Patent ID: 8773867
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: G03B,H04N,H05K

Abstract:
1. A camera module comprising: a printed circuit board having a grounding pad disposed on one surface thereof; a housing mounted on an upper side of the printed circuit board and comprising a lens inside thereof; a shield covering the housing configured to shield electromagnetic waves from an outside and having an opening cavity formed therein in correspondence with a location of the grounding pad; and a solder disposed in the opening cavity and connecting the shield with the grounding pad, wherein the shield comprises: a shield body having a shape in which a lower side thereof is open; and a plurality of covers having a shape which protrudes downwardly at a lower end part of the shield body, wherein at least one of the plurality of covers is bent toward an outside so as to form an inner space for accommodating solder that is excessively injected, wherein the plurality of covers are separated from one another, and a space between the separated plurality of covers forms the opening cavity, and wherein the solder is disposed along a surface of the housing at a plurality of stand-alone locations which are exposed by the opening cavity, the covers of the shield and the grounding pad such that the shield, the housing and the grounding pad are directly bonded with one another by the solder at each of the plurality of stand-alone locations.