Camera module and manufacturing method thereof
A camera module includes an optical assembly, a filter and a molded photosensitive assembly mounted under the optical assembly and the filter, wherein the molded photosensitive assembly comprises a main body, a plurality of electronic components, a photosensitive chip, and a circuit board electrically connected with the electronic components and the photosensitive chip, wherein the electronic components, the photosensitive chip and the circuit board are positionally fixed with each other by the main body, wherein the photosensitive chip is fixed and surrounded by the bottom of the main body to keep distance with the filter, wherein the main body comprises a container body supporting the optical assembly thereon and a lower body supporting the filter thereon, wherein the lower body is extended from the inner side of the container body.
1. A camera module, comprising:
an optical assembly;
a filter; and
a molded photosensitive assembly which comprises a main body, a photosensitive chip, and a circuit board electrically connected with said photosensitive chip, wherein said main body, which is integrally molded on said circuit board, has a higher top surface and a lower top surface at a position lower than said higher top surface, wherein said filter is supported on said lower top surface, wherein a portion of said optical assembly is supported on said lower top surface while another portion of said optical assembly is supported on said higher top surface,
wherein said another portion of said optical assembly which is supported on said higher top surface is adhered on said higher top surface by an adhesion layer, and wherein said portion of said optical assembly which is supported on said lower top surface is adhered to said lower top surface by an addition adhesion layer.
2. The camera module, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said addition adhesion layer is thicker than said adhesion layer.
3. The camera module, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said higher top surface has a U-shape.
4. The camera module, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said higher top surface has a L-shape, wherein said lower top surface also has a L-shape.
5. The camera module, as recited in claim 1 , wherein three sides of said optical assembly is supported on said higher top surface while one side of said optical assembly is supported on said lower top surface.
6. The camera module, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said molded photosensitive assembly further comprises a plurality of electronic components electrically connected to said circuit board, wherein said plurality of electronic components are integrally embedded in said main body.
7. The camera module, as recited in claim 6 , wherein said molded photosensitive assembly further comprises a plurality of wires electrically connecting said photosensitive chip to said circuit board, wherein said main body is integrally molded on said circuit board and said photosensitive chip, and wherein said plurality of wires is integrally embedded in said main body.
8. The camera module, as recited in claim 1 , wherein said molded photosensitive assembly further comprises a plurality of wires electrically connecting said photosensitive chip to said circuit board, wherein said main body is integrally molded on said circuit board and said photosensitive chip, and wherein said plurality of wires is integrally embedded in said main body.
9. The camera module, as recited in claim 1 , wherein a distance between said lower top surface and said photosensitive chip is equal to or greater than 0.15 mm.
10. A molded photosensitive assembly for a camera module which comprises an optical assembly and a filter, wherein said molded photosensitive assembly comprises:
a main body;
a photosensitive chip; and
a circuit board electrically connected with said photosensitive chip, wherein said main body, which is integrally molded on said circuit board, has a higher top surface and a lower top surface at a position lower than said higher top surface for supporting the filter, wherein said lower top surface is arranged for supporting a portion of the optical assembly while said higher top surface is arranged for supporting another portion of the optical assembly,
wherein said another portion of said optical assembly which is supported on said higher top surface is adhered on said higher top surface by an adhesion layer, and wherein said portion of said optical assembly which is supported on said lower top surface is adhered to said lower top surface by an addition adhesion layer.
11. The molded photosensitive assembly, as recited in claim 10 , wherein said higher top surface has a U-shape.
12. The molded photosensitive assembly, as recited in claim 10 , wherein said higher top surface has a L-shape, wherein said lower top surface also has a L-shape.
13. The molded photosensitive assembly, as recited in claim 10 , wherein said higher top surface is arranged for supporting three sides of the optical assembly while said lower top surface is arranged for supporting one side of the optical assembly.
14. The molded photosensitive assembly, as recited in claim 13 , wherein said molded photosensitive assembly further comprises a plurality of wires electrically connecting said photosensitive chip to said circuit board, wherein said main body is integrally molded on said circuit board and said photosensitive chip, and wherein said plurality of wires is integrally embedded in said main body.
15. The molded photosensitive assembly, as recited in claim 10 , wherein said molded photosensitive assembly further comprises a plurality of electronic components electrically connected to said circuit board, wherein said plurality of electronic components are integrally embedded in said main body.
16. The molded photosensitive assembly, as recited in claim 10 , wherein said molded photosensitive assembly further comprises a plurality of wires electrically connecting said photosensitive chip to said circuit board, wherein said main body is integrally molded on said circuit board and said photosensitive chip, and wherein said plurality of wires is integrally embedded in said main body.
17. The molded photosensitive assembly, as recited in claim 10 , wherein a distance between said lower top surface and said photosensitive chip is equal to or greater than 0.15 mm.
18. A manufacturing method of a camera module, comprising said steps of:
(a) integrally molding a main body on a circuit board to form a molded photosensitive assembly, wherein said circuit board is electrically connected to a photosensitive chip;
(b) mounting a filter on a lower top surface of said main body; and
(c) fixing an optical assembly partly on a higher top surface of said main body and partly on said lower top surface of said main body, wherein said lower top surface is shorter than said higher top surface,
wherein a portion of said optical assembly which is supported on said higher top surface is adhered on said higher top surface by an adhesion layer, and wherein a portion of said optical assembly which is supported on said lower top surface is adhered to said lower top surface by an addition adhesion layer.
19. The method, as recited in claim 18 , wherein the step (c) further comprises the steps of:
placing said optical assembly and the molded photosensitive assembly upside down to position said optical assembly under said molded photosensitive assembly,
wherein said addition adhesion layer is thicker than said adhesion layer.