U.S. patent application number 17/323079 was filed with the patent office on 2021-10-21 for camera module with compression-molded circuit board and manufacturing method thereof.
The applicant listed for this patent is NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Feifan CHEN, Nan GUO, Zhen HUANG, Bo PENG, Mingzhu WANG, Bojie ZHAO.
Application Number | 20210329781 17/323079 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 1000005695924 |
Filed Date | 2021-10-21 |
United States Patent
Application |
20210329781 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
WANG; Mingzhu ; et
al. |
October 21, 2021 |
Camera Module with Compression-Molded Circuit Board and
Manufacturing Method Thereof
Abstract
A camera module with compression-molded circuit board is
manufactured by compression-molding that can obtain properties such
as high flatness, ultra-thin, fine wiring width and high
integration.
Inventors: |
WANG; Mingzhu; (Ningbo,
CN) ; GUO; Nan; (Ningbo, CN) ; CHEN;
Feifan; (Ningbo, CN) ; ZHAO; Bojie; (Ningbo,
CN) ; PENG; Bo; (Ningbo, CN) ; HUANG;
Zhen; (Ningbo, CN) |
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Applicant: |
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NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD. |
Ningbo |
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CN |
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Family ID: |
1000005695924 |
Appl. No.: |
17/323079 |
Filed: |
May 18, 2021 |
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15057078 |
Feb 29, 2016 |
11051400 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
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H05K 3/0058 20130101;
G02B 7/09 20130101; H05K 3/0014 20130101; H05K 3/32 20130101; H05K
3/46 20130101; H05K 2201/09118 20130101; H05K 3/4673 20130101; H05K
3/20 20130101; H05K 1/0298 20130101; H05K 2201/2018 20130101; H04N
5/2253 20130101; H05K 2201/10121 20130101; H05K 3/0052
20130101 |
International
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H05K 1/02 20060101
H05K001/02; H05K 3/00 20060101 H05K003/00; G02B 7/09 20060101
G02B007/09; H04N 5/225 20060101 H04N005/225; H05K 3/32 20060101
H05K003/32; H05K 3/46 20060101 H05K003/46 |
Claims
1. A compression-molded circuit board of camera module, wherein the
camera module comprises a photosensitive chip, wherein said
compression-molded circuit board comprises a circuit and at least
one circuit board body, wherein said circuit board body and said
circuit are molded into an integral structure by
compression-molding for electrically connecting with the
photosensitive chip of the camera module, wherein said
compression-molded circuit board comprises a plurality of
conductive members and a resin material, wherein said conductive
members are added together with said resin material and are being
heated in a compression-molding process to form said at least one
circuit board body, wherein said conductive members forms at least
a part of said circuit.
2. The compression-molded circuit board, as recited in claim 1,
wherein said at least one circuit board body comprises a
reinforcing plate, wherein said resin material comprises one or
more laminated epoxy resin members being integrally
compression-molded on said reinforcing plate by
compression-molding, wherein said conductive members are embedded
in said one or more laminated epoxy resin members to form a
multi-layer structure.
3. The compression-molded circuit board, as recited in claim 1,
wherein a layer of said conductive members and a layer of said
resin material are repeatedly and overlappedly added in the
compression-molding process to form said multi-layer structure
4. The compression-molded circuit board, as recited in claim 2,
wherein said circuit further comprises one or more electrical
components mounted on said at least one circuit board body and
connected with said conductive members.
5. The compression-molded circuit board, as recited in claim 1,
wherein said circuit has a wiring width of 0.01 mm to 0.09 mm,
wherein a thickness of said at least one circuit board body is 0.1
mm to 0.6 mm.
6. The compression-molded circuit board, as recited in claim 1,
wherein the camera module further comprises an optical lens,
wherein said compression-molded circuit board further comprises a
recessed bracket integrally molded on said at least one circuit
board body for mounting the optical lens.
7. The compression-molded circuit board, as recited in claim 1,
wherein said resin material is a hot melting material.
8. The compression-molded circuit board, as recited in claim 1,
wherein said resin material is a hot setting material.
9. A camera module, comprising: an optical lens; a photosensitive
chip; and a compression-molded circuit board, wherein said optical
lens is supported above said compression-molded circuit board and
is located in an optical path of said photosensitive chip, wherein
said compression-molded circuit board comprises a circuit and at
least one circuit board body, wherein said circuit board body and
said circuit are molded into an integral structure by
compression-molding and are electrically connecting with said
photosensitive chip, wherein said compression-molded circuit board
comprises a plurality of conductive members and a resin material,
wherein said conductive members are added together with said resin
material and are being heated in a compression-molding process to
form said at least one circuit board body, wherein said conductive
members forms at least a part of said circuit.
10. The camera module, as recited in claim 9, wherein said at least
one circuit board body comprises a reinforcing plate, wherein said
resin material comprises one or more laminated epoxy resin members
being integrally compression-molded on said reinforcing plate by
compression-molding, wherein said conductive members are embedded
in said one or more laminated epoxy resin members to form a
multi-layer structure.
11. The camera module, as recited in claim 10, wherein a layer of
said conductive members and a layer of said resin material are
repeatedly and overlappedly added in the compression-molding
process to form said multi-layer structure
12. The camera module, as recited in claim 10, wherein said circuit
further comprises one or more electrical components mounted on said
at least one circuit board body and connected with said conductive
members.
13. The camera module, as recited in claim 10, wherein said circuit
has a wiring width of 0.01 mm to 0.09 mm, wherein a thickness of
said at least one circuit board body is 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm.
14. The camera module, as recited in claim 10, wherein said
compression-molded circuit board further comprises a recessed
bracket integrally molded on said at least one circuit board body
for mounting said optical lens.
15. The camera module, as recited in claim 14, further comprising a
motor mounted on said recessed bracket, wherein said optical lens
is mounted on said motor such that said compression-molded circuit
board and said motor are provided on two opposite sides of said
bracket respectively and said optical lens is able to be driven by
said motor for auto-focusing.
16. The camera module, as recited in claim 10, wherein said camera
module is a fixed-focal camera module.
17. The camera module, as recited in claim 10, wherein said
conductive members and said one or more laminated epoxy resin
members are molded on said reinforcing plate in such a manner one
inner layer of said one or more laminated epoxy resin members is
laminated on said reinforcing plate, at least one layer of said one
or more conductive members is laminated on said inner layer of said
one or more laminated epoxy resin members, and then one outer layer
of said one or more laminated epoxy resin members is laminated on
said at least one layer of said one or more conductive members
while another one or more of said one or more conductive members
are transversely extending from said reinforcing plate to outside
of said outer layer of said one or more laminated epoxy resin
members to selectively connect with said one or more electrical
components and said at least one layer of said one or more
conductive members to form said circuit.
18. The camera module, as recited in claim 14, wherein said
conductive members and said one or more laminated epoxy resin
members are molded on said reinforcing plate in such a manner one
inner layer of said one or more laminated epoxy resin members is
laminated on said reinforcing plate, at least one layer of said one
or more conductive members is laminated on said inner layer of said
one or more laminated epoxy resin members, and then one outer layer
of said one or more laminated epoxy resin members is laminated on
said at least one layer of said one or more conductive members
while another one or more of said one or more conductive members
are transversely extending from said reinforcing plate to outside
of said outer layer of said one or more laminated epoxy resin
members to selectively connect with said one or more electrical
components and said at least one layer of said one or more
conductive members to form said circuit
19. The camera module, as recited in claim 10, wherein said resin
material is a hot melting material.
20. The camera module, as recited in claim 10, wherein said resin
material is a hot setting material.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a Continuation application that claims
the benefit of priority under 35U.S.C. .sctn. 120 to a
non-provisional application, application Ser. No. 15/057,078, filed
Feb. 29, 2016, which is a non-provisional application that claims
priority to China application number CN201610102572.X, filed Feb.
24, 2016, wherein the entire content of which is expressly
incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
Field of Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to camera module, and more
particularly to a camera module with compression-molded circuit
board and the manufacturing method thereof.
Description of Related Arts
[0003] With the rapid development of the technology and the
improvement of people's living standard, more and more smart
electronic devices have been used in various fields and our daily
life. In other words, smart electronic devices have been utilized
everywhere. The application of smart device requires the use of all
kinds of electronic components and optical products, wherein the
camera module is one of the most essential components.
[0004] All smart devices are developed in the direction of being
thinner and having higher performance. Accordingly, high-pixel,
high quality imaging and ultra-thin become a demand of the camera
module.
[0005] Conventional camera module, made by COB (Chip On Board)
technology, usually comprises at least a rigid-flex board, a
photosensitive chip, a lens holder, a driving motor, and an optical
lens. All electrical and electronic parts are arranged on the
surface of the circuit board without overlapping with each other.
With the demand of high-pixel, high image quality and high
performance, the number of electrical and electronic components on
the circuit board is increasing, and the size of the chip is
increasing for accepting more resistors, capacitors and driven
parts, resulting that the overall size of the electrical and
electronic components getting bigger and bigger, the difficulty in
assemble being more and more, and the size of the camera module
being bigger and bigger too.
[0006] Smart phone, for example, is updating models from day to
day, and the camera module is developed accordingly. The
development of the smart phone is mainly focused in two directions.
One is to provide more functions and more stable performance for
the smart phone. The other is to improve the appearance and
thickness of the smart phone. It is apparent that, the
photoelectric properties of the camera module greatly affects its
image quality, such as photo taking or video taking. On the other
hand, according to the arrangement of the conventional smart phone,
the camera module is parallelly installed in the smart phone, and
therefore, the thickness of the camera module greatly affects and
determines the thickness of the smart phone, while the projection
area of the camera module substantially affects the width of the
smart phone. One skilled in the art would find that the main factor
that limits the ultra-thinness development of the smart phone is
the camera module to be used. It is so difficult for the camera
modules applied to the current smart phones to have a balanced
coordination between good performance and compact overall size
thereof.
[0007] It is apparent that, on the basis of conventional
manufacturing and assembling technologies of the camera module, the
requirements of the high performance and ultra-thinness in size of
the camera module is irreconcilable contradiction.
[0008] The implementation of a camera module relies on all related
factors. The photosensitive performance including the pixel and
quality of the image taken by the camera module is related to the
electrical and electronic components and optical elements. The
size, shape, quality and other physical properties of the camera
module is related to the manufacturing process, the assembly
method, the manufacturing material to be used, and etc.. How to
more reasonably and appropriately manufacture and assemble more and
more components to provide a camera module with outstanding
performance like high-pixel, high image quality and etc., while
fulfilling the requirement of lighter and thinner in size, is a
problem remained to be solved.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0009] One object of the present invention is to provide a camera
module with compression-molded circuit board, wherein the circuit
board is manufactured using molding to minimize its size and to
provide an integration structure, that is able to solve the
contradiction between the configuration of the electrical and
electronic components and the increased size of the circuit
board.
[0010] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
camera module with compression-molded circuit board, wherein
molding method is used to obtain an innovative circuit board with
high flatness, ultra-thin, highly integrated, and fine line
width.
[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
camera module with compression-molded circuit board, wherein the
circuit board is manufactured by using a compression-molding
method, so that the circuit board structure is optimized and thus
the camera module is optimized.
[0012] According to the present invention, the foregoing and other
objects and advantages are attained by a camera module with
compression-molded circuit board, which comprises a circuit and a
circuit board body, wherein the circuit board body and the circuit
are integrally manufactured by compression-molding method. The
compression-molded circuit board is electrically connected with a
light-sensitive sensor such as a photosensitive chip.
[0013] In one embodiment, the circuit board body is made of hot
melting or hot setting material such as epoxy resin by means of
compression-molding.
[0014] In one embodiment, the circuit board further comprises a
reinforcing member, wherein the circuit board body is made based on
the reinforcing member and formed by compressing hot melting or hot
setting material such as laminated epoxy resin.
[0015] In one embodiment, the circuit board comprises one circuit
board body or a plurality of circuit board bodies arranged to be
aligned with each other.
[0016] In one embodiment, the circuit board comprises 2 to 10
layers of circuit board body.
[0017] In one embodiment, the thickness of the circuit board body
is 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm.
[0018] In one embodiment, a wiring width of the circuit of the
compression-molded circuit board is 0.01 mm to 0.09 mm. One skilled
in the art can understand that the above-mentioned layers,
thickness and the wiring width is exemplary only and not intended
to limit the present invention.
[0019] In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the
present invention comprises a camera module which comprises an
optical lens, a light-sensitive sensor such as a photosensitive
chip and a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is manufactured
by molding method. The photosensitive chip is electrically
connected with the circuit board. The optical lens is provided in a
photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip.
[0020] In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the
present invention comprises a manufacturing method of a camera
module, wherein the manufacturing method comprises the following
steps: obtaining a circuit board by compression-molding;
electrically connecting a photosensitive chip to the circuit board;
and assembling an optical lens in a photosensitive path of the
photosensitive chip.
[0021] Still further objects and advantages will become apparent
from a consideration of the ensuing description and drawings.
[0022] These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the
present invention will become apparent from the following detailed
description, the accompanying drawings, and the appended
claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0023] FIG. 1 illustrated a perspective view of a camera module
according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
[0024] FIG. 2 illustrated an explosive view of the camera module
according to the above mentioned preferred embodiment of the
present invention.
[0025] FIG. 3 illustrated a perspective view of the circuit board
when being compression-molded according to the above mentioned
preferred embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0026] The following description is disclosed to enable any person
skilled in the art to make and use the present invention. Preferred
embodiments are provided in the following description only as
examples and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the
art. The general principles defined in the following description
would be applied to other embodiments, alternatives, modifications,
equivalents, and applications without departing from the spirit and
scope of the present invention.
[0027] Those skilled in the art should understand that, in the
disclosure of the present invention, terminologies of
"longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "front," "back," "left,"
"right," "perpendicular," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner,"
"outer," and etc. that indicate relations of directions or
positions are based on the relations of directions or positions
shown in the appended drawings, which are only to facilitate
descriptions of the present invention and to simplify the
descriptions, rather than to indicate or imply that the referred
device or element is limited to the specific direction or to be
operated or configured in the specific direction. Therefore, the
above-mentioned terminologies shall not be interpreted as confine
to the present invention.
[0028] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, a camera module according to a
preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. The
camera module comprises a frame 10, a circuit board 20, a
light-sensitive sensor such as a photosensitive chip 30, an optical
lens 40, and a driver such as a motor 50. One skilled in the art
can understand that without the motor 50, the camera module can be
embodied as a fixed-focal camera module.
[0029] As shown in the figures, the photosensitive chip 30 is
provided on the circuit board 20. The frame 10 is installed on the
circuit board 20. The optical lens 40 is mounted on the motor 50
which is mounted on the frame 10. So that the optical lens 40 is
supported and positioned above the circuit board 20 in such a
manner that the emitting light traveling through the optical lens
40 can be sensed by the photosensitive chip 30.
[0030] Specifically, the optical lens 40 is mounted on the motor
50, and can be driven by the motor for auto-focusing. The circuit
board 20 and the motor 50 are provided on the opposite side of the
frame 10 respectively, which makes the optical lens 40 located
along a photosensitive path of the photosensitive chip 30. When the
camera module is used to capture image of an object, the reflect
light of the object can be processed by the optical lens 40 and
further be accepted by the photosensitive chip 30 for photoelectric
conversion.
[0031] The circuit board 20 comprises a plurality of circuit board
conductive members 21, a circuit board body 22 and a circuit 23,
wherein the circuit board conductive members 21 are provided on the
circuit board body 22 for electrically connecting the
light-sensitive chip 30. The circuit 23 is provided on the circuit
board body 22.
[0032] Specifically, the photosensitive chip 30 comprises a
plurality of photosensitive chip conductive members and a
photosensitive chip body, wherein the photosensitive chip
conductive members are provided on the photosensitive chip body.
The photosensitive chip conductive members are used to electrically
connect the circuit board 20 and the circuit board conductive
members 21, so as to ensure the electrical connection of the
photosensitive chip 30 and the circuit board 20. Specifically, the
photosensitive chip and the circuit board 20 are electrically
connected by lead wires, or other electrical connection method such
as soldering, ACP (anisotropic conductive paste) and hot-pressing.
One skilled in the art would understand that the lead wire is for
exemplary only and not intended to limit the present invention.
[0033] It is worth mentioning that, according to the present
invention, the circuit board 20 is formed by compression-molding
which is different from the conventional circuit board
manufacturing method. More particularly, to manufacture the circuit
board 20, layers of resin are laminated on a reinforced member 201
or copper board to form the circuit board body 22. In other words,
the circuit board 21 is integrally formed by molding. During the
molding process, different materials can be used for molding. In
one embodiment of the present invention, it is preferably to use
hot melting material or hot setting material such as epoxy resin.
One skilled in the art can understand that the hot melting material
or hot setting material such as epoxy resin is for exemplary only
and not intended to limit the present invention.
[0034] More specifically, the compression-molded circuit board of
the this embodiment is manufactured by means of
compression-molding. Specifically, electroplating circuit and
film/resin film are added into the molding die. Then, resin
material is filled, such as filling in resin powder or by
injection. And finally close the mold and press to form the circuit
board.
[0035] More particularly, according to the preferred embodiment of
the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the reinforcing member
201 is received in a molding die (not shown), and then conductive
member 202 is added together with resin material 203 such as resin
powder. Then, the molding die is heated to a predetermined
temperature. When the resin powder is melted with heat and becomes
viscous fluid, under the effect of pressure, the viscous fluid
flows and fills the inner cavity of the entire molding die. Then,
while the temperature is increased continuously, the resin is
crosslinked and its molecular weight is increased, so that the
viscous fluid further loses its flowability and is solidified. The
electrical and electronic components 204, such as resistors,
capacitors and driver chip, can further be attached and connected
with the conductive member 202 to form a complete circuit board
20.
[0036] It is appreciated that when the resin material 203 is added,
it is also feasible to inject the melted resin material 203 into
the molding die directly, and then by applying pressure and heat,
the resin material 203 is solidified. It is also feasible to add a
layer of conductive member 202 and a layer of resin material 203
repeatedly and overlappedly to form a multi-layer structure. The
conductive member 202 and the electrical components 204 form the
circuit 23 of the circuit board 20. The above mentioned electrical
frame and the integral circuit board member can also be
manufactured using the similar manufacturing method.
[0037] It is worth mentioning that the circuit board 21
manufactured by such molding method have advantages such as high
flatness, ultra-thin, high integration, fine wire width, and etc.,
so that the contraction of configuration of the circuit parts and
the increasing size of the circuit board can be solved. In one
embodiment of the present invention, the circuit board body 22
manufactured by compression-molding as mentioned above have a good
flatness. The wiring width could be 0.01 mm to 0.09 mm. The
thickness of the circuit board 20 could be 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm. The
layers of the circuit board could be 2 to 10 layers. One skilled in
the art will understand that all figures mentioned above is
exemplary only and not intended to be limiting.
[0038] It is worth mentioning, the frame 10 could be manufactured
in all predetermined shape according to the demands. In other
words, the circuit board 20 with the photosensitive chip 30 can be
assembled with a conventional frame, and the frame 10 can be
further installed with an optical filter 70.
[0039] In addition, the frame 10 can be manufactured using above
mentioned compression-molding technology. In other words, the
circuit board 20 and the frame 10 can be manufactured using
laminated resin as an integral. In compression-molding, a recess
could be provided on the top of the circuit board 20 for mounting
the photosensitive chip 30 therein.
[0040] It is worth mentioning that the circuit board 20 with the
photosensitive chip 30 can be assembled with different types of
camera module such as fixed-focal camera module, auto-focus camera
module or zooming camera module. And further connected with a
control panel in a variety of electrical device through a flexible
PCB. One skilled in the art will understand the circuit board 20 is
exemplary only and not intended to be limit the present
invention.
[0041] It is also worth mentioning that, in the application of the
circuit board 20, a single circuit board 20 can be manufactured
independently to assemble together with other parts to constitute a
camera module. A plurality of circuit boards 20 could be
manufactured together using makeup method. That is forming an
entire piece of the board with more than one piece of the circuit
boards 20 by compression-molding process, and then the entire board
is cut into multiple circuit boards 20. One skilled in the art will
understand that the number of the circuit board 20 is exemplary
only and not intended to be limit the present invention.
[0042] One skilled in the art will understand that the embodiment
of the present invention as shown in the drawings and described
above is exemplary only and not intended to be limiting.
[0043] It will thus be seen that the objects of the present
invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The
embodiments have been shown and described for the purposes of
illustrating the functional and structural principles of the
present invention and are subject to change without departure from
such principles. Therefore, this invention includes all
modifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the
following claims.
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