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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Youn Joong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Chang Seok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Koon Shik Cho, Suwon-si, KR;

Ho Kwon Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G01D 5/245 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); G01D 5/245 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01);
Abstract

An actuator of a camera module includes a driving coil disposed to face a detection target; a driving circuit including a plurality of transistors connected to the driving coil; and a processor configured to provide a respective gate control signal to a gate of each of the plurality of transistors, and detect a displacement of the detection target based on a component of an oscillation signal generated in a driving signal applied to the driving coil in response to an operation of any one of the plurality of transistors being switched by the respective gate control signal.


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