Patent ID: 7876513

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a camera module, comprising the steps of: fixing a lens holder on an insulating substrate by applying a first adhesive between the insulating substrate and a lower end of the lens holder, the insulating substrate having an imaging device disposed on a front face or a rear face thereof, the lens holder having a lens therein and including an upper large-diameter portion and a lower small-diameter portion; after turning upside down the lens holder fixed on the insulating substrate by the above step, forming a plurality of solder balls on the rear face of the insulating substrate or on the imaging device; disposing a shield including a cylindrical side portion fitted onto the small-diameter portion of the lens holder and a plate-shaped bottom portion having an opening for conduction in such a manner that the bottom portion of the shield is in contact with the rear face of the insulating substrate or the imaging device and applying a second adhesive between a side portion upper end of the disposed shield and a rear face of the large-diameter portion of the lens holder; pressing the insulating substrate against a front face of a mounting board in such a manner that the bottom portion of the shield is inserted between the mounting board and the insulating substrate or the imaging device; and curing the second adhesive in such a state that the bottom portion of the shield is inserted between the mounting board and the insulating substrate or the imaging device.