Shielding portions of an electronic device
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsQi Qi, Wonjae Choi, Yi Tao
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, for shielding a bending portion of a flexible display that can be incorporated in electronic devices. One of the apparatus includes a cover glass element; a driver integrated circuit (D-IC); a mandrel portion; a shaft portion; a panel, positioned between the cover glass element and the D-IC, and comprising an inner panel layer that wraps around at least a portion of the mandrel portion to form a bending portion of the panel, the panel attached on either side on the shaft portion; and a shielding layer positioned around the inner panel layer and configured to inhibit electromagnetic signals through the bending portion.
Claims20
A flexible display apparatus, comprising:
- a cover glass element;
- a driver integrated circuit (D-IC);
- a mandrel portion;
- a shaft portion;
- a panel, positioned between the cover glass element and the D-IC, and comprising an inner panel layer that wraps around at least a portion of the mandrel portion to form a bending portion of the panel, the panel attached on either side on the shaft portion;
- a shielding layer positioned around the inner panel layer and configured to inhibit electromagnetic signals through the bending portion;
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- at least two grounding pads positioned between the inner panel layer and the shielding layer and on opposite sides of the mandrel portion.
A method of forming a mobile communication device flexible display apparatus comprising:
- wrapping a panel around a mandrel portion to form a bending portion of the panel;
- attaching the wrapped panel on either side of a shaft portion;
- positioning the panel and wrapped mandrel portion between a cover glass element and a driver integrated circuit (D-IC);
- forming a shielding layer positioned around the bending portion of the panel, the shielding layer configured to inhibit electromagnetic signals through the bending portion;
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- before forming the shielding layer, positioning at least two grounding pads on the bending portion and on opposite sides of the mandrel portion.
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a cover glass element;
- a driver integrated circuit (D-IC);
- a mandrel portion;
- a shaft portion;
- a panel, positioned between the cover glass element and the D-IC, and comprising an inner panel layer that wraps around at least a portion of the mandrel portion to form a bending portion of the panel, the panel attached on either side on the shaft portion;
- a shielding layer positioned around the inner panel layer and configured to inhibit electromagnetic signals through the bending portion;
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- at least two grounding pads positioned between the inner panel layer and the shielding layer and on opposite sides of the mandrel portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.