KR20170082683A - Sockets for Testing Camera Module - Google Patents

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KR20170082683A
KR20170082683A KR1020160001579A KR20160001579A KR20170082683A KR 20170082683 A KR20170082683 A KR 20170082683A KR 1020160001579 A KR1020160001579 A KR 1020160001579A KR 20160001579 A KR20160001579 A KR 20160001579A KR 20170082683 A KR20170082683 A KR 20170082683A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B43/00—Testing correct operation of photographic apparatus or parts thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R1/00—Details of instruments or arrangements of the types included in groups G01R5/00 - G01R13/00 and G01R31/00
    • G01R1/02—General constructional details
    • G01R1/04—Housings; Supporting members; Arrangements of terminals
    • G01R1/0408—Test fixtures or contact fields; Connectors or connecting adaptors; Test clips; Test sockets
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/74—Devices having four or more poles, e.g. holders for compact fluorescent lamps
    • H01R33/76—Holders with sockets, clips, or analogous contacts adapted for axially-sliding engagement with parallely-arranged pins, blades, or analogous contacts on counterpart, e.g. electronic tube socket
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N17/00—Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details
    • H04N17/002—Diagnosis, testing or measuring for television systems or their details for television cameras

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Abstract

A socket for inspecting a camera module according to the present invention includes a cover, a body hinged to the cover, a contact restricting block provided on the cover to press the connector pin of the camera module, And a third spring provided between the connection guide block of the connection pin block and the block body. The connection pin block includes a connection pin block, do.

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{Sockets for Testing Camera Module}

The present invention relates to a socket for inspecting a camera module, and more particularly, to a socket for inspecting a camera module that improves the life of a connecting pin contacting a connector pin of a camera module.

Small-sized camera modules have been used in mobile electronic devices such as mobile phones and laptops.

The miniature camera module is assembled to a lens and a housing after a CMOS or CCD image sensor is mounted on a printed circuit board, and then electrically connected to a flexible printed circuit board for electrically communicating with the outside to manufacture a camera module. Whether or not the completed camera module is normally operated can be loaded on the inspection equipment while being mounted on the inspection socket as shown in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0050222.

However, the conventional socket inspecting camera module repeatedly receives the deflected load every time the connection pin of the Pogo Pin type is connected to the connector pin, causing wear and deformation, resulting in problems in durability and connection stability, There is a problem that the life of the pin is shortened and the reliability of the inspection is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above-described problems by providing a socket for inspecting a camera module, which improves the life of the connecting pin by preventing the connector pin and the connecting pin of the camera module from being excessively pressed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a socket for inspecting a camera module, which can stably connect a connector pin and a connection pin of a camera module and reduce contact failure to improve the reliability of inspection.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a socket for inspecting a camera module, A body portion hinged to the cover portion; A contact restricting block provided on the lid part for pressing the connector pin of the camera module; A connection pin block provided on the body portion and connected to a connector pin of the camera module; A second spring provided between the lid and the contact limiting block; And a third spring disposed between the connection guide block and the block body of the connection pin block.

Here, the lid portion includes a camera module pressing block for closely contacting the lens surface of the camera module; And a plunger which is in contact with the transmitting member and serves as an electrical switch so as to confirm the closed state of the lid and the body.

At this time, the transmission member includes a hinge spring portion that opens the lid portion by a spring repulsive force when the latch is released.

The lid part and the connection restricting block are arranged at regular intervals, and the contact restricting block and the convex body are spaced apart from each other at a constant interval.

Here, the second spring serves to protect the connector pin by preventing excessive compression of the contact limiting block by an elastic force, and the third spring reduces the compression impact due to elastic force when the connector pin contacts the connection pin, And serves to disconnect the connector pin from the connecting pin.

The connection pin block may include: a block body disposed on an upper surface of the printed circuit board; A connection guide block installed at a predetermined interval on the upper surface of the block body; A coupling groove formed on an upper surface of the block body and coupled to the connector pin; And a connection pin installed vertically inside the block body to electrically connect the connector pin and the printed circuit board.

The connection pin has a curved inner surface at an upper end portion or a shape having a predetermined angle, and the connection pin has a tuck at a portion contacting the end portion of the connector pin.

At this time, the jaws are formed such that both ends thereof are pointed upward.

The contact pin is formed by a two-column S-shaped spring at the center portion, and the connection pin fixes the two-row pin with the connection portion.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the connector pin and the connection pin of the camera module are prevented from being excessively pressed, thereby improving the life of the connection pin.

Further, the present invention has the effect of stably connecting the connector pin and the connecting pin of the camera module and reducing the contact failure, thereby improving the reliability of inspection.

1 is a perspective view showing a socket for testing a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing an open state of a socket for inspecting a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a camera module pressing block of a socket for inspecting a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a left side surface of a closed state of a socket for inspecting a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view of a contact pin block of a socket for inspecting a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a contact pin according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7A and 7B are cross-sectional views each showing a contact state and a grip state of a connector pin connected to a contact pin according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, a socket for inspecting a camera module according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a socket for inspecting a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing an open state of a socket for inspecting a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention, Sectional view showing a camera module pressing block of a socket for inspecting a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, a socket 100 for inspecting a camera module according to the present invention includes a lid 10 and a body 20 hinged to the lid 10.

The lid 10 is constituted by a contact restricting block 11, a plunger 12, and a camera module pressing block 13.

The contact limiting block 11 can stably contact the connector pin 22 of the camera module 21 and apply a certain level of compression.

The plunger 12 protrudes toward the body part 20. When the lid part 10 is closed to the body part 20, the plunger 12 acts as an electric switch do. That is, the plunger 12 functions as a switching unit to check whether the lid unit 10 is properly closed, and is a condition for entering the test with the input signal.

The hinge spring unit 14 is provided in the transmitting member 23 to release the lid unit 10 by spring repulsive force when the latch 30 is released.

The camera module pressing block 13 is in close contact with the lens surface of the camera module 21 when the lid part 10 is closed, and maintains a horizontal position with respect to the bottom surface.

Herein, the camera module pressing block 13 presses the camera module 21 with a proper force and protects the camera module 21 by elastic force when the lid part 10 is excessively pressed. 1 springs 15 are provided.

The lens unit of the camera module 21 and the connector pin 22 may be loaded and seated on the upper surface of the body part 20 in a downward direction. That is, the lens portion and the connector pin 22 are aligned toward the lower portion of the body portion 20. A printed circuit board 50 may be provided under the body 20 to transmit the electrical signals received by the camera module 21 to the testing equipment.

One side of the body part 20 may have a latch 30 for fixing the closed state by hanging the protrusion of the lid part 10.

Further, a transmission member 23 for checking the closed state of the body part 20 and the lid part 10 is provided. Here, the transmitting member 23 is connected to the printed circuit board 50 under the body 20, and serves to transmit an electrical signal.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a closed state of a socket for inspecting a camera module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a contact pin block of a socket for inspecting a camera module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention .

4 and 5, the lid 10 and the contact limiting block 11 are formed at regular intervals, preferably at intervals of 0.4 to 0.6 mm, but are not limited thereto. Due to such an interval, it is possible to abut the contact restricting block 11 during over-pressing of the lid 10 to prevent excessive compression.

A second spring 16 is provided between the lid 10 and the contact limiting block 11 and the second spring 16 is disposed between the lid 10 and the inside of the contact limiting block 11, Respectively.

Here, the second spring 16 properly holds the compression due to the elastic force when the contact restricting block 11 is excessively pressed, thereby preventing the excessive compression. At this time, the second spring 16 protects the connector pin 22 by preventing the excessive pressing of the contact limiting block 11 and improves the life of the connecting pin 43.

The connection pin block 40 provided in the body portion 20 may connect the connector pin 22 and the printed circuit board 50.

At this time, the printed circuit board 50 is wired or wirelessly connected to the inspection equipment loaded with the socket for inspecting the camera module, so that the electric signal received by the camera module 21 is transmitted to the inspection equipment.

The connection pin block 40 is composed of a connection guide block 41, a block body 42, and a connection pin 43.

The connection guide block 41 serves as an alignment for improving contact accuracy when the contact limiting block 11 is compressed.

The block body 42 is provided on the upper surface of the printed circuit board and the upper surface of the block body 42 is formed with a coupling groove into which the connector pin 22 can be coupled.

The connection pin 43 is installed in the vertical direction inside the block body 42. At this time, the connection pin 43 can transmit an electrical signal from the connector pin 22 to the printed circuit board 50 by electrically connecting the connector pin 22 and the printed circuit board 50.

The connection pin 43 is formed as a flat spring pin so as to minimize the connection failure between the connector pin 22 and the connection pin 43.

Here, the connection guide block 41 and the block body 42 are formed at regular intervals, preferably at intervals of 0.2 to 0.4 mm, but are not limited thereto. Due to such an interval, when the contact restricting block 11 is excessively pressed, it abuts on the convex body 42 and stops, thereby preventing excessive compression.

A third spring 44 is provided between the connection guide block 41 and the block body 42. The third spring 44 is provided between the connection guide block 41 and the block body 42 Respectively.

The third spring 44 serves to improve the service life of the connection pin 43 by reducing the compression impact due to elastic force when the connector pin 22 and the connection pin 43 are connected to each other. It also serves to release the contact pin 22 from the clip-like connecting pin 43 by the repulsive force of the spring 44. [

6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a contact pin according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the connecting pin 43 of the present invention is a clip-shaped flat spring pin, and the inner surface of the upper end portion is formed into a curved shape or a shape having a constant angle, but is not limited thereto.

A jaw 45 is formed at a portion of the connection pin 43 that contacts the end of the connector pin 22 and both ends of the jaw 45 are formed to be pointed upward.

The connecting pin 43 is formed of a two-column S-shaped spring 46 at a central portion and a connecting portion 47 is formed between the upper portion of the connecting pin 43 and the spring 46, And the lower surface of the connecting pin 43 has an elliptical shape.

Accordingly, the connecting pin 43 of the present invention has a resilient force when moving up and down and minimizes the inclination of the upper end portion, thereby making it possible to perform a vertical movement. As compared with the conventional Pogo Pin method, Is increased.

7A and 7B are cross-sectional views each showing a contact state and a grip state of a connector pin connected to a contact pin according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7A and 7B, when the connector pin 22 is connected to the connection pin 43, the inner side surface of the upper end portion of the two-row connection pin 43 is curved and well guided, The connector pin 22 is brought into a grip state by the elastic force in the horizontal direction in which the pin 43 comes to the right and left and both ends of the connector pin 22 are brought into hard contact with the jaw 45 formed with the sharp point, . Thereafter, when the connector pin 22 is further pressed in the vertical direction, the contact efficiency can be further increased by the elastic force of the spring 46, and the contact force can be greatly improved as compared with the conventional Pogo Pin method by the contact stroke .

The socket for inspecting a camera module of the present invention prevents excessive compression by forming a gap between the lid portion 10 and the contact restricting block 11 and forming a gap between the contact restricting block 11 and the convex body 42, The second spring 16 between the lid 10 and the contact restricting block 11 and the elastic force of the third spring 44 between the connecting guide block 41 and the block body 42 prevent over- , The life of the connection pin 43 can be improved.

In addition, the socket for inspecting a camera module of the present invention is configured such that the connector pin (22) is stably connected to a connection pin (43) of a flat spring pin type to reduce contact failure, Can be improved.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

10: lid part 11: contact restricting block
12: plunger 13: camera module pressing block
14: hinge spring part 15: first spring
16: second spring 20:
21: camera module 22: connector pin
23: transmitting member 30: latch
40: connection pin block 41: connection guide block
42: block body 43: connecting pin

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A lid portion;
A body portion hinged to the cover portion;
A contact restricting block provided on the lid part for pressing the connector pin of the camera module;
A connection pin block provided on the body portion and connected to a connector pin of the camera module;
A second spring provided between the lid and the contact limiting block; And
And a third spring provided between the connection guide block of the connection pin block and the block body. The method according to claim 1,
The lid portion
A camera module pressing block which closely contacts the lens surface of the camera module; And
And a plunger which is in contact with the transmitting member and serves as an electrical switch so as to confirm the closed state of the lid and the body portion. 3. The method of claim 2,
And a hinge spring part for opening the lid part by a spring repulsive force when the latch is released from the latch member. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the lid part and the connection restricting block are spaced apart from each other at regular intervals. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the contact limiting block and the convex body are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the second spring prevents over-pressing of the contact restricting block by an elastic force to protect the connector pin. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the third spring serves to reduce a compression impact due to an elastic force when the connector pin contacts the connection pin and to release the connector pin from the connection pin when the compression spring is released.
The method according to claim 1,
The connection pin block includes:
A block body mounted on an upper surface of a printed circuit board;
A connection guide block installed at a predetermined interval on the upper surface of the block body;
A coupling groove formed on an upper surface of the block body and coupled to the connector pin; And
And a connection pin installed vertically inside the block body to electrically connect the connector pin and the printed circuit board. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the connection pin has a curved inner surface or a shape having a predetermined angle at an upper end portion thereof. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the connection pin has a tuck formed at a portion of the connection pin that contacts the end of the connector pin. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the jaws are formed such that both ends thereof are pointed upward. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the contact pin is formed by a two-column S-shaped spring at a center portion thereof. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the connecting pin secures the two rows of pins with a connecting portion.
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