IP Library Granted Patent US 12,495,192
Granted Patent B2
US 12,495,192 · App. 18/043,965 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Camera module and electronic device with heat dissipating member

Inventors: Shunichiro Shibazaki (Kanagawa, JP); Kozo Hoshino (Kanagawa, JP); Shinichi Yuzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Tetsuya Nakagawa (Kanagawa, JP); Kiyohiro Saito (Kanagawa, JP); Yuta Shishido (Kanagawa, JP); Kazumi Kobayashi (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuyuki Watanabe (Kanagawa, JP); Masaki Hoshino (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
H04N23/52H04N23/54
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,495,192
App. No.
18/043,965
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a camera module and an electronic device that can improve heat dissipation. A movable member has an image sensor on a front side and is movable in a direction along an imaging surface of the image sensor, the fixed member is fixed with a predetermined gap interposed between the fixed member and the movable member on a back side of the movable member, and at least one heat dissipating member is fixed to at least one of the fixed member and the movable member and is in contact with the other in the gap. The present disclosure is applicable to a camera module of a sensor-shift system.

Claims (40)

1 . A camera module, comprising:

an image sensor;

a movable member that has the image sensor on a front side and is movable in a direction along an imaging surface of the image sensor;

a fixed member that is fixed with a predetermined gap interposed between the fixed member and a back side of the movable member; and

at least one heat dissipating member that is fixed to at least one of the fixed member and the movable member and is in contact with the other in the gap, wherein the at least one heat dissipating member includes a plurality of heat dissipating members disposed in a staggered pattern.

2 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heat dissipating member includes a bump.

3 . The camera module according to claim 2 , wherein the bump is made of a material having higher thermal conductivity than air.

4 . The camera module according to claim 3 , wherein the bump is made of a material containing at least one of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, and solder or includes a protruding portion formed by working on a top surface of the fixed member.

5 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heat dissipating member is fixed to the fixed member and is provided in point contact with the movable member.

6 . The camera module according to claim 5 , further comprising a heat dissipating material having a thermal conducting property and provided on the back side of the movable member,

wherein the at least one heat dissipating member is provided in point contact with the heat dissipating material.

7 . The camera module according to claim 5 , further comprising a low frictional material provided on the back side of the movable member,

wherein the at least one heat dissipating member is provided in point contact with the low frictional material.

8 . The camera module according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one heat dissipating member is attached to the fixed member.

9 . The camera module according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one heat dissipating member is spherical and is fit into a groove formed on the fixed member.

10 . The camera module according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of vias that are formed by penetrating from the front side to the back side of the movable member,

wherein the at least one heat dissipating member includes a plurality of heat dissipating members that are disposed at respective positions corresponding to the plurality of vias.

11 . The camera module according to claim 10 , wherein the vias are formed in an installation part of the image sensor on the movable member.

12 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one heat dissipating member is fixed to the movable member and is provided in point contact with the fixed member.

13 . The camera module according to claim 1 , further comprising, as the at least one heat dissipating member, a first heat dissipating member that is fixed to the fixed member and is provided in point contact with the movable member and a second heat dissipating member that is fixed to the movable member and is provided in point contact with the fixed member.

14 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the movable member configured of a printed circuit board, and

the fixed member configured of a stiffener.

15 . A camera module, comprising:

an image sensor;

a movable member that has the image sensor on a front side and is movable in a direction along an imaging surface of the image sensor;

a fixed member that is fixed with a predetermined gap interposed between the fixed member and a back side of the movable member; and

at least one heat dissipating member that is fixed to at least one of the fixed member and the movable member and is in contact with the other in the gap, wherein the at least one heat dissipating member includes a plurality of heat dissipating members that are radially disposed with respect to a center of the image sensor.

16 . The camera module according to claim 15 , wherein the at least one heat dissipating member includes a bump.

17 . The camera module according to claim 16 , wherein the bump is made of a material having higher thermal conductivity than air.

18 . The camera module according to claim 17 , wherein the bump is made of a material containing at least one of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, and solder or includes a protruding portion formed by working on a top surface of the fixed member.

19 . A camera module, comprising:

an image sensor;

a movable member that has the image sensor on a front side and is movable in a direction along an imaging surface of the image sensor;

a fixed member that is fixed with a predetermined gap interposed between the fixed member and a back side of the movable member; and

at least one heat dissipating member that is fixed to at least one of the fixed member and the movable member and is in contact with the other in the gap, wherein the at least one heat dissipating member includes a plurality of heat dissipating members that are more densely disposed closer to a center of the image sensor.

20 . A camera module, comprising:

an image sensor;

a movable member that has the image sensor on a front side and is movable in a direction along an imaging surface of the image sensor;

a fixed member that is fixed with a predetermined gap interposed between the fixed member and a back side of the movable member; and

at least one heat dissipating member that is fixed to at least one of the fixed member and the movable member and is in contact with the other in the gap, wherein the at least one heat dissipating member includes a plurality of heat dissipating members that are larger in size closer to a center of the image sensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2023
From: SHIBAZAKI, SHUNICHIRO; HOSHINO, KOZO; YUZUKI, SHINICHI; NAKAGAWA, TETSUYA; SAITO, KIYOHIRO; SHISHIDO, YUTA; KOBAYASHI, KAZUMI; WATANABE, NOBUYUKI; HOSHINO, MASAKI
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062873/0426 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-159310 · Sep 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230328346A1 · Oct 12, 2023
References Cited (13)
US 20090003814A1 · Okamura et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20090273693A1 · Aoki et al. · 2009 [cited by applicant]
US 20160301875A1 · Iwasaki · 2016 [cited by applicant]
JP 2006191465A · 2006 [cited by examiner]
JP 2007162889 · 2007 [cited by applicant]
JP 2009011097 · 2009 [cited by applicant]
JP 2009272789 · 2009 [cited by applicant]
JP 2009284414A · 2009 [cited by examiner]
JP 2012217179 · 2012 [cited by applicant]
JP 2012217179A · 2012 [cited by examiner]
JP 2020060726 · 2020 [cited by applicant]
JP 2023107288A · 2023 [cited by examiner]
International Search Report and Written Opinion prepared by the Japan Patent Office on Nov. 15, 2021, for International Application No. PCT/JP2021/033251, 2 pgs. [cited by applicant]