Camera module connector

A camera module connector assembly, comprising:

• a connector, the connector including an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the housing, a shield and at least one grounding pin, said housing including a bottom wall, four side walls and a receiving space cooperatively defined by the bottom and four side walls, said four side walls including a plurality of terminal grooves dispopsed therein, each groove respectively receiving a single one of said terminals therein, each of said terminals including a contact end extending into said receiving space and a tail end extending outside said housing, the grounding pin being disposed along at least one side of said receiving space and having a contact end extending into said receiving space;
• and,
• a camera module, having a body portion and a substrate, said body portion including a base portion and a lens portion, the lens portion extending from a top surface of said base portion, a top surface of said substrate connecting to a bottom surface of said base portion, said substrate having a plurality of contact pads disposed thereon, said camera module including a metal layer disposed on at least four sides and a top surface of said base to provide shielding to said main body;
• whereby when said camera module is disposed in said receiving space of said housing, said terminal contect ends in said receiving space respectively contact said camera module contact pads, and said grounding pin contact end contacts said metal layer of said camera module.