# US 12,218,406 B2 · Display module and mobile terminal > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,218,406 B2 - Document ID: US12218406B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/552,096 - Filed: 2021-12-15 - Published: 2022-04-07 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-26 - Assignees: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xianjing Jian; Lijun Zhu; Yijin Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12218406B2 ## CPC - H01Q 1/22: by structural association with other equipment or articles - H01Q 21/12: Parallel arrangements of substantially straight elongated conductive units (travelling-wave antennas comprising transmission line loaded with transverse elements H01Q11/02; Yagi antennas H01Q19/30) - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - H01Q 1/243: {with built-in antennas} - H01Q 9/16: with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole (H01Q9/44 takes precedence) - H01Q 9/285: {Planar dipole (H01Q9/065 takes precedence; patch antenna H01Q9/0407)} - H01Q 21/08: the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path {(waveguide fed H01Q21/0037)} - H01Q 21/28: Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} - H04M 1/026: {Details of the structure or mounting of specific components} - H04M 1/0266: {for a display module assembly} - H04M 1/0268: {including a flexible display panel} - H04M 1/0277: {for a printed circuit board assembly} - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a display module and a mobile terminal. The display module includes a screen cover plate, a first antenna array, a first flexible circuit board, and a first radio frequency integrated circuit; where the first antenna array is arranged in a first region of the screen cover plate; the first radio frequency integrated circuit is arranged on the first flexible circuit board, and is electrically connected to the first antenna array through the first flexible circuit board. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display module applied to a mobile terminal, comprising a screen cover plate, a first antenna array, a first flexible circuit board and a first radio frequency integrated circuit; wherein, the first antenna array is arranged in a first region of the screen cover plate; and the first radio frequency integrated circuit is arranged on the first flexible circuit board, and is electrically connected to the first antenna array through the first flexible circuit board, wherein the first antenna array comprises at least two first dipole antenna elements, and the first dipole antenna element comprises two first dipole antennas arranged in parallel, wherein a first bonding region and a first feeder line corresponding to each of the first dipole antenna elements are arranged on the screen cover plate, and one end of the first feeder line is electrically connected to a corresponding first dipole antenna element, and the other end is electrically connected to a corresponding first bonding region, wherein the first bonding region is electrically connected to the first flexible circuit board, the first flexible circuit board is fixed to the screen cover plate, wherein the first radio frequency integrated circuit, the first flexible circuit board and the first antenna array are located on a same surface of the screen cover plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein a first connector is arranged on the first flexible circuit board, and the first radio frequency integrated circuit is electrically connected to a main board of the mobile terminal through the first connector. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display module according to claim 2, wherein the first flexible circuit board is further provided with a screen driver chip and a touch detection chip, and the screen driver chip and the touch detection chip are connected to the main board through the first connector. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein the display module further comprises a second antenna array, a second flexible circuit board and a second radio frequency integrated circuit, wherein the second antenna array is arranged in a second region of the screen cover plate, and the second region and the first region are located at two opposite ends of the screen cover plate; and the second radio frequency integrated circuit is arranged on the second flexible circuit board, and is electrically connected to the second antenna array through the second flexible circuit board. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display module according to claim 4, wherein a second connector is arranged on the second flexible circuit board, and the second radio frequency integrated circuit is electrically connected to a main board of the mobile terminal through the second connector. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display module according to claim 4, wherein the second antenna array comprises at least two second dipole antenna elements, and the second dipole antenna element comprises two second dipole antennas arranged in parallel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display module according to claim 6, wherein a second bonding region and a second feeder line corresponding to each of the second dipole antenna elements are arranged on the screen cover plate, and one end of the second feeder line is electrically connected to a corresponding second dipole antenna element, and the other end is electrically connected to a corresponding second bonding region, wherein the second bonding region is electrically connected to the second flexible circuit board. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The display module according to claim 4, wherein the second antenna array is a millimeter-wave antenna array. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein the first antenna array is a millimeter-wave antenna array. ### Claim 10 A mobile terminal, comprising a display module and a carrier for carrying the display module; wherein the display module comprises a screen cover plate, a first antenna array, a first flexible circuit board and a first radio frequency integrated circuit; wherein, the first antenna array is arranged in a first region of the screen cover plate; and the first radio frequency integrated circuit is arranged on the first flexible circuit board, and is electrically connected to the first antenna array through the first flexible circuit board, wherein the first antenna array comprises at least two first dipole antenna elements, and the first dipole antenna element comprises two first dipole antennas arranged in parallel, wherein a first bonding region and a first feeder line corresponding to each of the first dipole antenna elements are arranged on the screen cover plate, and one end of the first feeder line is electrically connected to a corresponding first dipole antenna element, and the other end is electrically connected to a corresponding first bonding region, wherein the first bonding region is electrically connected to the first flexible circuit board, the first flexible circuit board is fixed to the screen cover plate, wherein the first radio frequency integrated circuit, the first flexible circuit board and the first antenna array are located on a same surface of the screen cover plate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the carrier is a metal carrier, and the metal carrier is used as a reflector for an antenna array of the display module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein, the display module further comprises a second antenna array, and a second radio frequency integrated circuit, and the mobile terminal further comprises a control chip, wherein the control chip is electrically connected to the first radio frequency integrated circuit and the second radio frequency integrated circuit respectively; wherein when a first region is touched, the control chip controls the second radio frequency integrated circuit to transmit and receive data through the second antenna array; and when a second region is touched, the control chip controls the first radio frequency integrated circuit to transmit and receive data through the first antenna array. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein a first connector is arranged on the first flexible circuit board, and the first radio frequency integrated circuit is electrically connected to a main board of the mobile terminal through the first connector. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The mobile terminal according to claim 13, wherein the first flexible circuit board is further provided with a screen driver chip and a touch detection chip, and the screen driver chip and the touch detection chip are connected to the main board through the first connector. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The mobile terminal according to claim 10, wherein the display module further comprises a second antenna array, a second flexible circuit board and a second radio frequency integrated circuit, wherein the second antenna array is arranged in a second region of the screen cover plate, and the second region and the first region are located at two opposite ends of the screen cover plate; and the second radio frequency integrated circuit is arranged on the second flexible circuit board, and is electrically connected to the second antenna array through the second flexible circuit board. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The mobile terminal according to claim 15, wherein a second connector is arranged on the second flexible circuit board, and the second radio frequency integrated circuit is electrically connected to a main board of the mobile terminal through the second connector. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The mobile terminal according to claim 11, wherein a vertical distance from each first dipole antenna element in the first antenna array to the carrier in a thickness direction of the mobile terminal is 0.37 mm.