Shicoh Engineering Co., Ltd.

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Morimasa Yoshie

Naoki Sekiguchi

Manabu Shiraki

Yoshinori Tanida

Katsuitsu Nishida

Tohru Shigeta

Satoshi Asakawa

Hidetoshi Nishimura

An optical structure is disposed on a surface of a device substrate, and a lens system for introducing external light into a solid-state image pickup device is placed in the center of the optical structure. The outer shape of the optical structure seen from the light incident side of the lens system is rectangular, and its plane shape forms a rectangular frame section. An intermediate structure is disposed between the device substrate and the optical structure. The intermediate structure has a fitting section for fitting the optical structure in a part of side faces of the frame section.

Camera module, manufacturing method of camera module, electronic apparatus, and manufacturing method of electronic apparatus

A lens driving apparatus includes: a first yoke having an inner peripheral wall and an outer peripheral wall placed to be concentric with each other and forming a rectangular U-shape cross section and a cylindrical shape; a second yoke placed at an outer side of the first yoke to be concentric with the first yoke and forming a rectangular U-shape cross section and a cylindrical shape; a base; a first magnet and a first coil arranged in a rectangular U-shape interior of the first yoke; a second magnet and a second coil arranged in a rectangular U-shape interior of the second yoke; a first lens support member; and a second lens support member. The second lens support member is placed at an inner peripheral side of the second yoke and has the second coil fixed onto an outer periphery thereof. The first lens support member is linearly moved in a direction of an optical axis of a lens by an electromagnetic force caused by passing current through the first coil. The second lens support member is linearly moved in a direction of an optical axis of a lens by an electromagnetic force caused by passing current through the second coil.

Lens driving apparatus

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Shiki, Japan

Morimasa Yoshie