Optical unit with shake correction function and portable device comprising optical unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12066641-B2
Application number	US-202117530459-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2021
Priority date	Dec 4, 2020
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a movable module and a fixed body. The movable module has a lens and is supported by the fixed body to be capable of moving in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens. The fixed body surrounds the movable module from an outer periphery side. The movable module includes a first substrate and a second substrate, with a thickness direction of either substrate being consistent with the direction along the optical axis. An image sensor is disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate is electrically connected to the first substrate to overlap the first substrate on an image side, and is smaller in shape than the first substrate when viewed along the optical axis of the lens. A flexible printed circuit board is led out from an outer circumferential surface of the second substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical unit with a shake correction function, comprising a movable module and a fixed body, with the movable module having a lens and being supported by the fixed body in such a manner of being capable of moving in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens, and the fixed body surrounding the movable module from an outer periphery side, wherein:
the movable module comprises:
a first substrate, wherein a thickness direction of the first substrate is consistent with a direction along the optical axis, and an image sensor is disposed on the first substrate; and
a second substrate, wherein a thickness direction of the second substrate is consistent with the direction along the optical axis, the second substrate is electrically connected to the first substrate in such a manner of overlapping the first substrate on an image side, and is smaller in shape than the first substrate when viewed along the optical axis of the lens; and
a flexible printed circuit board led out from an outer circumferential surface of the second substrate.

2. The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 1 , wherein:
the flexible printed circuit board comprises a radial extension portion and a circumferential extension portion;
the radial extension portion extends from the outer circumferential surface of the second substrate to the outer periphery side; and
the circumferential extension portion extends circumferentially from an end, on the outer periphery side, of the radial extension portion.

3. The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 2 , wherein:
the second substrate is in a regular polygon shape;
the optical axis of the lens passes through a center of the regular polygon shape;
the radial extension portion extends from a position, on a side of a circumference, in a side of the regular polygon shape relative to a midpoint of the side; and
the circumferential extension portion extends from the end, on the outer periphery side, of the radial extension portion to an other side in the circumferential direction.

4. The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards are spaced apart at equal angle intervals around the optical axis of the lens.

5. The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 4 , wherein:
at least one of the plurality of flexible printed circuit boards is configured to transmit output signals from the image sensor; and
the plurality of flexible printed circuit boards are the same in shape.

6. The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second substrate is electrically connected to the first substrate by soldering.

7. The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 1 , wherein:
the fixed body comprises a fixed body housing;
the fixed body housing forms a holding cavity for holding the movable module;
the movable module comprises a movable module housing;
the lens is held in the movable module housing;
the first substrate is fixed to the movable module housing on the image side, and is the same in shape as the movable module housing when viewed along the optical axis of the lens;
the image sensor is disposed on a surface, on an object side, of the first substrate; and
the second substrate is electrically connected to a central portion of the first substrate by means of ball grid array packaging.

8. The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a shake correction mechanism,
the shake correction mechanism comprising:
a magnet disposed on one of the movable module and the fixed body; and
a coil disposed on the other of the movable module and the fixed body and coordinated with the magnet to allow the movable module to move relative to the fixed body.

9. A portable device, comprising the optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 1 .

10. The portable device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a third substrate,
wherein the third substrate is located on the image side of the optical unit; and
the flexible printed circuit board configured to transmit output signals from the image sensor is electrically connected to the third substrate by means of a connector or by soldering at a position on the outer periphery side relative to the movable module.

Assignees

• Nidec Sankyo Corp

Inventors

• Sue Takeshi
• Takeda Tadashi
• Minamisawa Shinji

Classifications

• H04N23/55

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

• H04N23/687

  by shifting the lens or sensor position · CPC title

• G03B5/00

  Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing · CPC title

• G02B7/02 Primary

  for lenses {(supports for magnifying lenses G02B25/002)} · CPC title

• H05K1/028 Primary

  Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title