CN210381098U - Actuator, camera module, and camera mounting device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an actuator, camera module and camera carry on device can high-efficiently carry out and have the mechanism that carries out automatic focusing through making the lens activity and carry out the equipment operation of the mechanism that the shake was corrected through making the image sensor activity concurrently. The actuator includes: a housing (10) having a through hole (101) in the center; a lens driving device which is provided with a lens driving mechanism for driving the lens body (1) in the front and back direction of the optical axis direction and a1 st FPC (12), and is exposed from the through hole (101) and fixed on the shell (10); and an image sensor driving device having an image sensor driving mechanism for driving the image sensor (2) in a direction different from the optical axis direction, and disposed on the rear side of the lens driving device. The 1 st FPC (12) has a long plate portion (122) extending along the outer side surface of the housing (10) and a short plate portion (123) entering the housing (10) from the through hole (101), and the short plate portion (123) is electrically connected to the lens driving device.

Description

Actuator, camera module, and camera mounting device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an actuator, a camera module, and a camera mounting device for use in electronic equipment such as a smartphone.

Background

Among camera modules with a shake correction function mounted on electronic devices such as smartphones, there is a type called sensor displacement in which an image sensor that photoelectrically converts light of a lens is moved in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis direction of the lens to correct a shake. As a document disclosing a technique related to such a camera module, there is patent document 1. The anti-camera shake autofocus module disclosed in patent document 1 stores an assembly of an autofocus structure and an assembly of an anti-camera shake structure in a box-shaped case having an opening for exposing a lens in the direction of a subject. The assembly of the auto-focus structure drives the lens, and the assembly of the shake prevention structure drives the image sensor in the x-axis and y-axis directions. Vibration absorbing materials such as soft rubber and soft springs are added between the components of the movable part such as the lens and the image sensor and the components of the other fixed part.

[ patent document 1 ] Japanese patent laid-open publication No. 2013-050668

The anti-camera shake autofocus module disclosed in patent document 1 is configured such that a mounting board for an image sensor is disposed at the rearmost portion of the housing opposite to the exposure opening of the lens, and an electric wire for feeding power is wound around the mounting board from the mounting board to an assembly of a shake prevention structure and further to an assembly of a previous autofocus structure. Therefore, there is a problem that wiring of the assembly having the shake correction structure and wiring of the assembly having the auto-focus structure must be performed in one operation in the assembly work, and it is difficult to efficiently assemble the assemblies.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an actuator, a camera module, and a camera mounting device, which can efficiently perform an assembly operation of a device having both a mechanism for performing auto-focusing by moving a lens and a mechanism for performing shake correction by moving an image sensor.

In order to solve the above problem, an actuator according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention: a housing having a through hole at the center; a lens driving device and an FPC, which have a lens driving mechanism for driving the lens body in the front and rear directions of the optical axis direction, and are exposed from the through hole and fixed to the housing; and an image sensor driving device having an image sensor driving mechanism for driving the image sensor in a direction the same as or different from the optical axis direction, the image sensor driving device being disposed on a rear side of the lens driving device, wherein the FPC has a long plate portion extending along an outer side surface of the housing and a short plate portion entering from the through hole into an inner side of the housing, and the short plate portion is electrically connected to the lens driving device.

In this aspect, the FPC may have a top portion that connects the long plate portion and the short plate portion at a distal end thereof, and the housing may be provided with a groove that fits into the top portion.

Further, a plurality of terminals are provided at the rear portions of the long plate portion and the short plate portion, respectively.

Further, the FPC may be electrically connected to the lens driving mechanism, and a2 nd FPC electrically connected to the image sensor driving mechanism may be provided on a rear side of the image sensor driving device.

A camera module according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the actuator.

A camera mounting device according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the camera module.

The utility model discloses possess: a housing having a through hole at the center; a lens driving device which has a lens driving mechanism for driving the lens body in the front and rear directions in the optical axis direction and an FPC, and which is exposed from the through hole and fixed to the housing; and an image sensor driving device having an image sensor driving mechanism for driving the image sensor in a direction the same as or different from the optical axis direction, and disposed on the rear side of the lens driving device. Thus, the FPC has a long plate portion extending along the outer side surface of the housing and a short plate portion entering the inside of the housing from the through hole, and the short plate portion is electrically connected to the lens driving device. Thus, in the assembling operation of the actuator, the wiring operation of the FPC to the lens driving mechanism and the wiring operation to the image sensor driving mechanism can be independently performed. Thus, an actuator, a camera module, and a camera-mounted device with high assembly efficiency can be provided.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a front view of a smartphone 5.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the actuator 3 of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the actuator 3 of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the actuator 3 of fig. 2 as viewed from another point of view.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the 1 st FPC12 of fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the 1 st FPC12 and the AF motor 110 of fig. 3.

Fig. 7 (a) is a perspective view of the 2 nd FPC60 of fig. 3 viewed from the + Z side, and (B) is a perspective view viewed from the-Z side.

Fig. 8 is a view of developing the 2 nd FPC60 of fig. 7 (a).

Fig. 9 is a view showing a coupling portion of the support plate spring 22 and the suspension wire 6 and a coupling portion of the suspension wire 6 and the coil substrate 50 of the actuator 3 of fig. 3.

Fig. 10 is a view of the body portion 61, the coil substrate 50, and the partition 40 of the 2 nd FPC60 of fig. 3 and 4, as viewed from the-Z direction.

Fig. 11 is a view of the body portion 61, the coil substrate 50, and the spacer 40 of the 2 nd FPC60 when the image sensor 2 of fig. 10 operates on the + X side as viewed from the-Z side.

Fig. 12 is a view of the main body 61, the coil substrate 50, and the spacer 40 of the 2 nd FPC60 when the image sensor 2 of fig. 10 operates on the + Y side as viewed from the-Z side.

Fig. 13 is a view of the body portion 61, the coil substrate 50, and the partition 40 of the 2 nd FPC60 when the image sensor 2 of fig. 10 is rotated in the clockwise direction, as viewed from the-Z side.

Fig. 14 is a diagram showing another example of the arrangement of the position sensor 52 in the main body 61 of fig. 10.

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1 a lens body; 2 an image sensor; 3 an actuator; 4 a camera module; 5, a smart phone; 6 hanging a line; 10a shell; 12, 1 st FPC; 30, a bracket; 40 a partition plate; 50 coil substrates; a 52 position sensor; 60 nd 2 FPC; 61 a body portion; 62 a connecting part; a 64 straight line portion; 65 a connecting part; 66 a front end portion; 70 a sensor substrate; 80 a frame body; 90 a base plate; 100 front wall; 101, 311, 411, 511, 611 through holes; 102 a side wall; a 110AF motor; 111 through holes; 112, 804 slots; 114 a recess; 120, 125, 620, 629, 729 terminals; 121, a top part; 122 long plate parts; 123 short plate parts; 124 a connecting plate portion; 506 a circular hole; 220 large rectangular sheet parts; 222, 232, 410, 910 positioning holes; 226, 710, 904 gap; 230 small rectangular sheet portions; 240, 1 st spring part; 250 nd 2 nd spring part; 260 a support part; 320 convex parts; 330, 340, 350, 810 positioning protrusions; a magnet 420; 510a coil; 520a driver IC; 621 th ridge line; 622, 2 nd ridge; 623, 3 rd ridge.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, a camera module 4 is mounted on a smartphone 5. The camera module 4 includes: a lens body 1 as an optical element; an image sensor 2 that photoelectrically converts light introduced from a subject through a lens body 1; and an actuator 3. The actuator 3 has both: a lens driving device that performs autofocus control based on driving of the lens body 1; and an image sensor driving device that performs shake correction control based on driving of the image sensor 2.

Hereinafter, an optical axis direction along the optical axis of the lens body 1 is referred to as a Z direction, one direction orthogonal to the Z direction is referred to as an X direction, and a direction orthogonal to both the Z direction and the X direction is referred to as a Y direction. The + Z side of the optical axis of the lens body 1 on the subject side is sometimes referred to as the front side, and the side opposite to the subject side on which the image sensor 2 is provided is sometimes referred to as the-Z side rear side. The + Y side is sometimes referred to as the upper side, the-Y side as the lower side, the + X side as the left side, and the-X side as the right side.

As shown in fig. 2, 3, and 4, the actuator 3 includes a housing, and a lens driving device and an image sensor driving device housed in the housing. The housing includes a case 10, a housing 80, and a bottom plate 90. The lens driving device has an AF motor 110 and a1 st FPC 12. AF is an abbreviation of Auto Focus. FPC is an abbreviation of Flexible Printed Circuits. The AF motor 110 as a lens driving mechanism drives the lens body 1 forward and backward in the optical axis direction, i.e., the Z direction. Examples of the drive source of the AF motor 110 include a magnet, a coil, a piezoelectric element, and a shape memory alloy, but are not limited thereto. The support mechanism of the lens body 1 may be a plate spring, a bearing, a guide groove, a support shaft, or the like, but is not limited thereto.

The image sensor driving device has a supporting plate spring 22, a holder 30, a spacer 40, a magnet 420, a coil substrate 50, a2 nd FPC60, a sensor substrate 70, and a suspension wire 6. The image sensor driving mechanism has a magnet 420 and a coil 510 provided on a coil substrate 50 as a driving source thereof, and has a support plate spring 22 and a suspension wire 6 as a support mechanism. The image sensor driving device drives a movable portion on which the image sensor 2 is mounted in the X direction and the Y direction with respect to a fixed portion. Here, the fixed part includes the support plate spring 22, the holder 30, the spacer 40, and the magnet 420, and the movable part includes the coil substrate 50, the 2 nd FPC60, and the sensor substrate 70.

The constitution of each part will be described in more detail. The housing 10 has a hollow rectangular parallelepiped box shape surrounded by a front wall 100 and a side wall 102 extending rearward from the periphery of the front wall 100. A rectangular through hole 101 is formed in the center of the front wall 100. The portions between the front wall 100, the side walls 102, and the through-holes 101 are recessed rearward as recesses 114 on the upper and lower sides, respectively. Further, a rectangular groove 112 is provided in the front wall 10 between the left side wall 102 and the through hole 101.

The AF motor 110 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape and has widths in the X direction and the Y direction slightly smaller than the sizes of the through hole 101 of the housing 10 and the through hole 311 of the holder 30. The AF motor 110 is provided with a through hole 111 penetrating through a perfect circle between the front and rear surfaces. The lens body 1 is fitted into the through hole 111. The side surface of the AF motor 110 is bonded and fixed to the inner surface of the bracket 30.

The 1 st FPC12 supplies current supplied from the outside of the actuator 3 to the AF motor 110. As shown in fig. 5, the 1 st FPC12 has a shape obtained by bending a rectangular plate in a hook shape with the top portion 121, and the top portion 121 connects both the long plate portion 122 and the short plate portion 123 at the front end. The long plate 122 and the short plate 123 facing each other across the top 121 are parallel to each other. The short plate portion 123 further has a connecting plate portion 124 folded back on the opposite side to the long plate portion 122. A plurality of terminals 120 and 125 arranged in parallel in the Y direction are provided at the rear portions of the long plate portion 122 and the connecting plate portion 124.

As shown in fig. 2, in the 1 st FPC12, the long plate portion 122 extends to the front side along the outer side surface of the side wall 102 of the housing 10, the top portion 121 fits into the groove 112 of the front wall 100, and the short plate portion 123 enters the inside of the housing 10 from the through hole 111. As shown in fig. 6, short plate portion 123 faces the side surface of AF motor 110 inside housing 10, and terminal 125 of connecting plate portion 124 is electrically connected to AF motor 110.

In fig. 3 and 4, the support plate spring 22 has two corners in a "letter" shape, and the two support plate springs 22 are arranged so that both ends are in close contact with each other. The support plate spring 22 has small rectangular plate portions 230 of small rectangular shape at both ends of the letter "コ", and a large rectangular plate portion 220 of rectangular shape along a straight line at the center of the letter "コ". The suspension wire 6 is supported by a support portion 260 formed at a portion where the 1 st spring portion 240 and the 2 nd spring portion 250 intersect with each other, the 1 st spring portion 240 extending substantially linearly between the large rectangular piece portion 220 and each corner portion of the shape "コ", the 2 nd spring portion 250 extending substantially linearly between each corner portion of the small rectangular piece portion 230 and each corner portion of the shape "コ". A positioning hole 222 is formed in the center of each large rectangular plate portion 220, and a positioning hole 232 is formed in the center of each small rectangular plate portion 230. The support portion 260, which is a portion bent at a right angle of the support plate spring 22, is provided with a V-shaped notch 226. The front end of the suspension wire 6 is inserted through and soldered to the notch 226.

The holder 30 is formed in a rectangular frame shape surrounding the upper, lower, left, and right sides by the peripheral wall. The four corners of the bracket 30 are chamfered to have an arc shape. In front of each side of the quadrangle of the bracket 30, two protrusions 320 are provided, respectively.

On the left and right sides of the quadrangle of the bracket 30, 1 positioning protrusion 330 is provided in front between the two convex portions 320, respectively. In addition, two positioning protrusions 340 are respectively provided in front between the two convex portions 320 on the upper side and the lower side of the quadrangle. Two positioning protrusions 350 are respectively provided at the rear of each side of the quadrangle of the bracket 30. The front surface between the two positioning projections 340 on each side of the bracket 30 is recessed more toward the rear side than the other front surfaces, and the recess 115 of the housing 10 is received in this portion.

The partition plate 40 has a shape in which four corners of a rectangular plate are rounded into an arc shape. The outline of the spacer 40 as viewed in the Z direction is the same as that of the holder 30. A through hole 411 having a perfect circular shape is formed in the center of the separator 40. Positioning holes 410 are provided at each position of the boundary between the chamfered portion and the straight portion at the four corners of the spacer 40. The magnet 420 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape extending in one direction.

The coil substrate 50 is a rectangular annular plate. The coil 510 is provided inside each end side of the quadrangle of the coil substrate 50. Each coil 510 is formed of two linear portions extending along each side and a semicircular portion connecting the two linear portions. On each side, two coils 510 are juxtaposed along the side. Circular holes 506 are formed in four corners of the coil substrate 50. The solder suspension wire 6 is inserted into the circular hole 506.

The 2 nd FPC60 supplies a current supplied from the outside of the actuator 3 to the image sensor 2 of the sensor substrate 70 and each coil 510 of the coil substrate 50. The 2 nd FPC60 is a thin plate symmetrical at one point, and has a main body 61 and a pair of connection portions 62 extending from the periphery of the main body 61. Each of the coupling portions 62 includes a linear portion 64 extending linearly, a coupling portion 65 coupling side portions of the main body portion 61 and one end side portion of the linear portion 64, and a tip portion 66 extending from the other end side portion of the linear portion 64 on the same side as the coupling portion 65. The distal end portion 66 has a substantially T-shape.

As shown in fig. 8, in the 2 nd FPC60, the 1 st ridge 621 at the boundary between the main body 61 and the connection portion 62, and the 2 nd ridge 622 and the 3 rd ridge 623 in the connection portion 62 are bent to form a three-dimensional shape. The 1 st ridge 621 is formed in the connecting portion 65. The 2 nd ridge 622 is formed in the center in the extending direction of the straight portion 64. The 3 rd ridge 623 is formed at the leading end portion 66. In fig. 8, the 1 st ridge 621 and the 2 nd ridge 622 of the one-dot chain line indicate a valley broken line (line bent toward the front of the paper surface), and the 3 rd ridge 623 of the two-dot chain line indicates a peak broken line (line bent toward the depth of the paper surface).

As shown in fig. 7 (a), the 2 nd FPC60 is bent to have a box shape that is point-symmetrical with the main body 61 as the bottom and the straight portion 64 as the side, and the two 2 nd ridge lines 622 are located at corners forming diagonal corners of a quadrangle. The 1 st ridge 621 is located at the end of one side of the corner of the 2 nd ridge 622, and the 3 rd ridge 623 is located at the end of the other side. The leading end portion 66 protrudes outward from the 3 rd ridge 623 at a substantially right angle.

As shown in fig. 7 (B), a plurality of terminals 620 are provided on the rear surface of the distal end portion 66, respectively, in parallel in the X direction. Further, a plurality of terminals 629 and a driver IC520 are provided on the rear surface of the main body 61 inside the edge.

The driver IC520 is an IC that manages current control of the built-in position sensor 52, and controls the amount and direction of current supply to the coil 510. Therefore, the driver IC520 is disposed at a position corresponding to the coil 510. The position sensor 52 is a hall element in the present embodiment, but may be an MR element or the like. When the edge portion of the body portion 61 of the 2 nd FPC60 is divided into 8 areas of upper left, upper right, lower left, and upper left, the connection portions 65 of the 2 nd FPC60 are located on the upper right and lower left, and the driver ICs 520 (position sensors 52) are located on the upper left, lower right, and lower left. That is, since the wirings of the main body portion 61 of the 2 nd FPC60 are concentrated in the region where the driver IC520 (position sensor 52) is present, the connection portion 65 is preferably provided in the region where the driver IC520 (position sensor 52) is present.

In fig. 3 and 4, the sensor substrate 70 is rectangular plate-shaped, but is fixed to the main body 61 of the 2 nd FPC60 from the same rear side as the driver IC 520. Therefore, the sensor substrate 70 has a notch 710 corresponding to the position of the driver IC520 so that a substantially L-shaped portion including two corners on a diagonal line of the rectangular plate is notched inward. The shape of the notch varies depending on the position of the driver IC 520. The driver ICs 520 built in the position sensors 52 disposed on the rear surface of the main body 61 are exposed to the rear side through the notches 710 of the sensor board 70. The image sensor 2 is fixed to the front center of the sensor substrate 70. As shown in fig. 4, a plurality of terminals 729 are provided corresponding to the terminals 629 on the inner side of the rear edge of the sensor substrate 70. The terminals 729 of the sensor substrate 70 are electrically connected to the terminals 629 of the body portion 61 of the 2 nd FPC 60.

The frame 80 is formed in a quadrangular ring shape. The rectangular frame 80 has grooves 804 recessed inward on the right side of the upper edge and the left side of the lower edge. Further, positioning projections 810 are provided one by one on the left and right side edges of the rear surface of the housing 80, and the positioning projections 810 are provided one by one on both sides of each groove 804.

The bottom plate 90 is formed in a rectangular plate shape. The quadrangular bottom plate 90 has notches 904 on the left side of the upper edge and on the right side of the lower edge. One positioning hole 910 is provided one by one on the left and right side edges of the base plate 90, and the positioning holes 910 are provided one by one on both sides of each notch 904.

Among the above, the supporting plate spring 22, the holder 30, the spacer 40, and the magnet 420 are integrated as a fixed portion of the image sensor driving device, and the coil substrate 50, the 2 nd FPC60, and the sensor substrate 70 are integrated as a movable portion of the image sensor driving device. Thus, the support plate spring 22 of the fixed portion and the coil substrate 50 of the movable portion are coupled by 4 suspension wires 6. The housing as the actuator 3, the case 10, the housing 80, and the bottom plate 90 are integrated.

If explained in more detail, the supporting plate spring 22 is inserted into the positioning protrusions 330 and 340 of the bracket 30 at the positioning holes 222 and 232 of the supporting plate spring 22, and fixed to the front of the bracket 30. The spacer 40 is fitted into the positioning projection 350 of the holder 30 at the positioning hole 410 of the spacer 40 and fixed to the rear of the holder 30. The magnets 420 are fixed to the rear surface of the partition plate 40 at positions inside the respective end edges. Therefore, the magnet 420 is supported by the holder 30 via the spacer 40.

The bottom plate 90 is fitted into the positioning projection 810 of the frame 80 at the positioning hole 910 of the bottom plate 90, and the frame 80 is fixed from the rear side. The outer edges of the frame 80 at the front of the bottom plate 90 fix the rear edges of the side walls 102 of the housing 10.

The main body portion 61 of the 2 nd FPC60 of the movable portion is disposed between the coil substrate 50 and the sensor substrate 70. The sensor substrate 70 is fixed to the body portion 61 of the 2 nd FPC60 from the rear side. The coil substrate 50 is fixed to the body portion 61 of the 2 nd FPC60 from the front side. The coil substrate 50 and the sensor substrate 70 are electrically connected at the rear side of the 2 nd FPC 60.

The image sensor driving device is housed in a space surrounded by the case 10 and the bottom plate 90. Inside the housing 10, the front face of the boss 320 of the bracket 30 is fixed to the rear face of the front wall 100 of the housing 10. The holder 30 surrounds the AF motor 110 of the lens driving apparatus from the outside. A gap is provided between the through hole 311 of the holder 30 and the AF motor 110. This gap is used to adjust the position and posture of the AF motor 110 in the assembly work. The image sensor 2 on the sensor substrate 70 is exposed to the front through the through hole 611 of the main body 61 of the 2 nd FPC60 and the through hole 511 of the coil substrate 50.

As shown in fig. 9, the suspension wire 6 is inserted at its tip into the notch 226 of the support plate spring 22, and at its rear end into the circular hole 506 of the coil substrate 50, and the inserted tip is fixed by the solder 20. The support plate spring 22 is fixed to the front portion of the bracket 30 by the large rectangular plate portion 220 and the small rectangular plate portion 230, but the 1 st spring portion 240 and the 2 nd spring portion 250 including the support portion 260 are in a state of protruding outward from the bracket 30 and floating. Thus, when a shock occurs, the 1 st spring part 240 and the 2 nd spring part 250 are elastically deformed, and the shock transmitted to the suspension wire 6 can be suppressed. In order to realize this structure, as shown in fig. 9, the height of the convex portion 320 of the bracket 30 is larger than the amount by which the tip end portion of the suspension wire 6 protrudes from the support portion 260 with a margin. Gaps are present between the four corner portions of the side wall 102 of the housing 10 and the chamfered portions of the four corners of the bracket 30. The suspension wires 6 are arranged in the gaps at the four corners, and extend between the support plate springs 22 and the coil substrate 50 through the gaps at the four corners.

As shown in fig. 2, the top 121 and the long plate portion 122 of the 1 st FPC12 are exposed to the front and left sides of the housing 10. The tip portion 66 of the connection portion 62 of the 2 nd FPC60 passes through the groove 804 of the frame 80 and the notch 904 of the chassis 90, and protrudes upward and downward of the housing 10. The terminal 120 of the 1 st FPC12 and the terminal 620 of the 2 nd FPC60 are electrically connected to the substrate of the external smartphone 5.

As shown in fig. 10, the magnets 420, the coils 510, the position sensors 52, and the drive ICs 520 are arranged in the following manner. The magnet 420A is disposed on the + X (left) side, the magnet 420B is disposed on the-X (right) side, the magnet 420C is disposed on the-Y (lower) side, and the magnet 420D is disposed on the + Y (upper) side. The coil 510a1 is disposed on the lower left side. The coil 510a2, the position sensor 52a2, and the drive IC520a2 are disposed on the upper left side. The coil 510B1 is arranged on the upper right side. The coil 510B2, the position sensor 52B2, and the drive IC520B2 are disposed on the lower right side. The coil 510C1, the position sensor 52C1, and the drive IC520C1 are disposed on the lower right side. The coil 510C2 is disposed on the lower left side. The coil 510D1, the position sensor 52D1, and the drive IC520D1 are disposed on the upper and left sides. The coil D2 is disposed on the upper right side.

Each magnet 420 distinguishes magnetism between the inner side and the outer side, and a surface magnetized so as to face the-Z (rear) side located on the inner side is an S pole, and a surface facing the-Z (rear) side located on the inner side is an N pole. The poles may also be reversed. In a state where no current flows through the coils 510, one linear portion of each coil 510 faces the rear side surface located on the inner side of each magnet, and the other linear portion faces the rear side surface located on the outer side. Each position sensor 52 is located on a boundary line between the S pole and the N pole of the magnet 420 facing each other. This position is referred to as the initial position.

Under the control of the drive IC520, if a predetermined current is supplied to the coil 510, an electromagnetic force in the X direction is generated in the coils 510a1, 510a2, 510B1, and 510B2 by the magnetic action between the coil 510 and the magnet 420. Electromagnetic force in the Y direction is generated for the coils 510C1, 510C2, 510D1, and 510D 2. Thereby, the movable body moves and rotates relative to the fixed body against the elastic force of the suspension wire 6. For example, if a clockwise current flows in the coils 510a1 and 510a2 and a counterclockwise current flows in the coils 510B1 and 510B2, the movable body moves in the-X direction, and if a reverse current flows, respectively, the movable body moves in the + X direction. If a clockwise current flows through the coils 510C1 and 510C2 and a counterclockwise current flows through the coils 510D1 and 510D2, the movable body moves in the + Y direction, and if a reverse current flows, respectively, the movable body moves in the-Y direction. If a clockwise current flows through the coils 510a1, 510B1, 510C1, and 510D1 and a counterclockwise current flows through the coils 510a2, 510B2, 510C2, and 510D2, the movable body rotates in the clockwise direction, and a reverse current flows, the movable body rotates in the counterclockwise direction.

In fig. 10, four position sensors 52a2, 52B2, 52C1, and 52D1 are provided in 2 pairs in each two groups. One pair of position sensors 52a2 and 52B2 detects displacement of the movable portion in the X direction, and the other pair of position sensors 52C2 and 52D2 detects displacement of the movable portion in the Y direction.

If two coils 510 arranged at positions facing forward corresponding to the respective opposing 2 sides are set as one coil group, one position sensor 52 is provided corresponding to each group of the coils 510, and the position sensor 52 is arranged at a position corresponding to one coil 510 in each group of the coils 510. That is, the position sensor 52a2 includes two coils 510a2 and 510B1 arranged at positions facing in the forward direction as one coil group, and is provided corresponding to the coil group. Accordingly, the position sensor 52a2 is disposed at a position corresponding to the coil 510a2 in the coil group. The same applies to the other position sensors 52B2, 52C1, and 52D 1. The position sensors 52 are all provided at positions apart from the connecting portion 65, and the position sensors 52 are not disposed in the vicinity of the connecting portion 65.

The drive IC520 receives the output signal of the position sensor 52, and determines the position of the movable portion based on the positive and negative amplitudes of the output signal. Based on the result, the drive IC520 supplies a predetermined current to the coil 510.

Next, an output of the position sensor in the case where the movable portion moves or rotates will be described. As shown in fig. 11, when the movable portion moves from the initial position to a position separated by D in the + X (left) direction, a signal + D corresponding to the shift amount + D to the + X side is output from the position sensors 52a2 and 52B2, and the signal outputs from the position sensors 52C1 and 52D1 are 0.

As shown in fig. 12, when the movable portion moves from the initial position to a position separated by D in the + Y (up) direction, a signal + D corresponding to the shift amount + D for the + Y side is output from the position sensors 52C1 and 52D1, and the signal output from the position sensors 52a2 and 52B2 is 0.

As shown in fig. 13, when the movable portion is rotated by an angle θ in the clockwise direction from the initial position, a signal + θ corresponding to the displacement in the + X direction is output from the position sensor 52a2, and a signal- θ corresponding to the displacement in the-X direction is output from the position sensor 52B 2. Further, a signal + θ corresponding to the displacement in the + Y direction is output from the position sensor 52C1, and a signal- θ corresponding to the displacement in the-Y direction is output from the position sensor 52D 1. The rotation is determined because the outputs of the position sensor 52a2 and the position sensor 52B2 are added to each other to be 0 and the outputs of the position sensor 52C1 and the position sensor 52D1 are added to each other to be 0.

If the position sensor 52B2 is the position sensor 52B1, it is opposed to the position sensor 52a2 facing the front direction. The position sensor 52D1 is the position sensor 52D2, and is opposed to a position facing the position sensor 52C1 in the forward direction. In this case, the outputs of the position sensor 52a2 and the position sensor 52B1 are both + θ, and it is determined that the displacement in the + X direction is present. Similarly, the outputs of the position sensor 52C1 and the position sensor D2 are both + θ, and are determined as a displacement in the + Y direction.

Therefore, the rotation cannot be determined.

That is, the two position sensors 52 disposed corresponding to the opposing 2 sides are disposed such that one is the + side and the other is displaced toward the-side when they are rotated. The configuration is not limited to this, as long as the image sensor 2 is not rotated.

When the movable portion moves in combination of the displacement and rotation in the X direction and the Y direction, a signal for adding the above is output from the position sensor 52.

The above is the details of the present embodiment. According to the present embodiment, the following effects are obtained.

In the present embodiment, the actuator 3 includes: a sensor substrate 70 having the image sensor 2 on the front surface; a coil substrate 50 having a coil 510 for driving the image sensor 2 and provided with a1 st through hole 511; and a2 nd FPC60 having a main body 61 and a connection portion 62 extending from a peripheral edge of the main body 61 and connected to the outside, wherein the main body 61 is provided with a2 nd through hole 611. Accordingly, the sensor substrate 70 is fixed to the main body 61 from the rear side, the coil substrate 50 is fixed to the main body 61 from the front side, and the image sensor 2 is exposed to the front side through the 1 st through hole 511 and the 2 nd through hole 611. Thus, the sensor substrate 70 is fixed to the rear side surface of the 2 nd FPC60, and the coil substrate 50 is fixed to the front side surface of the 2 nd FPC60, so that each can be directly electrically connected to the 2 nd FPC 60. Thus, the actuator 3, the camera module 4, and the camera-mounted device can be provided, and the power supply wiring of the device having the mechanism for correcting the shake by moving the image sensor 2 can be efficiently performed.

In the present embodiment, the actuator 3 includes: a lens driving device having a driving mechanism for driving the lens body 1 forward and backward in the optical axis direction and fixed to the housing 10; a movable section disposed on the rear side of the lens driving device together with the image sensor 2; a holder 30 fixed to the housing 10 and surrounding the lens driving device from the outside; a supporting plate spring 22 fixed to the front of the bracket 30; and a plurality of suspension wires 6 connecting the support plate spring 22 and the movable portion. Therefore, the impact received by the support plate spring 22 is alleviated, and therefore the suspension wire 6 is less likely to be damaged. This makes it possible to provide the actuator 3, the camera module 4, and the camera mounting device, in which the suspension wire 6 supporting the movable portion is less likely to be damaged.

In the present embodiment, the actuator 3 includes a fixed portion and a movable portion having the rectangular image sensor 2, the coil 510, and the position sensor 52. The coils 510 are arranged at positions corresponding to the respective sides of the image sensor 2, and two coils 510 are arranged in parallel along one of the 2 opposing sides. If two coils 510 arranged at positions facing forward corresponding to the respective opposing 2 sides are set as one coil group, 1 position sensor 52 is provided corresponding to each group of the coil. The position sensor 52 is disposed at a position corresponding to one coil 510 in each coil group. Therefore, the position sensor 52 can detect the position and the amount of rotation of the image sensor 2 in its in-plane direction. Therefore, the displacement between the position of the movable portion and the target position can be determined based on the output signal of the position sensor 52, and the movable portion can be moved to the target position including the rotation while correcting the displacement of the position. Thus, the actuator 3, the camera module 4, and the camera-mounted device, which can control the operation of the movable portion in the 3-axis direction with high accuracy, can be provided.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the actuator 3 includes: a housing 10 having a through hole 101 at the center; a lens driving device which has a lens driving mechanism for driving the lens body 1 forward and backward in the optical axis direction and a1 st FPC12, and is exposed from the through hole 101 and fixed to the housing 10; and an image sensor driving device having an image sensor driving mechanism for driving the image sensor 2 in the X direction and the Y direction, which are different directions from the optical axis direction, and disposed on the rear side of the lens driving device. Accordingly, the 1 st FPC12 has the long plate portion 122 extending along the outer surface of the housing 10 and the short plate portion 123 entering the housing 10 from the through hole 101, and the short plate portion 123 is electrically connected to the lens driving device. Thus, in the assembly work of the actuator 3, the wiring work of the 1 st FPC12 to the lens driving mechanism and the wiring work to the image sensor driving mechanism can be independently performed. This makes it possible to provide the actuator 3, the camera module 4, and the camera mounting device with high assembly efficiency.

In the second lying position, in the above embodiment, the two position sensors 52 on the 2 opposite sides are arranged at positions inclined to each other by the position sensor 52a2, the position sensor 52B2, the position sensor 52C1 and the position sensor 52D 1. However, for example, as shown in fig. 14, the position sensor 52a1 and the position sensor 52a2, and the position sensor 52C1 and the position sensor 52C2 may be arranged in parallel along one side. Alternatively, two position sensors 52 on one opposing 2 sides may be arranged at an oblique position, and two position sensors 52 on the other opposing 2 sides may be arranged in parallel along one side.

Four cable protection portions for protecting the suspension wire 6 may be provided at the chamfered portions at the four corners of the bracket 30. The four cable protectors have a curved face portion in the shape of a half split tube. The suspension wire 6 extends between the support plate spring 22 and the coil base plate 50 of the movable portion through the curved surface portions of the four cable protective portions. Further, a resin having viscoelasticity such as a cushion rubber may be stretched between the bracket 30 and the suspension wire 6.

The coils 510 may be disposed at positions corresponding to the respective sides of the image sensor 2, and may be disposed as follows, for example. On one of the opposing 2 sides, i.e., the left side and the right side, two coils 510a1 and 510a2 and two coils 510B1 and 510B2 are juxtaposed along the sides, respectively. Further, one coil 510C and one coil 510D are disposed on the other opposing 2 sides, i.e., the lower side and the upper side, respectively. At this time, two coils 510a2 and 510B1, and two coils 510a1 and 510B2, which are arranged at positions facing each other in the forward direction corresponding to the 2 opposite sides, are each set as one coil group. One position sensor 52a1 and one position sensor 52B2 are provided for each coil group. The position sensors 52a2 and 52B2 are disposed at positions corresponding to one coil 510a2 and one coil 510B2 in each coil group. Two coils 510C and 510D arranged at positions facing in the forward direction corresponding to the facing 2 sides are set as one coil group. For example, a position sensor 52C is provided corresponding to the coil assembly. The position sensor 52C is disposed at a position corresponding to the coil 510C in the coil group.

When the movable portion is moved in the X direction, a predetermined current flows to the coils 510a1, 510a2, 510B1, and 510B2 in the same manner as described above. When moving in the Y direction, a predetermined current flows through the coils 510C and 510D. When the rotation is performed in the θ direction, the same current as described above is applied to only the coils 510a1, 510a2, 510B1, and 510B2 without applying a current to the coils 510C and 510D.

At this time, the position sensor 52a2 and the position sensor 52B2 can detect the displacement amount in the X direction. In addition, the rotation in the θ direction is detected. Further, the position sensor 52C detects the displacement amount in the Y direction.

Claims (6)

1. An actuator, comprising:

a housing having a through hole at the center;

a lens driving device having a lens driving mechanism for driving the lens body forward and backward in the optical axis direction and an FPC, and being exposed from the through hole and fixed to the housing; and

an image sensor driving device having an image sensor driving mechanism for driving the image sensor in a direction different from the optical axis direction, disposed on the rear side of the lens driving device,

the FPC has a long plate portion extending along an outer side surface of the housing and a short plate portion entering the housing from the through hole, the short plate portion being electrically connected to the lens driving device.

2. The actuator of claim 1,

the FPC has a top portion joining the long plate portion and the short plate portion at a front end,

the shell is provided with a groove embedded in the top.

3. The actuator of claim 2,

a plurality of terminals are provided at the rear portions of the long plate portion and the short plate portion, respectively.

4. The actuator of claim 1,

the FPC is electrically connected with the lens driving mechanism,

and a2 nd FPC electrically connected with the image sensor driving mechanism is arranged on the rear side of the image sensor driving device.

5. A camera module having the actuator of any one of claims 1 to 4.

6. A camera mounting device provided with the camera module according to claim 5.

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