Mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10446916-B2
Application number	US-201616327122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2016
Priority date	Aug 22, 2016
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

Disclosed is a mobile terminal comprising: a housing including a rear case positioned on a rear surface thereof and a side case positioned on a side surface thereof; a display unit disposed on a front surface of the housing; and a wireless communication unit, mounted on the main board, for processing a radio signal, wherein the side case includes a first metal part and a second metal part formed in a layered structure and spaced apart in the thickness direction of the first metal part and the housing, wherein the first metal part and the second metal part extend to a first side surface of the housing and to at least a portion of a second side surface and a third side surface located on the right and left sides of the first side surface, wherein at least one of the first metal part and the second metal part is connected to the wireless communication unit to transmit and receive an RF signal. The performance of the mobile terminal can be secured even when the performance of a mobile communication antenna is expanded and thus the mobile terminal is adjacent.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a housing comprising a rear case provided in a rear surface of the housing and a side case provided in a lateral surface of the housing;
a display unit disposed on a front surface of the housing;
a window glass configured to cover the display unit and the front surface of the housing;
a main board loaded in the housing; and
a wireless communication unit loaded in the main board and configured to process a wireless signal,
wherein the side case comprises:
a first metal part; and
a second metal part disposed apart from the first metal part in a thickness direction of the housing, wherein the first metal part and the second metal part are placed at a first lateral surface and extended to a predetermined area of a second lateral surface located in a left side of the first lateral surface and a predetermined area of a third lateral surface located in a right side of the first lateral surface, and
wherein one of the first and second metal parts is connected with the wireless communication unit and configured to transceive a RF signal.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the side case further includes a first non-metal part provided between the first metal part and the second metal part, and
wherein the first metal part, the first non-metal part and the second metal part form a layered structure along the thickness of the mobile terminal.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , further comprising:
a hole formed in the first non-metal part; and
one or more of an interface and an earphone jack arranged in the hole.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , further comprising:
a feed line connected with the second metal part and configured to transceive a RF signal,
wherein both ends of the first non-metal part are bent towards the second metal part and extended to both ends of the second metal part.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the side case further comprises:
a pair of third metal parts provided to connect the first metal part and both ends of the second metal part.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the side case further comprises:
a fourth metal part spaced apart from the first metal part, the second metal part and the third metal part; and
a second non-metal part disposed between the third metal part and the fourth metal part.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , further comprising:
a feed line connected with the second metal part and configured to transceive a RF signal; and
a first ground line connected with the first metal part and configured to operate as a ground.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein a signal is transceived at a frequency having a length L 1 from the feed line to the second metal part, the third metal part, the first metal part and the first ground line in a first direction or a length L 2 to the second metal part, the third metal part, the first metal part and the first ground line in a second direction or a doubled length of L 1 and L 2 .

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein a difference between the length L 1 from the feed line to the second metal part, the third metal part, the first metal part and the first ground line in the first direction and the length L 2 to the second metal part, the third metal part, the first metal part and the first ground line in a second direction is 10% or less.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , further comprising:
a conductive pattern having both ends connected with the second metal part; and
a second ground line connected with the conductive pattern and configured to operate as a ground.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the conductive pattern is formed in an inner surface of the rear case.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the length from the feed line to the second metal part, the conductive pattern and the second ground line corresponds to the length from the feed line to the second metal part, the third metal part, the first metal part and the first ground line.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , further comprising:
a middle frame formed of metal and disposed on a rear surface of the display unit,
wherein the conductive pattern and the second ground line are formed by cutting away a predetermined area of the middle frame.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a lower unit provided in a direction in which the first metal part and the second metal part of the housing are formed; and
a battery projected from the lower unit and inserted in a space between the first metal part and the second metal part.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a flexible substrate configured to connect the second metal part with the main board,
wherein the flexible substrate comprises:
a feed line connected with the second metal part and configured to transceive a RF signal;
a conductive pattern having both ends contacting the second metal part; and
a second ground line connected with the conductive pattern and configured to operate as a ground.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first feed line and a second feed line connected with the first metal part and the second metal part, respectively, and configured to transceive a RF signal; and
a first ground line and a second ground line connected with the first metal part and the second metal part, respectively, and configured to operate as a ground,
wherein the first metal part and the second metal part are continuously formed around the lateral surface of the mobile terminal in a ring shape.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16 , wherein the wireless communication unit transceives a RF signal having a wavelength corresponding to the length of the first metal part from the first feed line and the first ground line or the length of the second metal part from the second feed line to the second ground line.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 16 , wherein the side case further comprises:
a first non-metal part provided between the first metal part and the second metal part and formed in a ring shape.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Dongjin
• Kim Changil
• Song Moonsoo
• Kim Namyong

Classifications

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H04M1/0274

  for an electrical connector module · CPC title

• H04M1/02

  Constructional features of telephone sets · CPC title

• H01Q1/245

  with means for shaping the antenna pattern, e.g. in order to protect user against rf exposure · CPC title

• H01Q9/42

  with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength · CPC title