Electronic device including printed circuit board
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing which includes a mounting portion and an inner wall portion extending in a first direction with respect to the mounting portion, a printed circuit board which includes an outer wall portion that is parallel to the inner wall portion of the housing, a clip member including a clip portion which is arranged at a position adjacent to the outer wall portion of the printed circuit board to be electrically connected to the printed circuit board and which protrudes toward the inner wall portion, a protruding guide which is spaced apart from the clip portion in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and which protrudes from the outer wall portion of the printed circuit board toward the inner wall portion of the housing, and a guide recess formed in the inner wall portion of the housing.
1 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a mounting portion and an inner wall portion extending in a first direction (+Z) with respect to the mounting portion;
a printed circuit board mounted on the mounting portion of the housing and including a plane portion (±X, ±Y) and an outer wall portion, formed as a side portion of the printed circuit board, disposed substantially parallel to the inner wall portion of the housing; and
a clip member disposed on the plane portion (±X, ±Y) at a position adjacent to the outer wall portion, electrically connected to the printed circuit board, and including:
a body portion fixed on the plane portion (±X, ±Y) of the printed circuit board, and
a clip portion, partially disposed in the body portion, spaced apart from the plane portion (±X, ±Y) and formed to protrude toward the inner wall portion of the housing in a second direction (−X) substantially perpendicular to the first direction (+Z) to be in contact with the inner wall portion of the housing,
wherein the printed circuit board includes a protrusion portion protruding from the side portion of the printed circuit board toward the inner wall portion of the housing in the second direction (−X),
wherein the housing includes a groove, formed in the inner wall portion of the housing with a depth in the second direction (−X), to accommodate at least a part of the protrusion portion inserted into the groove in the second direction (−X) and overlapping with both an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface of the groove,
wherein the clip portion is formed to extend in a third direction (±Y) substantially perpendicular to the first direction (+Z) and the second direction (−X), and
wherein the clip portion is spaced apart from the printed circuit board in at least one of the first direction (+Z) or the third direction (±Y).
2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion portion is formed integrally with the printed circuit board.
3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion portion is disposed at a position adjacent to the clip member.
4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion portion is disposed on an edge portion of the outer wall portion of the printed circuit board.
5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the clip portion is bent at least in part, and is fixed to the body portion at both ends thereof.
6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the clip portion is elastically deformed in contact with the inner wall portion of the housing.
7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a connector disposed at a position adjacent to the outer wall portion of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the printed circuit board; and
an opening portion formed in the inner wall portion of the housing to receive the connector.
8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , further comprising:
a shoulder portion adjacent to the opening portion in the first direction (+Z) and protruding from the inner wall portion of the housing in a mounting direction of the printed circuit board.
9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein a protrusion length of the shoulder portion is greater than a protrusion length of the clip portion.
10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a formation position of the groove is determined such that the protrusion portion is inserted into the groove at a position where the clip portion is elastically deformed by the inner wall portion of the housing.
11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a pad portion disposed at least in part on the inner wall portion of the housing,
wherein the clip portion is elastically deformed in contact with the pad portion.
12 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the groove is concavely formed in the inner wall portion of the housing to accommodate the at least the part of the protrusion portion, and
wherein a concave portion of the groove is variable along a length of the groove according to an arc.
13 . An electronic device comprising:
a printed circuit board including a surface extending in an X-Y plane of XYZ coordinate system and an outer wall portion formed as a side surface extending in a Y-Z plane;
a housing including a mounting portion formed to allow the printed circuit board to be mounted and an inner wall portion extending from the mounting portion in a Z direction and parallel to the side surface of the printed circuit board in a state of the printed circuit board being mounted on the mounting portion; and
a clip member including a clip portion and a body portion, the body portion fixed on the surface extending in the X-Y plane of the printed circuit board adjacent to the side surface thereof, with the clip portion configured to electronically connect a component on the printed circuit board and a portion of the housing operating as an antenna,
wherein the clip portion is configured to be pressed against the inner wall portion of the housing and elastically deform by bending,
wherein the bending of the clip portion is parallel with respect to the X-Y plane,
wherein the printed circuit board includes a protrusion protruding from the side surface of the printed circuit board in an X direction toward the inner wall portion of the housing in the state of the printed circuit board being mounted on the mounting portion, and
wherein the housing comprises a groove, formed in the inner wall portion of the housing with a depth in the X direction, to accommodate, in the state of the printed circuit board being mounted on the mounting portion, at least a part of the protrusion inserted into the groove in the X direction and overlapping with both an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface of the groove.
14 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the protrusion is formed integrally with the printed circuit board.
15 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the protrusion is disposed at a position adjacent to the clip member.
16 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the body portion is electrically connected to the clip portion.
17 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the clip portion is elastically deformed in contact with the inner wall portion of the housing in the state of the printed circuit board being mounted on the mounting portion.
18 . The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising:
a connector disposed at a position adjacent to the side surface of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the printed circuit board; and
an opening portion formed in the inner wall portion of the housing to receive the connector in the state of the printed circuit board being mounted on the mounting portion.
19 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein a formation position of the groove is determined such that the at least the part of the protrusion is inserted into the groove at a position where the clip portion contacts with the inner wall portion of the housing and is elastically deformed in the state of the printed circuit board being mounted on the mounting portion.
20 . The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising:
a pad portion disposed at least in part on the inner wall portion of the housing,
wherein the clip portion contacts with the pad portion in the state of the printed circuit board being mounted on the mounting portion.