US Patent 7805071 Camera module and electronic device

There is provided an inexpensive camera module 1 having shieldability. The camera module 1 has a housing 2 which is molded from resin so that layers of the resin are formed on both sides of a metal plate 5 and in which an inside space for accommodating a group of lenses 6, 7 is formed and which is opened at least in one direction, a lid 3 for sealing the opened part of the housing 2, and a substrate 4 on which an imaging element 10 is mounted. In the housing 2, the metal plate 5 is partially exposed, and the lid 3 composed of conductive material and ground patterns 22 on the substrate 4 are in conductive contact with exposed parts 19, 21 of the metal plate 5.