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US 2009/0153707 A1Published application
Solid-state image pickup device and electronic device comprising the same
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro Nakao
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Abstract
A camera module 100 comprises at the bottom of a lens unit 4, a flange unit 43 being extended beyond a contact portion C between the lens unit 4 and a lens holder 3. Debris D produced by contact between the lens holder 3 and the lens unit 4 is collected on the flange unit 43. This can prevent poor imaging caused by the debris D. Therefore, it is possible to provide a simply-configured camera module 100 in which poor imaging due to debris is prevented but miniaturization is not hindered.
Claims10
A solid-state image pickup device comprising:
- a lens unit forming a subject image,
- a solid-state image sensor converting into an electric signal the subject image formed by said lens unit,
- a lens holder holding said lens unit inside and storing said solid-state image sensor inside, wherein:
- an outside surface of said lens unit and an inside surface of said lens holder contact with each other in such a manner that said lens unit is movable along the inside surface of said lens holder,
- said lens unit having a flange unit at its bottom, the flange unit being extended beyond a contact portion where said lens unit and said lens holder contact with each other.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a solid-state image pickup device,
- said solid-state image pickup device comprising:
- a lens unit forming a subject image,
- a solid-state image sensor converting into an electric signal the subject image formed by said lens unit,
- a lens holder holding said lens unit inside and storing said solid-state image sensor inside, wherein:
- an outside surface of said lens unit and an inside surface of said lens holder contact with each other in such a manner that said lens unit is movable along the inside surface of said lens holder, and
- said lens unit having a flange unit at its bottom, the flange unit being extended beyond a contact portion where said lens unit and said lens holder contact with each other.
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