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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Michael J. Nystrom, San Jose, CA (US);
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Belgacem Haba, Saratoga, CA (US);
Giles Humpston, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Jesse Burl Thompson, Brentwood, CA (US);
Michael J. Nystrom, San Jose, CA (US);
David B. Tuckerman, Lafayette, CA (US);
Belgacem Haba, Saratoga, CA (US);
Giles Humpston, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Jesse Burl Thompson, Brentwood, CA (US);
Tessera, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a camera module. The camera module includes a circuit panel having a top side, a bottom side and transparent region, the circuit panel having conductors. The module further includes sensor unit disposed on the bottom side of the circuit panel, and the sensor unit includes a semiconductor chip having a front surface including an imaging area facing in a forward direction in alignment with the transparent region and an imaging circuit adapted to generate signals representative of an optical image impinging on the imaging area. The module further includes posts protruding from the bottom side of the circuit panel, wherein at least some of the posts being engagement posts having bottom surfaces, and at least some of the bottom surfaces abutting an engagement surface of the sensor unit.