| US 7,525,096 B2 | ||
| Miniature camera module with lens containing image sensor | ||
| Hironori Nakajo, Kawasaki (Japan); and Michio Sasaki, Kamakura (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 23, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/508,207. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-243138 (JP), filed on Aug. 24, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0045550 A1, Mar. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01T 1/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—370.08 | 9 Claims |
| 1. A camera module comprising:
an image sensor mounted on a substrate;
a base formed on the substrate, the base having an opening above the image sensor;
a filter fixed to the opening of the base, the filter having a projecting dam member in a peripheral portion thereof; and
a lens barrel disposed on the filter and holding lenses,
wherein the dam member is projected in a direction in which the lenses are disposed and is also projected from a top surface
of the filter, a top of the dam member is higher than a top surface of the base, the top surface of the base is higher than
the top surface of the filter, the filter is in contact with a side of the opening of the base, and the base supports the
lens barrel.
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