Lens, camera module and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12007583-B2
Application number	US-202218074882-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2022
Priority date	Jan 26, 2017
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

A lens (10) and a camera module (100) and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the lens (10) comprises an edge-cut lens sheet (114), wherein the edge-cut lens sheet (14) includes at least one chord edge (1141) and at least one circular edge (1142), wherein the chord edge (1141) and the circular edge (1142) are adjacently connected to each other, and wherein the chord edge (1141) and the circular edge (1142) have different curvatures, so that the lens sheet (114) becomes narrow and the width of the lens (10) become narrow, to form an ultra-narrow camera module (100).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A camera module, comprising:
a lens, wherein the lens includes at least one edge-cut lens sheet, wherein the edge-cut lens sheet has at least one chord edge and at least one circular edge, and the chord edge and the circular side are adjacent, wherein the curvature of the chord edge and the curvature of the circular edge are different; and
a photosensitive assembly, wherein the lens disposed on the photosensitive assembly and is located on a photosensitive path of the photosensitive assembly parallel to a direction of an optical axis, and the photosensitive assembly includes a photosensitive chip, a circuit board and a molded base, wherein the photosensitive chip is electrically connected to the circuit board, and the molded base is disposed on the circuit board;
wherein the circuit board has an elongated shape, and the chord edge of the edge-cut lens sheet extends along a direction parallel to a short axis of the circuit board and perpendicular to a long axis of the circuit board, and the chord edge of the edge-cut lens sheet is located in an extension direction of the long axis of the circuit board.

2. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the photosensitive assembly further includes at least one electronic element, and the electronic element is integrally enclosed by the molded base and is located at a side of the molded base, wherein an extension direction of the side of molded base is perpendicular to the chord edge of the edge-cut lens sheet.

3. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the photosensitive assembly further includes at least one electrical connection element, and the photosensitive chip is electrically connected to the circuit board via the electrical connection element, wherein the electrical connection element is located at a side of the molded base, and an extension direction of the side of molded base is perpendicular to the chord edge of the edge-cut lens sheet.

4. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board has a circuit board main body, and the circuit board main body is extending in the extension direction of the long axis of the circuit board.

5. The camera module according to claim 4 , wherein the circuit board main body has a first board body and a second board body, and the second board body is connected to and extends from the first board body along the extension direction of the long axis of the circuit board.

6. The camera module according to claim 5 , wherein the first board body has a connection side and an opposite side opposite to the connection side, wherein the connection side of the first board body is connected to the second board body.

7. The camera module according to claim 6 , wherein the chord edge of the edge-cut lens sheet is located adjacent to the connection side of the first board body when view from the direction of the optical axis, and the chord edge of the edge-cut lens sheet is adjacent to the second board body.

8. The camera module according to claim 6 , wherein the chord edge of the edge-cut lens sheet is located adjacent to the opposite side of the first board body when view from the direction of the optical axis, and the chord edge of the edge-cut lens sheet is away from the second board body.

9. The camera module according to claim 6 , wherein the first board body further has two wing sides extending between the connection side and the opposite side of the first board body;
wherein an extension direction of the short axis of the circuit board is perpendicular to the extension direction of the long axis of the circuit board, and a connecting line of the two wing sides is parallel to the extension direction of the short axis of the circuit board.

10. The camera module according to claim 9 , wherein the photosensitive assembly further includes at least one electronic element integrally enclosed by the molded base, and the electronic element is located on at least one of the two wing sides of the circuit board.

11. The camera module according to claim 9 , wherein the photosensitive assembly further includes at least one electrical connection element electrically connected to the photosensitive chip and the circuit board, and the electrical connection element is located on at least one of the two wing sides of the circuit board.

12. The camera module according to claim 5 , wherein the first board body and the second board body are integrally formed.

13. The camera module according to claim 5 , wherein the first board body and the second board body are fixedly connected by a connecting medium.

14. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the extension direction of the long axis of the circuit board is perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis.

15. The camera module according to claim 14 , wherein the circuit board has two wing sides, and a connecting line of the two wing sides is perpendicular to the extension direction of the long axis of the circuit board and also perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis;
wherein the photosensitive assembly further includes at least one electronic element integrally enclosed by the molded base, and the electronic element is located on at least one of the two wing sides of the circuit board.

16. The camera module according to claim 15 , wherein the photosensitive assembly further includes at least one electrical connection element electrically connected to the photosensitive chip and the circuit board, and the electrical connection element is located on at least one of the two wing sides of the circuit board.

17. The camera module according to claim 16 , wherein the electrical connection element is not overlapping with the molded base in the direction of the optical axis.

18. The camera module according to claim 16 , wherein the photosensitive assembly further includes a plurality of electronic elements and a plurality of electrical connection elements, and the electronic elements and the electrical connection elements are arranged along each wing side of the circuit board.

19. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the photosensitive chip is disposed on the circuit board, and the molded base surrounds the photosensitive chip, wherein the photosensitive chip does not overlap with the molded base in the direction of the optical axis.

20. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the chord edge has a curvature of zero and is a straight-line segment, and the circular edge is a circular arc.

Assignees

• Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Mingzhu
• Zhao Bojie
• Liu Chunmei
• Chen Feifan
• Chen Zhenyu

Classifications

• H04N23/55

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

• H04N23/54

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

• G02B2003/0093

  characterised by the shape · CPC title

• G02B13/004

  having four lenses · CPC title

• G03B30/00

  Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles · CPC title