Mobile terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJaewon Lee, Seungwoo Ryu, Joohee Lee, Junyoung Jung, Jaewan Kim, Sangjo Park
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Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a mobile terminal, including a case forming a portion of an appearance; a circuit board disposed inside the case; a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the circuit board; a first connector mounted on the circuit board; a second connector mounted on the flexible printed circuit board and fastened to the first connector; and a first antenna having array elements mounted on the flexible printed circuit board, wherein the first antenna is disposed to face a side surface of the case to radiate beam-formed wireless signals through the side surface adjacent to one side of the circuit board.
Claims11
A mobile terminal having a front surface, a rear surface, and side surfaces, comprising:
- a window disposed at a front side of the mobile terminal;
- a case forming an appearance of the side surfaces of the mobile terminal;
- a rear cover disposed at a rear side of the mobile terminal;
- a circuit board including an integrated circuit;
- a first antenna module comprising:
- a first antenna substrate;
- and
- a first array antenna disposed on one side of the first antenna substrate and configured to transceive first beam-formed wireless signals using a plurality of antenna elements disposed on the first antenna substrate;
- an interposer disposed between the circuit board and the first antenna module,
- wherein the first antenna module is electrically coupled with the circuit board by the interposer,
- wherein the integrated circuit is disposed between the circuit board and the first antenna substrate,
- wherein the first array antenna is disposed to face the rear cover and configured to transceive the first beam-formed wireless signals through the rear cover, and
- wherein the first array antenna is configured to operate in a 5G communication system using a mmWave band.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a window disposed at a front side of the mobile terminal;
- a case having side surfaces and a rear surface,
- the rear surface having a first metal portion,
- the first metal portion having a first opening;
- a rear cover disposed at a rear side of the mobile terminal;
- a circuit board including an integrated circuit;
- a first antenna module comprising:
- a first antenna substrate;
- and
- a first array antenna disposed on one side of the first antenna substrate and configured to transceive first beam-formed wireless signals using a plurality of first antenna elements disposed on the first antenna substrate;
- an interposer disposed between the circuit board and the first antenna substrate,
- wherein the first antenna module is electrically coupled with the circuit board by the interposer,
- wherein the integrated circuit is disposed between the circuit board and the first antenna substrate,
- wherein the first array antenna is disposed to face the first opening and configured to transceive the first beam-formed wireless signals through the first opening, and
- wherein the first array antenna is configured to operate in a 5G communication system using a mmWave band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.