Camera module and method for fabricating the same

This is a compact camera module designed to prevent unwanted light from reaching the image sensor. It achieves this by placing an optical lens directly on an image sensor chip, then using a metal plate that extends beneath the chip. A metal coating surrounds the sides of the lens and the top of the metal plate, with an additional light-blocking layer covering the sides of this metal coating. The claims specifically describe versions that include an insulating layer and/or a second light-blocking layer between the chip and the metal coating.

Why it matters: Filed before advanced micro-fabrication and packaging techniques for embedded camera modules were mature. The design's compact light shielding and integration could now be more efficiently realized, particularly for devices where space is at a premium.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedMicro-assembly, custom silicon, specialized coatings

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