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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2011
Vidyadhar Sitaram Kale, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Samuel Waising Tam, Daly City, CA (US);
Dongkai Shangguan, San Jose, CA (US);
Vidyadhar Sitaram Kale, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Samuel Waising Tam, Daly City, CA (US);
Dongkai Shangguan, San Jose, CA (US);
DigitalOptics Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A integrated camera module () for capturing video images in very small digital cameras, cell phones, personal digital assistants, and the like. A lens assembly () is rigidly affixed in relation to a sensor array area () of a camera chip () by a molding (). The molding () is formed on the camera chip (), and optionally on a printed circuit board () on which the camera chip () is mounted. The lens assembly () is held in place in a recess () of the molding () by an adhesive (). The molding () is formed such that a precise gap () exists between the lens assembly () and a sensor array area () of the camera chip ().