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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2010
Applicant:
Kirk Tecu, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventor:
Kirk Tecu, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
OmniVision Technologies, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 43/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 43/00 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mechanical assembly for fine focus of a wafer-level camera module includes a threaded lens acceptor for mounting with a wafer-level compatible image sensor and a complimentary threaded lens base for mounting with a wafer-level lens stack. In a method of forming a wafer-level camera with a mechanical fine focus assembly, the lens base and the lens acceptor rotationally couple to join the lens stack with the sensor, and to adjust z-height of the camera module to achieve optimal focus. The camera module is secured at the optimal focus position.