Wafer lens array forming method, forming die, and wafer lens array

Abstract

The invention provides a forming method capable of preventing the position of a lens part of a manufactured wafer lens array from scattering and a forming die. The method for forming a wafer lens array having a substrate part and plural lens parts arranged on the substrate part has a first step of a measuring process in which a pair of die components is applied and an area distinguished by a dike part formed by enclosing the whole periphery of a die component along one die face is supplied with liquid resin which is used as the material of wafer lens array and meanwhile the redundant resin flows out from the area distinguished by the dike part. Therefore, the required resin to be applied in forming a wafer lens array is measured, wherein, the die faces comprises a lens transfer printing part making the shape of the lens part formed by counter-rotating. The method further comprises a deforming process in while the resin maintained in the area is clamped by the pair of the die components and then deformed in a die face shape; and a solidifying process in while the resin clamped by the pair of die components is solidified.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a forming method of a wafer-level lens array, a forming mold, a wafer-level lens array, a lens module and a camera assembly. Background technique [0002] In recent years, small and thin imaging modules have been mounted on portable terminals of electronic devices such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants). Such an imaging module generally includes a solid-state imaging element such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) image sensor or a CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor, and a lens for forming a subject image on the solid-state imaging element. [0003] Along with miniaturization and thinning of portable terminals, miniaturization and thinning of imaging modules are required. In addition, in order to reduce the cost of portable terminals, it is desired to improve the efficiency of the manufacturing process. As a method of manufacturing a small number of lenses, there is known a method o...

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[0016] However, when a resin is sandwiched between a pair of mold members, a part of the resin sometimes protrudes from the mold surface of the mold members to the outside of the mold member.

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