Mobile terminal having an antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9667296-B2
Application number	US-201314443996-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2013
Priority date	Jul 5, 2013
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A mobile terminal, comprises: a case including a conductive metal part; a main board mounted inside the case and having a power supply part and a ground surface; a first antenna radiator disposed so as to be spaced from the power supply part to the first antenna radiator; a power supply line for electrically connecting the power supply part to the first antenna radiator and ground line for electrically connecting the ground surface to the metal part and the first antenna radiator, thereby preventing a decrease in the performance of an antenna since the formation of an electromagnetic field between the case of a metallic material and the main board can be minimized even if the metallic material is used for the case.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal comprising:
a case including a conductive metal part;
a main board mounted inside the case and having a power supply part and a ground surface;
a first antenna radiator spaced apart from the power supply part;
a power supply line for electrically connecting the power supply part to the first antenna radiator; and
a ground line for electrically connecting the ground surface to the metal part and the first antenna radiator,
wherein the ground line is a flexible circuit board comprising a conductive pattern having one portion connected to the first antenna radiator and the other portion connected to the metal part and the ground surface.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the case comprises;
a body case in which the main board is loaded; and
a backside cover detachably coupled to a rear surface of the body case and comprising the metal part.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , further comprising:
a screw connected to the first antenna radiator penetrating the flexible circuit board and the body case,
wherein the one portion of the flexible circuit board is provided in an outer surface of the body case.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 2 , further comprising:
a connection terminal connected to the conductive pattern, the connection terminal elastically flexible to be connected to the metal part when coupled to the body case.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna radiator is exposed to an outer surface of the case to form a predetermined portion of the case.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the ground line and the power supply line are connected at a predetermined portion of the first antenna radiator, the predetermined portion positioned aside from a central portion of the first antenna radiator.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein:
the first antenna radiator receives a first frequency signal and a second frequency signal, and
a ratio of a distance to one end of the first antenna radiator to a distance to the other end of the first antenna radiator from the predetermined portion corresponds to a ratio of a first frequency of the first frequency signal to a second frequency of the second frequency signal.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , further comprising:
a second antenna radiator provided in a predetermined portion of a second lateral surface not adjacent to a first lateral surface,
wherein the first antenna radiator is provided in the first lateral surface of four lateral surfaces formed in the mobile terminal, and
power supply and ground of the second antenna radiator is arranged aside to a predetermined portion in the same direction with the ground line and the power supply line.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein each of the ground line and the power supply line has a bent portion, and
wherein the first antenna radiator is formed in a linear-bar shape.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein:
a first distance between the bent portion of the ground line and the first antenna radiator and a second distance between the bent portion of the power supply line and the first antenna radiator are equal; and
a third distance between the bent portion of the ground line and the metal part and a fourth distance between the bent portion of the power supply line and the metal part are equal.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna radiator is provided in an upper or lower end of the mobile terminal, and
wherein the first antenna radiator is formed in a shape extended from both end of the upper end of the mobile terminal in vertical direction.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a radiation pattern provided between the metal part and the first antenna radiator and formed in a surface of the case, with electrically connected to the metal part.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a middle frame provided inside the case, in which the main board and electronic components are loaded, the middle frame comprising a metal plate and an injection mold,
wherein the first antenna radiator is coupled to one end of the middle frame, spaced apart a preset distance from the metal plate, and
wherein the metal part is electrically connected to the metal plate.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna radiator is spaced apart from the metal part.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14 , wherein the first antenna radiator is spaced apart from the ground surface.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Changil
• Kim Dongjin
• Youn Yeomin
• Yoon Hyeongsik
• Lee Jaegon
• You Chisang

Classifications

• H01Q1/44

  using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna {, e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspect}(H01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q1/243

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H04B1/3888 Primary

  Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers · CPC title

• H04M1/0274

  for an electrical connector module · CPC title

• H01Q1/42

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title