Patent Application
20190215390
This application is based upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201810023212.X, filed Jan. 10, 2018, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display screens, and in particular, to a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) display module and a mobile terminal.
As the mobile terminals such as smart phones have become an integral part of people's lives, in order to increase visual enjoyment of the users of the mobile terminals, the mobile terminals such as mobile phones with a high screen occupancy ratio are increasingly favored.
The present disclosure provides an LCD display module with a high screen occupation ratio and a mobile terminal having the same. The present disclosure also provides a method of manufacturing an LCD display module.
According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, an LCD display module is provided. The LCD display module may include: a display screen and a flexible printed circuit led out from a top of the display screen, where the top of the display screen may be provided with a recessed portion for accommodating a functional module of a mobile terminal, and the flexible printed circuit is provided with an opening at a position corresponding to the recessed portion on the top of the display screen.
According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, a mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal may include: a terminal body, a functional module disposed on the terminal body, and an LCD display module, where a flexible printed circuit may be led out from a top of the display screen and the top of the display screen is provided with a recessed portion for accommodating a functional module of a mobile terminal, and the flexible printed circuit is provided with an opening at a position corresponding to the recessed portion on the top of the display screen, and where the LCD display module may be mounted on the terminal body, the functional module may be mounted in the recessed portion of the LCD display module, and the flexible printed circuit of the LCD display module is bent to be electrically connected to a control main board of the terminal.
According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, a method of manufacturing an LCD display module is provided. The method may include: providing a display screen and providing a flexible printed circuit that is led out from a top of the display screen; providing a recessed portion for accommodating a functional module of a mobile terminal on the top of the display screen, where the flexible printed circuit may be provided with an opening at a position corresponding to the recessed portion on the top of the display screen.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary only and are not restrictive of the present disclosure.
To explain the technical solutions in the examples of the present disclosure, hereinafter, the drawings required for describing the examples will be introduced. The drawings described below are only some examples in the present disclosure. Other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings.
The present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to specific examples illustrated in the accompanying drawings. However, these examples do not limit the present disclosure, and structural, methodological, or functional changes made by those skilled in the art based on these examples are all included in the protection scope of the present disclosure.
The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular examples only and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. As used in this disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
It shall be understood that, although the terms “first,” “second,” “third,” and the like may be used herein to describe various information, the information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one category of information from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, first information may be termed as second information; and similarly, second information may also be termed as first information. As used herein, the term “if” may be understood to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to” depending on the context.
The examples of the present disclosure will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The following examples and features in the examples may be combined with each other.
The screen occupation ratio generally refers to a ratio of the screen and an area of a front panel of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone. The ratio maybe a parameter that is relatively easy to obtain on the appearance design of the mobile phone. Some mobile terminals such mobile phones have a small screen occupancy ratio. The upper and lower borders may occupy a large proportion of the screen due to the handset, for example, the borders may include the camera, the HOME key, and the like. Thus, the borders may cause a relatively low utilization ratio of the screen under the premise of the appearance. As such, there is a need to increase the screen occupation ratio while maintaining the overall size and reduce the upper and lower borders of the mobile phone to give the consumers a better visual experience.
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The mobile terminal 100 in the present disclosure may be an electronic device such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a palmtop computer, or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). In the present disclosure, the mobile terminal 100 is specifically described by using a mobile phone as an example. It should be noted that the top of the display screen 1 is an upper end of the mobile phone when the user holds the mobile phone according to using habit; and the bottom of the display screen 1 is a lower end of the mobile phone when the user holds the mobile phone according to using habit.
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In the example of the present disclosure, the recessed portion 13 may have an arc shape, an inverted trapezoidal shape, a U-shape, a W-shape or the like. Herein, it should be noted that the above listed shapes of the recessed portion 13 are not absolutely the standard shapes, and the recessed portion 13 as a whole having a shape substantially as described above is also within the protection scope of the present disclosure. The recessed portion 13 may also be any irregular shape or a plurality of inconsistent accommodation spaces.
In the present disclosure, when the LCD display module 10 is mounted on a terminal body 20 of the mobile terminal 100, the flexible printed circuit 12 is bent to be electrically connected with a control main board (not shown) on the terminal body 20. After the LCD display module 10 is mounted on the terminal body 20, the flexible printed circuit 12 is located between the LCD display module 10 and the terminal body 20. When the flexible printed circuit 12 is bent to be electrically connected with the control main board of the mobile terminal 100, an edge of the opening 121 of the flexible printed circuit 12 does not exceed an edge of the recess 13. That is, the flexible printed circuit 12 is adapted to avoid the functional module 30 on the mobile phone. As shown in
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The backlight module 11 may include a LED (Light Emitting Diode) light strip array 111. The LED light strip array 111 is located at a top edge of the backlight module 11 and passes through the edge of the recess 13. In this example, the LED light strip array 111 is evenly disposed on the entire top of the backlight module 11, so that the overall display brightness on the LCD display module 10 is balanced. In the LED layout at the position of the recessed portion 13, the LED light strip array 111 of this segment is disposed at the edge of the recessed portion 13.
Further, the backlight module 11 may further include a light guide plate (not shown) that cooperates with the LED light strip array 111. The light guide plate is used to guide the light emitted by the LED light strip array 111 from the top of the display screen 1 to the bottom of the display screen 1. Through the optimization of the light guide plate, finally a balanced display effect is achieved. The backlight module 11 of the present disclosure also includes an emission sheet, a reflective back-adhesive, a plastic frame, a diffusion sheet, a lower brightness enhancement sheet, an upper brightness enhancement sheet, a brightness enhancement tape, and the like. The display panel may also include a lower polarizer, a liquid crystal cell, an upper polarizer, and the like. The touch panel includes a touch screen, an optical adhesive, and the like.
In the examples of the present disclosure, the recessed portion is not limited to be provided at the top of the display screen, and the recessed portion may also be disposed at the bottom of the display screen. Correspondingly, the integrated circuit of the LCD module and the flexible printed circuit are also set at the bottom of the display. The example of the recessed portion, the flexible printed circuit, etc. in the LCD module is the same as the example in which the recessed portion is disposed on the top of the display screen, and will not be repeated here.
In the present disclosure, the flexible printed circuit may be electrically connected to the top of the LCD display module by changing the circuit in the LCD display module. The top of the LCD display module is provided with a recessed portion, and the flexible printed circuit is correspondingly provided with an opening for accommodating the functional module of the mobile terminal. In this example, except for the recessed portion of the display screen, other positions of the display screen are display areas, so that the requirement for increasing the screen occupation ratio of the display screen can be satisfied as much as possible.
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The terminal body 20 may include a terminal housing (not shown), a control main board (not shown) mounted in the terminal housing, and a battery (not shown) assembled in the terminal housing. The battery is electrically connected to the control main board for powering the control main board. The LCD display module 10 of the present disclosure is mounted on the terminal body 20, and the functional module 30 is mounted in the recessed portion 13 of the LCD display module 10. The flexible printed circuit of the LCD display module 10 is bent to be electrically connected to the control main board of the terminal body 20. That is, the flexible printed circuit is bent relative to the display screen of the LCD display module 10, so that after the LCD module 10 is assembled in the terminal body 20, the flexible printed circuit is located between the display screen and the terminal body 20.
The functional module 30 of the present disclosure may include at least one of a camera, a sensor (at least one of various types of sensors, such as an infrared sensor, a light sensor, a distance sensor, etc.), a photosensitive element, and an earphone.
The present disclosure designs an LCD display module and a mobile terminal having the same. The flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the top of the LCD display module by changing the circuit in the LCD display module. The top of the LCD display module is provided with a recessed portion, and the flexible printed circuit is correspondingly provided with an opening for accommodating the functional module of the mobile terminal. In this example, except for the recessed portion of the display screen, other positions of the display screen are display areas, so that the requirement for increasing the screen occupation ratio of the display screen can be satisfied as much as possible.
The present disclosure designs an LCD display module and a mobile terminal having the same. By changing the circuit in the LCD display module, the flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the top of the LCD display module.
The present disclosure discloses a method of manufacturing an LCD display module. The method may include providing a display screen and providing a flexible printed circuit that is led out from a top of the display screen; providing a recessed portion for accommodating a functional module of a mobile terminal on the top of the display screen, where the flexible printed circuit may be provided with an opening at a position corresponding to the recessed portion on the top of the display screen.
The technical solutions provided by the examples of the present disclosure may include the following advantageous effects: the present disclosure designs an LCD display module and a mobile terminal having the same, by changing the circuit in the LCD display module, the flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the top of the LCD display module, the top of the LCD display module is provided with a recessed portion, and the flexible printed circuit is correspondingly provided with an opening for accommodating the functional module of the mobile terminal, so as to meet the requirement of increasing a screen occupation ratio of the display screen.
The present disclosure may include dedicated hardware implementations such as application specific integrated circuits, programmable logic arrays and other hardware devices. The hardware implementations can be constructed to implement one or more of the methods described herein. Applications that may include the apparatus and systems of various examples can broadly include a variety of electronic and computing systems. One or more examples described herein may implement functions using two or more specific interconnected hardware modules or devices with related control and data signals that can be communicated between and through the modules, or as portions of an application-specific integrated circuit. Accordingly, the computing system disclosed may encompass software, firmware, and hardware implementations. The terms “module,” “sub-module,” “circuit,” “sub-circuit,” “circuitry,” “sub-circuitry,” “unit,” or “sub-unit” may include memory (shared, dedicated, or group) that stores code or instructions that can be executed by one or more processors. The module refers herein may include one or more circuit with or without stored code or instructions. The module or circuit may include one or more components that are connected.
Other examples of the present disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the contents disclosed here. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the present disclosure following the general principles thereof and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice in the art. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the present disclosure being indicated by the claims of the present application.
It will be appreciated that the present disclosure is not limited to the exact construction that has been described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope thereof.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201810023212.X | Jan 2018 | CN | national |
