Patent ID: 7527441

Claim:
A camera module comprising a holder provided with a light-conducting channel, within which channel a lens having an optical axis is present, a solid-state image sensor being present near an end of said light-conducting channel, which image sensor comprises an image pick-up section oriented perpendicularly to the optical axis, characterized in that aligning means forming part of the holder are present near the end of the light-conducting channel, which aligning means align the image pick-up section with respect to the optical axis, wherein the image pick-up section extends in a plane parallel to a main surface of the solid-state image sensor, the solid-state image sensor comprising lateral surfaces oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to the main surface, and the holder comprising an outer wall which is at least substantially polygonal near the end, seen in sectional view in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, the aligning means comprising bulges present on the outer wall, near the corners of said polygon, the bulges extending beyond the end of the light-conducting channel, having an inner side which abuts against at least one of the lateral surfaces of the solid-state image sensor, the solid-state image sensor being within the holder substantially without play in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein each of the bulges have an end that jointly form a bonding area which is oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to the optical axis, wherein the holder near the end of the light-conducting channel includes recesses so that the main surface of the solid-state image sensor does not make contact with the holder at the recesses, the solid-state image sensor contacting the holder only at inner sides and top surfaces of the bulges, the top surfaces being perpendicular to the inner sides which abut against the lateral surfaces of the solid-state image sensor.