Patent ID: 8493504

Claim:
A camera module, comprising: a sensor substrate having a sensor part and having on its rear surface an external electrode electrically connected to the sensor part; a lens holder being fixed by an adhesive provided more inside than an edge of a front surface of the sensor substrate and having a tubular portion including a lens and a top board having an opening provided at an upper end of the tubular portion; and a shield being fixed to the lens holder and having a tubular portion composed of a small-diameter portion, a step portion provided at a lower end of the small-diameter portion, and a large-diameter portion provided on a lower surface of the step portion and a top board having an opening provided at an upper end of the tubular portion, wherein the step portion of the shield is in contact with the front surface of the sensor substrate between the edge of the sensor substrate and a portion in which the adhesive on the sensor substrate is provided, and, at the same time, the top board of the shield is disposed so that the top board of the lens holder is located in the opening of the top board of the shield, wherein a fixed gap is vertically formed between the lens holder and the shield.