Patent ID: 8202391

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a camera module comprising a sensor package having an image pickup element, and a lens configuration in which a lens holder, which holds a lens that focuses light from an imaging object onto a light receiving surface of the image pickup element, and a receptacle, which accommodates the sensor package, are integrally formed, the sensor package being fixed within the receptacle, the method comprising: applying a photo-curing resin to predetermined portions of the receptacle; performing alignment of a relative position of the sensor package to the lens configuration; a first joining whereby the photo-curing resin is cured so that the sensor package is fixed within the receptacle while maintaining the relative position of the sensor package to the lens configuration; and a second joining whereby a thermosetting resin is applied so as to fill a space formed between the sensor package and the lens configuration, and then curing the thermosetting resin; the lens configuration having through holes that are formed at side surfaces of the receptacle in a horizontal direction of the receptacle.