IP Library Granted Patent US 9,998,640
Granted Patent B2
US 9,998,640 · App. 15/304,108 · Granted Jun 12, 2018

Camera module including ventilation groove and recess portion

Inventor: Yoshikazu Ohara (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N5/2252G02B7/021G02B7/025G02B13/16G02B27/0006H04N5/225H04N5/2253H04N5/2254H04N5/2257
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Patent No.
US 9,998,640
App. No.
15/304,108
Granted
Jun 12, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a camera module capable of securing air permeability in an imaging portion of the camera module and reducing failure (speck failure) of an image sensor, which is caused by adhesion of a foreign matter. In a camera module in which an internal space is formed by a wiring substrate, a cover body ( 36 ), and a transparent plate ( 38 ), a ventilation groove ( 45 ) which extends from the internal space to an outside of the internal space and a recess part ( 46 ) which is formed so as to branch off from the ventilation groove ( 45 ) are formed on a surface of the cover body ( 36 ), which adheres to the transparent plate ( 38 ).

Claims (38)

1. A camera module comprising:

a wiring substrate;

an image sensor mounted on the wiring substrate;

a cover body covering the image sensor;

a transparent plate adhering to the cover body so as to overlap with an aperture of the cover body which is above the image sensor; and

an imaging lens provided above the transparent plate, in which an internal space is defined by the wiring substrate, the cover body, and the transparent plate, wherein

a ventilation groove which extends from the internal space to an outside of the internal space and a recess portion which branches off from the ventilation groove are on a surface of the cover body, which adheres to the transparent plate,

the ventilation groove includes a curved portion,

the recess portion communicates with the curved portion in such a manner that a linear path from an end of an external side of the ventilation groove to the curved portion is extended, and

a depth of the recess portion is greater than a depth of the ventilation groove.

2. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of a width of a communicating portion of the recess portion, which communicates with the ventilation groove, and a depth of the recess portion is greater than a width of a communicating portion of the ventilation groove, which communicates with the recess portion.

3. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein, in the recess portion, a width of a depth side is wider than a width of an entrance side which is a communicating portion which communicates with the ventilation groove.

4. A camera module comprising:

a wiring substrate;

an image sensor mounted on the wiring substrate;

a cover body covering the image sensor;

a transparent plate adhering to the cover body so as to overlap with an aperture of the cover body which is above the image sensor; and

an imaging lens provided above the transparent plate, in which an internal space is defined by the wiring substrate, the cover body, and the transparent plate, wherein

a ventilation groove which extends from the internal space to an outside of the internal space and a recess portion which branches off from the ventilation groove are on a surface of the cover body, which adheres to the transparent plate,

the ventilation groove includes a curved portion,

the recess portion communicates with the curved portion in such a manner that a linear path from an end of an external side of the ventilation groove to the curved portion is extended,

the ventilation groove includes a communicating portion which communicates with the recess portion and is deeper than other portions, and

a depth of the recess portion is the same as a depth of the communicating portion of the ventilation groove, which communicates with the recess portion.

5. The camera module according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of a width of a communicating portion of the recess portion, which communicates with the ventilation groove, and the depth of the recess portion is greater than a width of the communicating portion of the ventilation groove, which communicates with the recess portion.

6. The camera module according to claim 4 , wherein, in the recess portion, a width of a depth side is wider than a width of an entrance side which is a communicating portion which communicates with the ventilation groove.

7. A camera module comprising:

a wiring substrate;

an image sensor mounted on the wiring substrate;

a cover body covering the image sensor;

a transparent plate adhering to the cover body so as to overlap with an aperture of the cover body which is above the image sensor; and

an imaging lens provided above the transparent plate, in which an internal space is defined by the wiring substrate, the cover body, and the transparent plate, wherein

a ventilation groove which extends from the internal space to an outside of the internal space and a recess portion which branches off from the ventilation groove are on a surface of the cover body, which adheres to the transparent plate,

the ventilation groove includes a curved portion,

the recess portion communicates with the curved portion in such a manner that a linear path from an end of an external side of the ventilation groove to the curved portion is extended,

the ventilation groove includes a communicating portion which communicates with the recess portion and is deeper than other portions, and

a depth of the recess portion is greater than a depth of the communicating portion of the ventilation groove, which communicates with the recess portion.

8. The camera module according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of a width of a communicating portion of the recess portion, which communicates with the ventilation groove, and the depth of the recess portion is greater than a width of the communicating portion of the ventilation groove, which communicates with the recess portion.

9. The camera module according to claim 5 , wherein, in the recess portion, a width of a depth side is wider than a width of an entrance side which is a communicating portion which communicates with the ventilation groove.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2016
From: OHARA, YOSHIKAZU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-086797 · Apr 18, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170041515A1 · Feb 9, 2017