Analysis and Optimal Design of a Novel Actuator System for a Camera Module

Abstract

Owing to the fourth industrial revolution and the recent trend for compact, high-performance, and multifunctional electrical devices, the demand for a small and high-performance camera module has dramatically increased. To address this, in this study, a novel, miniaturized, high-performance, low-cost multifunctional camera module with optical image stabilization (OIS) via a novel two-axis motional actuator with 1-Stage is proposed. To date, a systematic analysis and optimal design method for the actuators of camera modules has not been proposed yet. Accurate and rapid analysis and optimal design methods are proposed herein. Based on the proposed methods, it is possible to reduce the time and cost for the development of actuators for camera modules. The usefulness of the proposed actuator system for small, high performance, and multifunctional camera modules, and the proposed analysis and optimal design method were verified experimentally in this study.