Mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10658732-B2
Application number	US-201816030425-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 9, 2018
Priority date	Jan 4, 2018
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

There is disclosed a mobile terminal including a display unit; a metal bracket comprising a middle frame provided in a rear surface of the display unit; and a side frame partially distant from the middle frame and configured to define a lateral surface; a main board loaded in a rear surface of the bracket; a rear case configured to cover the main board and define an external appearance of a rear surface; and a first conductive pattern formed in an inner surface of the rear case, wherein the main board comprises a first feeding portion connected with the side frame; a second feeding portion connected with the first conductive pattern; and a first grounding portion connected with the side frame and the first conductive pattern and located between the first feeding portion and the second feeding portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a display configured to display information;
a metal bracket comprising:
a middle frame located at a rear surface of the display; and
a side frame having a partial portion spaced from the middle frame and configured to form a lateral surface of the mobile terminal;

a main board located at a rear surface of the metal bracket;
a rear case configured to cover the main board and form an external rear surface of the mobile terminal; and
a first conductive pattern formed at an inner surface of the rear case,
wherein the main board comprises:
a first feeding portion coupled with a first point of the side frame;
a second feeding portion coupled with the first conductive pattern; and
a first grounding portion located between the first feeding portion and the second feeding portion and coupled with a second point of the side frame and the first conductive pattern,

wherein the side frame comprises a first end coupled with the middle frame and a second open end, and
wherein the first point of the side frame is closer to the second open end of the side frame than the second point of the side frame.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein a distance from the second point of the side frame to the second open end of the side frame corresponds to ¼ of a wavelength of a frequency of an alternating current power source supplied by the first feeding portion.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive pattern is configured to transceive a first frequency signal having a wavelength that is four times a length of the first conductive pattern.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1 ,
wherein the first conductive pattern extends from a first closed end coupled with the middle frame to the second open end in a first direction, and
wherein the first conductive pattern extends from a coupling point with the first grounding portion in a second direction which is a reverse direction of the first direction.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the main board further comprises a second grounding portion spaced apart from the first grounding portion; and
the mobile terminal further comprises:
a second conductive pattern formed at the inner surface of the rear case and coupled with the first feeding portion; and
a third conductive pattern formed near the second conductive pattern, but not coupled with the second conductive pattern and having one end coupled with the second grounding portion.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the third conductive pattern is configured to transceiver a second frequency signal having a wavelength four times as long as a length of the third conductive pattern.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , further comprising:
a fourth conductive pattern coupled with the first grounding portion and the second feeding portion and having a length corresponding to ¼ of the wavelength of the second frequency signal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein the first grounding portion and the second grounding portion are spaced apart from each other as far as by ¼ of the wavelength of the second frequency signal.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7 , wherein an extension direction of the third conductive pattern from the second grounding portion is perpendicular to an extension direction of the fourth conductive pattern from the first grounding portion.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the side frame comprises a plurality of side frames arranged along the lateral surface of the mobile terminal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the plurality of side frames is spaced a preset distance apart from a neighboring one of the plurality of side frames.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of side frames is partitioned from adjacent side frames by a slit such that a first end of each of the plurality of side frames is coupled with the middle frame and a second end of each of the plurality of side frames comprises the slit.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the side frame functions as a main antenna; and
the first conductive pattern functions as a sub-antenna.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Duckyun
• Kang Yunmo
• Jung Byungwoon

Classifications

• H04M1/026

  Details of the structure or mounting of specific components · CPC title

• H01Q9/42

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

• H01Q5/378

  Combination of fed elements with parasitic elements · CPC title

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H01Q21/28

  Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} · CPC title