Camera actuator with magnet holder having magnetic field

A camera actuator, comprising:

• a suspension assembly for moveably mounting a lens carrier to an actuator base;
• a magnetized magnet holder, wherein:
• the magnetized magnet holder holds one or more permanent magnets;
• and
• the magnetized magnet holder is magnetized such that the magnet holder generates a holder magnetic field of a magnetic field strength;
• and
• one or more actuator coils configured to interact with a combined magnetic field from the one or more permanent magnets and the magnetized magnet holder to move the lens carrier.

A camera, comprising:

• a lens assembly in a lens carrier;
• an image sensor for capturing light transiting the lens assembly;
• a suspension assembly for moveably mounting the lens carrier to an actuator base;
• a magnetized magnet holder, wherein:
• the magnetized magnet holder holds one or more permanent magnets;
• and
• the magnetized magnet holder is magnetized such that the magnet holder generates a holder magnetic field of a magnetic field strength;
• and
• one or more actuator coils configured to interact with a combined magnetic field from the one or more permanent magnets and the magnetized magnet holder to move the lens carrier.

A method of manufacturing a magnetized magnet holder for a camera actuator, the method comprising:

• embedding magnetic bodies into a structural material;
• shaping the structural material into a magnet holder shape;
• and
• exposing the magnetic bodies, that are in the structural material, to an external magnetic field to orient magnetic fields of the magnetic bodies to an intended magnetic field orientation.