Vehicle vision system camera assembly with coaxial connector

A method for assembling a camera for a vision system of a vehicle, said system comprising:

• providing a circuit board having an imaging array sensor disposed thereat, said circuit board having connector circuitry at a side thereof;
• wherein said imaging array sensor is disposed at an opposite side of said circuit board than said connector circuitry;
• providing a lens barrel;
• aligning a lens of said lens barrel with said imaging array sensor and attaching said circuit board at said lens barrel;
• providing solder pads at said connector circuitry;
• providing a coaxial connector, wherein said coaxial connector has a circuitry connecting end and a cable connecting end opposite said circuitry connecting end;
• aligning said coaxial connector with said connector circuitry at said circuit board;
• determining when said coaxial connector is aligned with said connector circuitry at said circuit board;
• when said coaxial connector is determined to be aligned with said connector circuitry, attaching said circuitry connecting end of said coaxial connector at said connector circuitry;
• wherein attaching said coaxial connector at said connector circuitry comprises soldering said coaxial connector at said connector circuitry via said solder pads;
• after attaching said coaxial connector at said connector circuitry, assembling a rear housing portion to said lens barrel to encase said circuit board and said imaging array sensor and at least a portion of said coaxial connector within said lens barrel and said rear housing portion construction;
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• as said rear housing portion is assembled to said lens barrel, aligning said cable connecting end of said coaxial connector with a connector portion of said rear housing portion and inserting said cable connecting end of said coaxial connector at least partially in said connector portion of said rear housing portion, wherein said connector portion is configured to attach to a connector of a cable.

A method for assembling a camera for a vision system of a vehicle, said system comprising:

• providing a circuit board having an imaging array sensor disposed thereat, said circuit board having connector circuitry at a side thereof;
• providing a lens barrel;
• aligning a lens of said lens barrel with said imaging array sensor and attaching said circuit board at said lens barrel;
• providing a plurality of solder pads at said connector circuitry;
• providing a coaxial connector, wherein said coaxial connector has a circuitry connecting end and a cable connecting end opposite said circuitry connecting end, and wherein said circuitry connecting end comprises a plurality of contact portions;
• aligning said coaxial connector with said connector circuitry at said circuit board such that said contact portions of said circuitry connecting end are aligned with said solder pads at said circuit board;
• determining when said coaxial connector is aligned with said connector circuitry at said circuit board;
• when said coaxial connector is determined to be aligned with said connector circuitry, attaching said coaxial connector at said connector circuitry;
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• wherein attaching said coaxial connector at said connector circuitry comprises soldering said contact portions of said coaxial connector at said solder pads at said connector circuitry via heating said solder pads.