of the two first inner adhesive layers away from the first dielectric layer.

7. The camera module of claim 6 , wherein the second inner wiring substrate comprises a third dielectric layer and two second inner wiring layers disposed on both surfaces of the third dielectric layer, the outer wiring substrate and the third inner wiring substrate are bonded to the two second inner wiring layers through two second inner adhesive layers, the two second inner adhesive layers encapsulate the two second inner wiring layers.

8. The camera module of claim 6 , wherein the outer wiring substrate comprises a second dielectric layer and an outer wiring layer disposed on a surface of the second dielectric layer, the first inner wiring substrate and the second inner wiring substrate are disposed on a surface of the second dielectric layer away from the outer wiring layer.

9. The camera module of claim 8 , wherein the circuit board assembly further comprises an outer adhesive layer and a second cover layer, the outer adhesive layer covers the outer wiring layer and a surface of the third inner wiring substrate away from the second inner wiring substrate, and the second cover layer covers the outer adhesive layer.

10. A method for manufacturing a camera module, comprising:
providing a holder, a lens, and a plurality of magnets, the holder comprising an inner cavity and an outer wall;
mounting the lens into the inner cavity, and mounting the plurality of magnets onto the outer wall;
providing a circuit board assembly, wherein the circuit board assembly comprises an outer wiring substrate, a first inner wiring substrate, and a second inner wiring substrate, the first inner wiring substrate and the second inner wiring substrate are disposed on a same surface of the outer wiring substrate, a first opening is defined between the first inner wiring substrate and the second inner wiring substrate, the first inner wiring substrate comprises a first dielectric layer and two first inner wiring layers on both surfaces of the first dielectric layer, each of the two first inner wiring layer comprises a plurality of coils formed by winding conductive wires of the first inner wiring layer, the second inner wiring substrate comprises two second inner wiring layers, a thickness of each of the plurality of coils is greater than a thickness of each of the two second inner wiring layers; and
bending the circuit board assembly along the first opening, so that the first inner wiring substrate surrounds the outer wall, and each of the plurality of coils corresponds to one of the plurality of magnets.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein providing a circuit board assembly comprises:
providing a double-sided copper clad laminate, the double-sided copper clad laminate comprising the first dielectric layer and two first copper layers on both surfaces of the first dielectric layer;
forming two first inner wiring layers from the two first copper layers to obtain the first inner wiring substrate, each of the two first inner wiring layers comprising a plurality of areas, each of the plurality of areas comprising one of the plurality of coils;
forming two second inner wiring layers from the two first copper layers to obtain the second inner wiring substrate;
laminating a first single-sided copper clad laminate onto one of the two first inner wiring layers and one of the two second inner wiring layers which are on a same surface of the first dielectric layer, the first single-sided copper clad laminate comprising a second dielectric layer and a second copper layer on a surface of the second dielectric layer; and
etching the second copper layer to form an outer wiring layer, thereby obtaining the outer wiring substrate.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
forming two first inner adhesive layers on surfaces of the two first inner wiring layers, portions of each of the two first inner adhesive layers in the plurality of areas are spaced from each other.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
etching portions of the first dielectric layer between adjacent coils to form a plurality of second openings;
etching a portion of the first dielectric layer between the two first inner wiring layers and the two second inner wiring layers to form the first opening; and
bending the circuit board assembly along the plurality of second openings.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
providing a second single-sided copper clad laminate;
laminating the second single-sided copper clad laminate onto a surface of the second inner wiring substrate away from the outer wiring substrate;
forming a through hole on the second single-sided copper clad laminate;
forming a conductive pillar in the through hole; and
connecting an electronic component to the conductive pillar.

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Assignees

• Qing Ding Prec Electronics Huaian Co Ltd
• Avary Holding Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dai Jun
• Yang Mei
• Ho Ming-Jaan

Classifications

• H04N23/54 Primary

  Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils · CPC title

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• H05K1/0306

  Inorganic insulating substrates, e.g. ceramic, glass · CPC title

• H05K1/111

  Pads for surface mounting, e.g. lay-out · CPC title

• H05K1/0393

  Flexible materials (H05K1/038 takes precedence; specific organic compositions are classified in H05K1/0313 and subgroups) · CPC title