US 12,436,360 B2
Lens driving device, and camera module and optical instrument comprising same
Eun Mi Kim, Seoul (KR); and Young Don O, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,727.
Application 18/337,727 is a continuation of application No. 17/222,321, filed on Apr. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,726,294.
Application 17/222,321 is a continuation of application No. 16/848,054, filed on Apr. 14, 2020, granted, now 10,996,427, issued on May 4, 2021.
Application 16/848,054 is a continuation of application No. 15/772,378, granted, now 10,656,374, issued on May 19, 2020, previously published as PCT/KR2016/012206, filed on Oct. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0153120 (KR), filed on Nov. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0324647 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 7/09 (2021.01); G02B 7/08 (2021.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2021.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)
CPC G02B 7/09 (2013.01) [G02B 7/08 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 3/10 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/6812 (2023.01); H04N 23/682 (2023.01); H04N 23/685 (2023.01); G03B 2205/0007 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a lens barrel;
a lens drive unit configured to move the lens barrel;
a first circuit board electrically connected to the lens drive unit;
an image sensor disposed on the first circuit board; and
a first capacitor disposed on the first circuit board,
wherein the lens drive unit comprises:
a housing;
a bobbin disposed in the housing and configured to move in an optical axis direction; and
a first position sensor comprising first and second input terminals and first and second output terminals configured to output an output signal for adjusting a displacement of the bobbin; and
wherein one end of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the first output terminal of the first position sensor and another end of the first capacitor is electrically connected to the second output terminal of the first position sensor.