CAMERA MODULE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD

Abstract

A camera module and an assembling method. The camera module comprises a lens (1), a connecting member (2), a circuit board (3), and a photoelectric imaging sensor provided on the circuit board (3). Along the direction of an optical axis, the connecting member (2) comprises a first connecting portion (21) fixedly connected to the lens (1) and a second connecting portion (22) connected to the circuit board (3); a correction plane (4) is provided on one side, facing the second connecting portion (22), of the first connecting portion (21), or a correction plane (4) is provided on one side, close to the circuit board (3), of the second connecting portion (22); the correction plane (4) is parallel to an imaging plane of the lens (1); a connecting adhesive layer (A) having a predetermined thickness is provided between the correction plane (4) and the second connecting portion (22).

Claims

1. A camera module, comprising a lens (1), a connector (2), a circuit board (3), and a photoelectric imaging sensor arranged on the circuit board (3); in the direction of an optical axis, the connector (2) comprises a first connection part (21) fixedly connected with the lens (1), and a second connection part (22) connected with the circuit board (3); wherein a correction plane (4) is provided on a side of the first connection part (21) that faces the second connection part (22), or a correction plane (4) is provided on a side of the second connection part (22) that is close to the circuit board (3); the correction plane (4) is parallel with an imaging plane of the lens (1), and a connection glue layer (A) of a predetermined thickness is provided between the correction plane (4) and the second connection part (22) or between the correction plane (4) and the circuit board (3).

2. The camera module according to claim 1, wherein the connection glue layer (A) is provided between the correction plane (4) and the second connection part (22), and there exists d=F+h−H; where d represents the thickness of the connection glue layer (A), F represents a distance from the correction plane (4) to the imaging plane, h represents a height of a photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from an upper surface of the circuit board (3), and H represents a height of the second connection part (22).

3. The camera module according to claim 1, wherein the connection glue layer (A) is provided between the correction plane (4) and the circuit board (3), and there exists d=F+h; where d represents the thickness of the connection glue layer (A), F represents a distance from the correction plane (4) to the imaging plane, and h represents a height of a photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from an upper surface of the circuit board (3).

4. The camera module according to claim 2, wherein the second connection part (22) is assembled with the circuit board (3), and the correction plane (4) is provided on the side of the first connection part (21) that faces the second connection part (22).

5. The camera module according to claim 3, wherein the first connection part (21) and the second connection part (22) are integrally formed, and the correction plane (4) is provided on the side of the second connection part (22) that is close to the circuit board (3).

6. The camera module according to claim 3, wherein the first connection part (21) is a lens flange, the second connection part (22) is a lens base, the lens (1) is assembled with the second connection part (22) through the first connection part (21), and the correction plane (4) is provided on the side of the second connection part (22) that is close to the circuit board (3).

7. An assembling method for the camera module according to claim 1, comprising the steps of: S1: assembling the lens with the connector having a size margin; S2: determining a height h of a photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from an upper surface of the circuit board (3); S3: setting the thickness d of the connection glue layer; S4: determining the imaging plane of the lens; and S5: according to the value of h obtained in the step S2 and the set value of d, and taking the imaging plane of the lens as a reference, performing material removal processing on the first connection part or the second connection part to obtain the correction plane which is a free end and which is parallel with the imaging plane, and fixing the first connection part and the second connection part through the connection glue layer or fixing the second connection part and the circuit board through the connection glue layer.

8. The assembling method according to claim 7, comprising: measuring a height H of the second connection part, assembling the lens with the first connection part, and assembling the circuit board and the second connection part into one component; measuring the height h of the photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from the upper surface of the circuit board (3); setting the thickness d of the connection glue layer; determining the position of the imaging plane of the lens; according to the set d and the measured H and h, and taking the imaging plane as a reference, performing material removal processing on the first connection part to obtain the correction plane which is parallel with the imaging plane, and making a distance F from the correction plane to the imaging plane be F=H+d−h; and fixedly connecting the correction plane of the first connection part and the second connection part through the connection glue layer.

9. The assembling method according to claim 7, comprising: assembling the lens, the first connection part and the second connection part into one component, or selecting the first connection part and the second connection part as a connector of an integrally formed structure to form one component with the lens; measuring the height h of the photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from the upper surface of the circuit board (3); setting the thickness d of the connection glue layer; determining the position of the imaging plane of the lens; according to the set d and the measured h, and taking the imaging plane as a reference, performing material removal processing on the second connection part to obtain the correction plane which is parallel with the imaging plane, and making a distance F from the correction plane to the imaging plane be F=d-h; and fixedly connecting the circuit board and the correction plane of the second connection part through the connection glue layer.

10. The assembling method according to claim 7, wherein the method of performing material removal processing on the first connection part or the second connection part to obtain the correction plane comprises slicing, turning, cutting, milling or chemical etching.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the connection glue layer (A) is provided between the correction plane (4) and the second connection part (22), and there exists d=F+h−H; where d represents the thickness of the connection glue layer (A), F represents a distance from the correction plane (4) to the imaging plane, h represents a height of a photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from the upper surface of the circuit board (3), and H represents the height of the second connection part (22).

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the connection glue layer (A) is provided between the correction plane (4) and the circuit board (3), and there exists d=F+h; where d represents the thickness of the connection glue layer (A), F represents the distance from the correction plane (4) to the imaging plane, and h represents the height of the photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from the upper surface of the circuit board (3).

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the second connection part (22) is assembled with the circuit board (3), and the correction plane (4) is provided on the side of the first connection part (21) that faces the second connection part (22).

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the first connection part (21) and the second connection part (22) are integrally formed, and the correction plane (4) is provided on the side of the second connection part (22) that is close to the circuit board (3).

15. The method of claim 7, wherein the first connection part (21) is the lens flange, the second connection part (22) is the lens base, the lens (1) is assembled with the second connection part (22) through the first connection part (21), and the correction plane (4) is provided on the side of the second connection part (22) that is close to the circuit board (3).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0041] FIG. 1 schematically shows a structural view of a camera module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0042] FIG. 2 schematically shows an assembly structure view of the camera module in an ideal state;

[0043] FIG. 3 schematically shows a view when there is an included angle between the actual optical axis of the lens and a mechanical axis;

[0044] FIG. 4 schematically shows an assembly view of the camera module in an actual state;

[0045] FIG. 5 schematically shows a view of a correction plane according to the present disclosure;

[0046] FIG. 6 schematically shows a view indicating a deviation of the imaging plane of the lens;

[0047] FIG. 7 schematically shows a view of required glue thickness when assembling the camera modules corresponding to different imaging plane deviations in FIG. 6;

[0048] FIG. 8 schematically shows an assembly view of the camera module according to a second embodiment in an ideal state;

[0049] FIG. 9 schematically shows an assembly view of the camera module in an actual state;

[0050] FIG. 10 schematically shows a view of the correction plane of the second embodiment;

[0051] FIG. 11 schematically shows a structural view of the camera module according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0052] FIG. 12 schematically shows a view of the camera module according to a third embodiment in an ideal state;

[0053] FIG. 13 schematically shows a view of the camera module of the third embodiment in an actual state;

[0054] FIG. 14 schematically shows a view of the correction plane according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure; and

[0055] FIG. 15 schematically shows a structural view of the camera module according to the third embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0056] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art, drawings required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description show only some of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0057] When describing the embodiments of the present disclosure, the orientations or positional relationships described by the terms “longitudinal”, “transverse”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner” and “outer” are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the related drawings. These terms are merely used for the sake of facilitating describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element involved must have a particular orientation, or must be constructed or operated in a particular orientation. Therefore, the above terms should not be construed as limiting the present disclosure.

[0058] The present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments. It is impossible to describe all the embodiments exhaustively herein, but the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the following embodiments.

[0059] As shown in FIGS. 1, 11 and 15, the camera module of the present disclosure includes a lens 1, a connector 2, a circuit board 3, a photoelectric imaging sensor provided on the circuit board, and a correction plane 4. In the direction of an optical axis, the connector 2 includes a first connection part 21 fixedly connected with the lens, and a second connection part 22 connected with the circuit board 3. According to the concept of the present disclosure, the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22 are separate members which are connected, or the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22 are integrally formed. In the present disclosure, the correction plane 4 is provided on a side of the first connection part 21 that faces the second connection part 22, or on a side of the second connection part 22 that faces the circuit board 3. In addition, the correction plane 4 of the present disclosure is parallel with an imaging plane of the lens 1 and perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens 1. According to different embodiments of the present disclosure, a connection glue layer A is provided between the correction plane 4 and the second connection part 22, or a connection glue layer A is provided between the correction plane 4 and the circuit board 3. It should be noted that for all the camera modules, the thickness of the connection glue layer A is set to be the same, that is, when assembling all the camera modules, the thickness of the filled glue used for assembling is consistent.

[0060] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure, the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22 of the connector 2 are both separate members. In this embodiment, the first connection part 21 is a connection flange and is fixedly connected with the lens 1, and the second connection part 22 is a lens base. As shown in FIG. 2, in an ideal state, the base is assembled with the circuit board 3, and then the lens 1 is assembled with the base and the circuit board 3 through the AA process. After an optimal imaging position of the lens is found, the glue (the connection glue layer) is filled to fixedly connect the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22.

[0061] However, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in an actual assembling process of the camera module, there is a certain angle deviation between a mechanical axis of the lens 1 and the actual optical axis, so that the mechanical axis of the lens 1 and the actual optical axis do not coincide with each other. During the assembling process of the camera module, it is necessary to ensure that the actual optical axis of the lens 1 is perpendicular to a photosensitive chip on the circuit board 3 to guarantee the best imaging effect. Therefore, the lens 1 needs to be tilted at a certain angle during assembly to ensure that the actual optical axis is arranged perpendicular to the photosensitive chip. In this state, it will cause a gap between the first connection part 21 (the connection flange) and the second connection part 22 (the base) to be inconsistent in a circumferential direction. As shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 4, the gap between the first connection part 21 and a left side of the base 22 is d1, and the gap between the first connection part 21 and a right side of the base 22 is d2, where d1>d2. As a result, the amounts of glue filled on the left and right sides are different when fixing the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22, and the difference in the amounts of filled glue results in different shrinkage amounts, which in turn affects the resolution power of the camera module.

[0062] The camera module of the present disclosure solves this problem very well. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, in this embodiment, a correction plane 4 is provided on a side of the first connection part 21 that faces the second connection part 22. That is, a lower side face of the first connection part 21 is the correction plane 4, and the correction plane 4 is parallel with the imaging plane of the lens 1 and perpendicular to the actual optical axis of the lens 1, so that the gap between the lower side face of the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22 (the base) is consistent, and that the thickness of the glue filled between the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22 is consistent and the shrinkage amount of the glue is consistent, which solves the problem of poor resolution power of the camera module caused by the inconsistent thickness of the glue filled between the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22. On the other hand, when assembling the camera module of the present disclosure, after the correction plane 4 is arranged, the thickness of the glue filled between the correction plane 4 and the second connection part 22 is set in advance, that is, the thickness of the connection glue layer A is set in advance, so that it can be ensured that the thickness of the connection glue layer in each camera module is consistent, which is advantageous for solving the problems of poor product consistency and low pass rate.

[0063] As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, in addition to the deviation that the mechanical axis does not coincide with the actual optical axis, the lens 1 also has a deviation of the imaging plane. As shown in FIG. 6, a middle view of FIG. 6 indicates an ideal position of the imaging plane B of the lens 1, a left view indicates that the imaging plane B of the lens 1 has a negative deviation, and a right view indicates that the imaging plane B of the lens 1 has a positive deviation.

[0064] As shown in FIG. 7, when there is a negative deviation in the back focus of the lens 1, the thickness of the glue will decrease; the larger the deviation is, the smaller the thickness will be. When the deviation reaches a certain degree and the thickness of the glue is a negative value, it means that the lens 1 interferes with the base 22. At this time, due to the deviation in the back focus of the lens 1, the assembling of the camera cannot be carried out. When there is a positive deviation in the back focus of the lens 1, the thickness of the glue will increase; the larger the deviation is, the larger the thickness will be. When the thickness of the glue is too small, the gap between the lens 1 and the base 22 will be very small, which is very likely to cause interference during the AA process and assembly failure. If the thickness of the glue is too small, an adhesive force of the glue may not be enough, and the stability of the module is poor. When the thickness of the glue is too large, the AA gap between the lens 1 and the base 22 is large, so more glue is required to fill in the gap, resulting in a waste of the glue. In addition, if the gap of the glue is too large, the uniformity of the glue will be deteriorated and the stability of the module will be affected.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Glue shrinkage Glue shrinkage Overall glue Range of Experimental amount after amount after shrinkage shrinkage Group No. Glue thickness UV exposure thermal curing amount amount 1 200 um 180 um 1.3 um 0.9 um 2.2 um  2.2~4.6 um 2 210 um 1.5 um 2.5 um 4.0 um 3 210 um 2.4 um 1.2 um 3.6 um 4 210 um 2.0 um 1.9 um 3.9 um 5 210 um 3.0 um 1.6 um 4.6 um 6 210 um 2.0 um 2.6 um 4.6 um 7 220 um 1.9 um 0.9 um 2.8 um 8 220 um 1.4 um 2.7 um 4.1 um 9 220 um 1.0 um 1.8 um 2.8 um 10 230 um 1.4 um 2.0 um 3.4 um 11 400 um 380 um 3.4 um 2.0 um 5.4 um 5.3~10.9 um 12 380 um 2.5 um 2.8 um 5.3 um 13 390 um 4.0 um 4.3 um 8.3 um 14 390 um 2.4 um 5.0 um 7.4 um 15 390 um 3.2 um 2.1 um 5.3 um 16 400 um 5.3 um 5.4 um 10.7 um 17 400 um 5.8 um 5.1 um 10.9 um 18 400 um 2.9 um 4.3 um 7.2 um 19 420 um 3.2 um 3.1 um 6.3 um 20 420 um 3.1 um 4.5 um 7.6 um 21 600 um 570 um 3.2 um 4.9 um 8.1 um 6.9~15.4 um 22 570 um 3.8 um 3.3 um 7.1 um 23 590 um 6.3 um 7.9 um 14.2 um 24 590 um 7.2 um 8.2 um 15.4 um 25 590 um 4.2 um 4.6 um 8.8 um 26 600 um 3.9 um 3.0 um 6.9 um 27 600 um 3.0 um 5.8 um 8.8 um 28 600 um 6.8 um 6.9 um 13.7 um 29 610 um 3.7 um 7.2 um 10.9 um 30 620 um 5.9 um 6.8 um 12.7 um

[0065] On the other hand, as shown in Table 1, due to the different positions of the imaging planes of different camera modules, the thicknesses of the filled glues as required (the connection glue layers) are different, and the shrinkage amounts of the connection glue layers of different thicknesses are different during operation, so that the quality of the camera module cannot be guaranteed. Specifically, the larger the thickness of the glue is, the larger the shrinkage amount will be, and the larger the difference in the shrinkage amount will be. For the module described in the present disclosure, a focal depth range of the module is generally within a few microns. If the thickness of the glue is too large and the difference in the shrinkage amount is far larger than the focal depth range, then it cannot be ensured that the module will have good performance after the AA assembly.

[0066] As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, the camera module of the present disclosure aims to solve this problem; for all the camera modules, the thickness of the connection glue layer A is set as d, and d=F+h−H (i.e., F=H−h+d) is satisfied, where d represents the thickness of the connection glue layer A, F represents a distance from the correction plane 4 to the imaging plane, h represents a height of a photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from an upper surface of the circuit board 3, and H represents a height of the second connection part 22. Through such an arrangement, for different camera modules, the same d is set, and the h value and the H value of the second connection part 22 are measured respectively to find the position of the imaging plane, so that the position of the correction plane 4 can be found, that is, a removal amount of the second connection part 22 can be determined according to the above-mentioned formula (F=H−h+d). The camera module of the present disclosure can ensure that the thickness of the glue is consistent, and the thickness of the glue can be made very small, which is recommended to be below 200 um. Of course, under the premise of ensuring the strength of the glue, the smaller the thickness is, the better it will be.

[0067] As shown in FIGS. 8 to 11, according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure, the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22 of the connector 2 are both separate members. In this embodiment, the first connection part 21 is a connection flange and is fixedly connected with the lens 1, and the second connection part 22 is a base. In this embodiment, the lens 1, the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22 are assembled first, and then assembled with the circuit board 3 through the AA process. As shown in FIG. 9, since the mechanical axis of the lens 1 does not coincide with the actual optical axis, the lens 1 needs to be set obliquely, so that the second connection part 22 assembled with the lens 1 is also set obliquely, thus resulting in different gaps between the second connection part 22 and the circuit board 3. Therefore, in this embodiment, a correction plane 4 is provided on a side of the second connection part 22 that faces the circuit board 3, that is, a lower side face of the second connection part 22 is the correction plane 4. The correction plane 4 is arranged parallel with an imaging plane B of the lens 1 and perpendicular to the actual optical axis of the lens 1, so that the gap between the second connection part 22 and the circuit board 3 is consistent, and that the thickness of the glue used to connect the second connection part 22 and the circuit board 3 is also consistent. In this embodiment, in order to avoid the influence of the back focus deviation of the lens 1 on the resolution power of the camera module, as shown in FIG. 10, a connection glue layer A is arranged between the correction plane 4 and the circuit board 3, and there exists d=F+h. Specifically, d represents the thickness of the connection glue layer A, F represents a distance from the correction plane 4 to the imaging plane, and h represents a height of a photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from an upper surface of the circuit board 3. In this embodiment, the correction plane 4 is located below the imaging plane, so F is a negative value. For all the camera modules, the thickness d of the connection glue layer A is the same. Therefore, for each camera module, the value of h can be measured first, and then F can be obtained according to F=d−h; then, the position of the correction plane can be found by taking the imaging plane as a reference; after this, the margin of the second connection part 22 is cut off by means of cutting or the like.

[0068] As shown in FIGS. 12 to 15, according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure, the first connection part 21 and the second connection part 22 of the connector 2 are integrally formed. In this embodiment, after the lens 1 and the connector 2 are assembled, they are assembled with the circuit board through the AA process.

[0069] As shown in FIG. 13, since the mechanical axis of the lens 1 does not coincide with the actual optical axis, the lens 1 needs to be set obliquely, so that the second connection part 22 assembled with the lens 1 is also set obliquely, thus resulting in different gaps between the second connection part 22 and the circuit board 3. Therefore, in this embodiment, a correction plane 4 is provided on a side of the second connection part 22 that faces the circuit board 3, that is, a lower side face of the second connection part 22 is the correction plane 4. The correction plane 4 is arranged parallel with an imaging plane B of the lens 1 and perpendicular to the actual optical axis of the lens 1, so that the gap between the second connection part 22 and the circuit board 3 is consistent, and that the thickness of the glue used to connect the second connection part 22 and the circuit board 3 is also consistent. In this embodiment, in order to avoid the influence of the back focus deviation of the lens 1 on the resolution power of the camera module, as shown in FIG. 14, when part of the material of the second connection part 22 is cut along the dotted line in FIG. 14 to obtain the correction plane 4, the position of the correction plane 4 is determined according to the formula d=F+h (i.e., F=d−h).

[0070] The present disclosure also provides a method for assembling the above-described camera module, which includes the steps of: S1: assembling the lens with the connector having a size margin; S2: determining a height h of a photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from an upper surface of the circuit board; S3: setting the thickness d of the connection glue layer; S4: determining the imaging plane of the lens; and S5: according to the value of h obtained in the step S2 and the set value of d, and taking the imaging plane of the lens as a reference, performing material removal processing on the first connection part or the second connection part to obtain the correction plane which is a free end and which is parallel with the imaging plane, and fixing the first connection part and the second connection part through the connection glue layer or fixing the second connection part and the circuit board through the connection glue layer.

[0071] Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the assembling method of the present disclosure includes: measuring a height H of the second connection part, and assembling the circuit board and the second connection part into one component; measuring the height h of the photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from the upper surface of the circuit board; setting the thickness d of the connection glue layer; determining the imaging plane of the lens; according to the obtained H, h and d, and taking the imaging plane as a reference, performing material removal processing on the first connection part to obtain the correction plane which is parallel with the imaging plane, and making a distance F from the correction plane to the imaging plane be F=H+d-h; and fixedly connecting the correction plane of the first connection part and the second connection part through the connection glue layer.

[0072] According to a second embodiment of the present disclosure, the assembling method of the present disclosure includes: assembling the lens, the first connection part and the second connection part into one component, or selecting the first connection part and the second connection part as a connector of an integrally formed structure to form one component with the lens; measuring the height h of the photosensitive surface of the photoelectric imaging sensor from the upper surface of the circuit board; setting the thickness d of the connection glue layer; determining the imaging plane of the lens; according to the obtained h and d, and taking the imaging plane as a reference, performing material removal processing on the second connection part to obtain the correction plane which is parallel with the imaging plane, and making a distance F from the correction plane to the imaging plane be F=d−h; and fixedly connecting the circuit board and the correction plane of the second connection part through the connection glue layer.

[0073] It should be noted that the connection part of the present disclosure is provided with sufficient size margin. By sufficient size margin, it means that according to the concept of the present disclosure, for different camera modules, in case that the connection glue layer d is set to be consistent, regardless of what the optical axis deviation angle of the camera module and the position deviation of the imaging plane of the lens are, the corresponding correction plane can be found according to F=H+d−h or F=d−h, and then the material margin is removed to obtain the camera modules of the consistent glue thickness.

[0074] In the assembling method for the camera module of the present disclosure, the method of performing material removal processing on the first connection part or the second connection part to obtain the correction plane includes slicing, turning, cutting, milling or chemical etching.

[0075] Described above is only one embodiment of the present disclosure, which is not intended to limit the present disclosure. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and changes can be made to the present disclosure. Any modification, equivalent substitution, improvement or the like made within the spirit and principle of the present disclosure are intended to be included in the scope of protection of the present disclosure.