Lens moving apparatus, and camera module and portable device including the same

Abstract

A lens moving apparatus is disclosed. The lens moving apparatus includes a cover member, a housing disposed in the cover member, a bobbin disposed in the housing, the bobbin being provided in an inner circumferential surface thereof with a screw thread, the bobbin being configured to move in a first direction, which is parallel to an optical-axis direction, a first coil provided on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin, a first magnet coupled to the housing so as to be opposite the first coil, an upper elastic member provided at an upper surface of the bobbin, the upper elastic member being coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a lower elastic member provided at a lower surface of the bobbin, the lower elastic member being coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a circuit member comprising a second coil disposed under the housing so as to be opposite the first magnet, a circuit board disposed at a lower side of the circuit member, the circuit board being connected to the circuit member, a plurality of support members connected to the upper elastic member, and a base disposed under the circuit board, the base being coupled to the cover member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.