Patent Application
20190041907
The present invention relates to a laptop computer.
In general, a portable wireless terminal such as a mobile phone, a tablet PC, and a laptop computer includes a main body part and a display part.
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In recent years, a technology for decreasing an area of the bezel 2b and increasing an area of the display 2a has been developed to enhance the design of the laptop computer.
However, a coaxial cable 3 for transmitting a RF signal of Wi-Fi or LTE from an antenna to a mainboard is disposed in the bezel 2b. Accordingly, a typical laptop computer has a limitation in that the area of the bezel 2b is difficult to be reduced due to the coaxial cable 3 and a fixture 4 for fixing the coaxial cable 3.
The present inventor has recognized the above limitation of the portable wireless terminal such as the typical laptop computer. Thus, the present invention provides a flexible printed circuit board that is optimized to the portable wireless terminal such as the laptop computer in consideration of an aspect in which, when a flexible printed circuit board is installed on the display part 2 instead of the coaxial cable 3, the area of the bezel 2b is minimized while the area of the display 2a is maximized.
The descriptions of the above-described background knowledge are provided to help understanding of the present invention, but do not limit the scope of the present invention.
The present invention provides a laptop computer applied with a flexible printed circuit board, which realizes an extended area of a display and a small thickness by applying a coaxial cable to a main body part and a flexible printed circuit board to the back of the display part, and, to this end, the small thickness is realized by planar-arranging a plurality of signal lines in parallel while minimizing signal interference and signal loss.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a laptop computer includes: a main body part comprising a mainboard and a coaxial cable, one end of which is connected to the mainboard; and a display part hinge-coupled with the main body part and comprising a flexible printed circuit board which is installed on the back of the display part and has one end coupled with the other end of the coaxial cable.
The display part may include: a display; a lower bezel disposed below the display and in which the other end of the coaxial cable is coupled with one of the flexible printed circuit board; and an upper bezel disposed above the display and in which the other end of the flexible printed circuit board is coupled with an antenna.
The coaxial cable and the flexible printed circuit board may be coupled through one selected from a connector or soldering, and the flexible printed circuit board my have a “T”-shape.
The laptop computer may further include a first antenna and a second antenna, which are connected to an end of the flexible printed circuit board in left and right directions.
The laptop computer may further include a first antenna and a second antenna, which extend from an end of the flexible printed circuit board in left and right directions.
A pair of flexible printed circuit boards may be installed on the back of the display part, and a pair of first antennas and a pair of the second antenna may be provided, the pair of first antennas may transceive a short range communication signal, and the pair of second antennas may transceive a wireless mobile communication signal and be disposed between the pair of first antennas.
The flexible printed circuit board may include a first substrate part including a first signal line and a second substrate part including a second signal line in parallel to the first signal line, and the first substrate part and the second substrate part may be disposed on the same plane with a shielding part therebetween.
In accordance with the present invention, following various effects may be realized.
First, as the size of the bezel is minimized, the laptop computer having the wider display may be realized.
Second, the laptop computer that is easily assembled by using the flexible printed circuit board and the coaxial cable may be realized.
Third, since the length of the flexible printed circuit board is minimized, the signal loss may be minimized, and the costs may be also reduced.
Fourth, the antenna may be disposed on each of both upper ends of the display part to stably receive a signal.
Fifth, the display part may in minimized in thickness.
Sixth, the signal interference, which may be generated between the first signal line and the second signal line, may be minimized.
Seventh, the signal loss may be minimized.
The objects, characteristics and effects of the inventive concept will become apparent with the detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiment and the illustrations of related drawings as follows. In every possible case, like reference numerals are used for referring to the same or similar elements in the description and drawings. It will be understood that although the terms of first and second are used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. The terms are only used to distinguish one component from other components. Moreover, detailed descriptions related to well-known functions or configurations will be ruled out in order not to unnecessarily obscure subject matters of the present disclosure.
Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The main body part 100 includes a mainboard M and a coaxial cable 110, one end of which is connected to the mainboard M, the display part 200 includes a flexible printed circuit board 210. Here, the flexible printed circuit board 210 is installed on a back of the display part 200, and one end of the flexible printed circuit board 210 is coupled with the other end of the coaxial cable 110.
The main body part 100 is desirably hinge-coupled with the display part 200. Here, the display part 200 may include a display 220, a lower bezel 240, and an upper bezel 230.
The lower bezel 240 is disposed below the display 220, and, in this lower bezel 240, the coaxial cable 110 is coupled with one end of the flexible printed circuit board 210.
The upper bezel 230 is disposed above the display 220, and, in this upper bezel 230, antennas 212 and 214 are connected to the other end of the flexible printed circuit board 210.
As described above, the laptop computer in accordance with the present invention include the flexible printed circuit board 210 disposed on the back of the display part 200 instead of the coaxial cable 110. Accordingly, the laptop computer in accordance with the present invention has an advantage in that the bezel area disposed at a side surface of the display part 200 is minimized, and the area of the display 220 extends.
That is, since the flexible printed circuit board 210 does not require a fixture, unlike the coaxial cable 110, the flexible printed circuit board 210 may be minimized in thickness and installed on the back of the display 220. Thus, more wider display 220 may be realized, and furthermore the laptop computer having a smaller thickness may be realized.
Also, the antennas 212 and 214 and the mainboard M are generally connected by a medium of one of the coaxial cable 110 or the flexible printed circuit board 210. However, as the flexible printed circuit board 210 and the coaxial cable 110 are simultaneously applied, the laptop computer in accordance with the present invention may be easily assembled even in a narrow space such as a hinge, reduce signal loss by minimizing a length of the flexible printed circuit board 210, and save costs.
The coaxial cable 110 disposed on the main body part 100 and the flexible printed circuit board 210 disposed on the back of the display 220 are connected by one selected from a connector C or soldering. Here, the flexible printed circuit board 210 may have a “T”-shape, and thus flexible printed circuit board 210 may have both ends connected to the first antenna 212 and the second antenna 214, respectively.
A pair of flexible printed circuit boards 210 are installed on the back of the display part 200, and a pair of first antennas 212 and a pair of second antennas 214 are provided. Desirably, the pair of first antennas 212 transceive a short range communication signal such as WIFI, and the pair of second antennas 214 transceive a wireless mobile communication signal such as 3G and 4G.
Here, the pair of first antennas 212 are installed on both ends of the upper bezel 230, respectively, and the pair of second antennas 214 are spaced a predetermined distance from each other and installed between the pair of first antennas 212. In this case, the laptop computer in accordance with the present invention may minimize signal interference that may be generated between the first antenna 212 and the second antenna 214 to stably receive a signal.
Also, desirably, one end, which is connected to the first antenna 212, of both ends of the flexible printed circuit board 210 has a length greater than the other end, which is connected to the second antenna 214, thereof in order to minimize the signal interference between the first antenna 212 and the second antenna 214.
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Here, in order to minimize the signal interference between the first antenna 212 and the second antenna 214, desirably, the flexible printed circuit board 210 may have a “F”-shape, so that an extension position of the second antenna 214 is further away from a center of the flexible printed circuit board 210 in a vertical direction than an extension position of the first antenna 212.
Hereinafter, a constitution of the flexible printed circuit board that is applied to the laptop computer in accordance with the present invention will be described in detail. The flexible printed circuit board described below allows the thickness of the laptop computer to be minimized.
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The first substrate part 10 and the second substrate part 20 are disposed on the same plane with the shielding part 30 therebetween. Accordingly, a first signal line T1 provided in the first substrate part 10 and a second signal line T2 provided in the second substrate part 20 are disposed in parallel to each other.
As described above, since the first substrate part 10 and the second substrate part 20 are disposed on the same plane, the flexible printed circuit board, which is one main portion of the present invention, may be realized with a small thickness. Also, since the first signal line T1 and the second signal line T2 are disposed with the shielding part 30 therebetween, a signal loss due to the signal interference therebetween may be minimized.
The flexible printed circuit board, which is one main portion of the present invention, may include a first dielectric layer E1, a second dielectric layer E2, a pair of first side grounds S1, a pair of second side grounds S2, a first central ground C1, and a second central ground C2.
The first dielectric layer E1 and the second dielectric layer E2 are spaced a predetermined distance from each other in a vertical direction while being parallel to each other and have shapes corresponding to each other.
The pair of first side grounds S1 are laminated on a bottom surface of the first dielectric layer E1 while spaced a predetermined distance from each other, and the pair of second side grounds S2 are laminated on a plane of the second dielectric layer E2 while spaced a predetermined distance from each other.
The bottom surface of the first dielectric layer E1 and the plane of the second dielectric layer E2 face each other, and bottom surfaces of the pair of first side grounds S and a plane of the second side ground S2 also face each other while spaced a predetermined distance from each other in the vertical direction.
The first central ground C1 is disposed between the pair of first side grounds S1 while being laminated on the bottom surface of the first dielectric layer E1, and the second central ground C2 is disposed between the pair of second side grounds S1 while being laminated on the plane of the second dielectric layer E2. The first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 have shapes corresponding to each other and are disposed in parallel to each other while spaced a predetermined distance in the vertical direction.
As described above, the first substrate part 10, in which the first signal line T1 is provided, and the second substrate part 20, in which the second signal line T2 is provided, are disposed on the same plane with the shielding part 30 therebetween. Here, with reference to a region in which the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 are disposed, one side region may be defined as the first substrate part 10, and the other side region may be defined as the second substrate part 20. Also, the region in which the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 are disposed may be defined as the shielding part 30.
Here, the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 may extend upto the region of the first and second substrate part 10 and 20 as well as the region of the shielding part 30.
Since the first signal line T1 and the second signal line T2 are disposed with the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 therebetween, the signal interference, which may be generated between the first signal line T1 and the second signal line T2, may be prevented.
Although the first signal line T1 is disposed on the plane of the second dielectric layer E2, and the second signal line T2 is disposed on the bottom surface of the first dielectric layer E1 in
The bottom surface of the first dielectric layer E1 and the plane of the second dielectric layer E2, facing surfaces of the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2, facing surfaces of the first side ground S1 and the second side ground S2, facing surfaces of the first signal line T1 and the first dielectric layer E1, and facing surfaces of the second signal line T2 and the second dielectric layer E2 may be coupled to each other by using a coupling part P as a medium.
Since the coupling part P may be various kinds of adhesion media such as a dielectric layer, which is deformed during high temperature pressure coupling, or a bonding sheet, a constitution of the coupling part P may be variously varied in accordance with the purpose of the designer.
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In the description of the second embodiment, description on other components except for the coupling part P will be substituted by the above description in the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the installation region of the coupling part P, which is different from that of the first embodiment, will be mainly described.
The coupling part P is installed so that the first signal line T1 and the second signal line T2 are exposed to an air layer. That is, only the facing areas of the first side ground S1 and the second side ground S2 and the facing areas of the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 are coupled to each other by using the coupling part P as a medium.
The air layer may be formed between the facing surfaces of the first dielectric layer E1 and the second dielectric layer E2, and the first signal line T1 and the second signal line T2 may be exposed to the air layer having a low dielectric constant. Thus, capacitance may be reduced to minimize a signal loss.
Although the flexible printed circuit board, which is one main portion of the present invention, may have a two-layered dielectric layer structure like the above-described first embodiment and second embodiment, the flexible printed circuit board may also have a three-layered dielectric layer structure like a third embodiment and a fourth embodiment, which will be described below.
In the third embodiment and the fourth embodiment of the flexible printed circuit board, the first substrate part 10 and the second substrate part 20 are disposed on the same plane with the shielding part 30 therebetween like the first and second embodiments. Hereinafter, a detailed constitution thereof will be described.
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With respect to the first dielectric layer E1, the second dielectric layer E2 is disposed thereabove while spaced a predetermined distance therefrom, and the third dielectric layer E3 is disposed therebelow while spaced a predetermined distance therefrom. The first dielectric layer E1, the second dielectric layer E2, and the third dielectric layer E3 have shapes corresponding to each other and parallel to each other.
Also, the pair of first side grounds S1 are laminated on a plane of the first dielectric layer E1 while spaced a predetermined distance from each other, and the pair of second side grounds S2 are laminated on a bottom surface of the first dielectric layer E1 while spaced a predetermined distance from each other.
Since the first side ground S1 and the second side ground S2 may have the same shape and area as each other, the first side ground S1 and the second side ground S2 may be variously varied in accordance with the purpose of the designer.
The first central ground C1 is disposed between the pair of first side grounds S1 while being laminated on the plane of the first dielectric layer E1, and the second central ground C2 is disposed between the pair of second side grounds S2 while being laminated on the bottom surface of the first dielectric layer E1.
As described in the first and second embodiments, in the third embodiment, with reference to a region in which the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 are disposed, one side region may be defined as the first substrate part 10, and the other side region may be defined as the second substrate part 20. Also, the region in which the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 are disposed may be defined as the shielding part 30.
Here, the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 may extend upto the region of the first and second substrate part 10 and 20 as well as the region of the shielding part 30.
The first signal line T1 is disposed between the second side ground S2 and the second central ground C2, which are disposed at one side of the first dielectric layer E1, and the second signal line T2 is disposed between the first side ground S1 and the first central ground C1, which are disposed at the other side of the first dielectric layer E1. That is, the signal interference, which may be generated between the first signal line T1 and the second signal line T2, may be prevented by the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2.
Also, in case of the three-layered dielectric layer structure, the flexible printed circuit board may shield the signal interference, which may be generated due to other components thereabove and therebelow.
In accordance with the third embodiment of the flexible printed circuit board, which is one main portion of the present invention, facing surfaces of the first dielectric layer E1 and the second dielectric layer E2, facing surfaces of the first central ground C1 and the second dielectric layer E2, facing surface of the first side ground S1 and the second dielectric layer E2, and facing surface of the second signal line T2 and the second dielectric layer E2 are coupled to each other by using a first coupling part P1 as a medium, and facing surface of the first dielectric layer E1 and the third dielectric layer E3, facing surface of the second central ground C2 and the third dielectric layer E3, facing surface of the second side ground S2 and the third dielectric layer E3, and facing surface of the first signal line T1 and the third dielectric layer E3 may be coupled to each other by using the second coupling part P2 as a medium.
Since each of the coupling part P1 and the second coupling part P2 may be various kinds of adhesion media such as a dielectric layer, which is deformed during high temperature pressure coupling, or a bonding sheet, constitutions of the first and second coupling part P1 and P2 may be variously varied in accordance with the purpose of the designer.
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In the description of the fourth embodiment, description on other components except for the first and second coupling parts P1 and P2 will be substituted by the above description in the third embodiment. Hereinafter, the installation regions of the first and second coupling parts P1 and P2, which are different from that of the third embodiment, will be mainly described
In accordance with the fourth embodiment of the flexible printed circuit board, which is one main portion of the present invention, since, with respect to the shielding part 30, the first substrate part 10 is disposed at one side of the shielding part 30, and the second substrate part 20 is disposed at the other side of the shielding part 30, the second signal line T2 is disposed between the first central ground C1 in the region of the shielding part 30 and the first side ground S1 in the region of the second substrate part 20, and the first signal line T1 is disposed between the second side ground S2 in the region of the first substrate part 10 and the second central ground C2 in the region of the shielding part 30.
The first coupling part P1 is disposed between the first dielectric layer E1 and the second dielectric layer E2 to couple the first and second dielectric layers E1 and E2 to each other, and the second coupling part P2 is disposed between the first dielectric layer E1 and the third dielectric layer E2 to couple the first and third dielectric layers E1 and E3 to each other
Here, the second coupling part P2 is removed from the region in which the first signal line T1 of the first substrate part 10 is installed, so that the first signal line T1 is exposed to an air layer. Also, the first coupling part P1 is removed from the region in which the second signal line T2 of the second substrate part 20 is installed, so that the second signal line T2 is exposed to the air layer.
In more detail, in the region of the first substrate part 10, each of the first side ground S1 and the second dielectric layer E2, the first dielectric layer E1 and the second dielectric layer E2, and the first central ground C1 and the second dielectric layer E2 is coupled through a medium of the first coupling part P1, and, in the region of the shielding part 30, the first central ground C1 and the second dielectric layer E2 are also coupled through a medium of the first coupling part P1. Here, in the region of the second substrate part 20, only each of the first central ground C1 and the second dielectric layer E2, and the first side ground S1 and the second dielectric layer E2 is coupled through a medium of the first coupling part P1, so as to expose the second signal line T2 to the air layer.
Also, in the region of the second substrate part 20, each of the second side ground S2 and the third dielectric layer E3, the first dielectric layer E1 and the third dielectric layer E3, and the second central ground C2 and the third dielectric layer E3 is coupled through a medium of the second coupling part P2, and, in the region of the shielding part 30, the second central ground C2 and the third dielectric layer E3 are also coupled through a medium of the second coupling part P2. Here, in the region of the first substrate part 10, only each of the second central ground C2 and the third dielectric layer E3, and the second side ground S2 and the third dielectric layer E3 is coupled through a medium of the second coupling part P2, so as to expose the first signal line T1 to the air layer.
As described above, since the first signal line T1 and the second signal line T2 are exposed to the air layer having a low dielectric constant, the flexible printed circuit board decreases in capacitance to minimize the signal loss.
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Also, the third via hole V3 and the fourth via hole V4 vertically passes through the shielding part 30 while spaced a predetermined distance in a width direction.
As the first via hole V1 and the second via hole V2 pass through the first ground layer G1, the first dielectric layer E1, the first side ground S1, the coupling part P, the second side ground S2, the second dielectric layer E2 and the second ground layer G2, the first side ground S1, the second side ground S2, the first ground layer G1, and the second ground layer G2 are electrically connected.
As the third via hole V3 and the fourth via hole V4 pass through the first ground layer G1, the first dielectric layer E1, the first central ground C1, the coupling part P, the second central ground C2, the second dielectric layer E2, and the second ground layer G2, the first central ground C1, the second central ground C2, the first ground layer G1, and the second ground layer G2 are electrically connected.
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As the first via hole V1 and the second via hole V2 pass through the first ground layer G1, the second dielectric layer E2, the first coupling part P1, the first side ground S1, the first dielectric layer E1, the second side ground S2, the second coupling part P2, the third dielectric layer E3, and the second ground layer G2, the first side ground S1, the second side ground S2, the first ground layer G1, and the second ground layer G2 are electrically connected.
As the third via hole V3 and the fourth via hole V4 pass through the first ground layer G1, the second dielectric layer E2, the first coupling part P1, the first central ground C1, the first dielectric layer E1, the second central ground C2, the second coupling part P2, the third dielectric layer E3, and the second ground layer G2, the first side ground S1, the second side ground S2, the first ground layer G1, and the second ground layer G2 are electrically connected.
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As described above, when the plurality of via holes V1, V2, V3, and V4 are defined, the shielding effect of the first central ground C1 and the second central ground C2 may be enhanced. Accordingly, when the plurality of via holes V1, V2, V3, and V4 are alternately defined, as a distance between the third via hole V3 and the fourth via hole V4, which are disposed in the shielding part 30, decrease, the shielding effect of the flexible printed circuit board may be maximized.
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Although the exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described, it is understood that the present invention should not be limited to these exemplary embodiments but various changes and modifications can be made by one ordinary skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present invention as hereinafter claimed.
Hence, the real protective scope of the present invention shall be determined by the technical scope of the accompanying claims.
The present invention provides a laptop computer, which realizes an extended display area and a small thickness by applying a flexible printed circuit board on the back of a display part. In particular, the present invention provides a laptop computer applied with a flexible printed circuit board, which realizes a small thickness by planar-arranging a plurality of signal lines in parallel to each other and minimizes signal interference and signal loss. Thus present invention has industrial applicability.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-2016-0022970 | Feb 2016 | KR | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/KR2016/007256 | 7/5/2016 | WO | 00 |
