IP Library Granted Patent US 9,553,476
Granted Patent B2
US 9,553,476 · App. 14/387,521 · Granted Jan 24, 2017

Antenna assembly and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Jeong Wook An (Seoul, KR); Jung Oh Lee (Seoul, KR); Yang Hyun Kim (Seoul, KR); Ki Min Lee (Seoul, KR); Hye Min Lee (Seoul, KR); Sung Hyun Leem (Seoul, KR); Ki Chul Chang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
H02J7/025H01P11/00H01Q1/22H01Q1/2225H01Q1/38H01Q7/00H02J7/0042H04B5/0037H04B5/0081
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Patent No.
US 9,553,476
App. No.
14/387,521
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an antenna assembly including a substrate, and a wireless charge antenna pattern on the substrate. The wireless charge antenna pattern has a sectional surface including a plurality of inner angles in which two inner angles are different from each other. The antenna assembly includes a wireless communication antenna pattern formed on the substrate and provided at an outside of the wireless charge antenna pattern. The wireless communication antenna pattern has a plurality of inner angles at a sectional surface thereof, and a plurality of angle values of the inner angles provided at the sectional surface of the wireless communication antenna pattern correspond to a plurality of angle values of the inner angles provided at the sectional surface of the wireless charge antenna pattern, respectively.

Claims (34)

1. A wireless power receiver comprising:

a flexible printed circuit board comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;

a first antenna disposed on the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board for wireless charging;

a second antenna disposed on the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board for wireless communication such that it surrounds the first antenna;

a plurality of contact terminals configured to electrically connect the first antenna to a battery for charging the battery and the second antenna to a wireless communication module; and

a magnetic sheet on the first antenna and the second antenna;

wherein the first antenna comprises a first coil pattern wound multiple times, a first terminal placed at an outside of the first coil pattern, and a second terminal placed at an inside of the first coil pattern;

wherein the second antenna comprises a second coil pattern wound multiple times, a third terminal placed at an inside of the second coil pattern, and a fourth terminal placed at an outside of the second coil pattern;

wherein the first terminal is electrically connected to a first connector by a first sub-connection part that crosses, and is physically insulated from, the second coil pattern, and the first sub-connection part is disposed on the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board;

wherein the second terminal is electrically connected to a second connector by a second sub-connection part that crosses, and is physically insulated from, both the first coil pattern and the second coil pattern, and the second sub-connection part is disposed on the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board;

wherein the plurality of contact terminals comprises a first contact terminal and a second contact terminal that connect the first antenna and the battery for charging the battery;

wherein the first connector is electrically connected to the first contact terminal by a first connection conductive line, and the first connection conductive line is disposed on the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board;

wherein the second connector is electrically connected to the second contact terminal by a second connection conductive line, and the second connection conductive line is disposed on the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board;

wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are disposed between the magnetic sheet and the flexible printed circuit board;

wherein the plurality of contact terminals comprises a third contact terminal and a fourth contact terminal that connect the second antenna and the wireless communication module;

wherein the first, second, third, and fourth contact terminals are disposed as a 2×2 matrix;

wherein the first contact terminal and the second contact terminal are disposed on a first line in the 2×2 matrix and the third contact terminal and the fourth contact terminal are disposed on a second line in the 2×2 matrix;

wherein the third terminal is electrically connected to the third contact terminal by a third sub-connection part physically insulated from the second coil pattern;

wherein the fourth terminal is electrically connected to the fourth contact terminal by a fourth sub-connection part physically insulated from the second coil pattern; and

wherein a first line connecting the first terminal and the first contact terminal through the first sub-connection part, the first connector and the first connection conductive line, and a second line connecting the second terminal and the second contact terminal through the second sub-connection part, the second connector and the second connection conductive line are disposed between the third terminal and the fourth terminal.

2. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the first sub-connection part is disposed under the second coil pattern.

3. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the second sub-connection part is disposed under the first coil pattern and the second coil pattern.

4. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the third sub-connection part is disposed under the second coil pattern.

5. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the first terminal is electrically connected to the first sub-connection part through a first via hole.

6. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the first connector is electrically connected to the first sub-connection part through a second via hole.

7. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal is electrically connected to the second sub-connection part through a third via hole.

8. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the second connector is electrically connected to the second sub-connection part through a fourth via hole.

9. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the third terminal is electrically connected to the third sub-connection part through a fifth via hole.

10. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the fourth terminal is electrically connected to the fourth sub-connection part through a sixth via hole.

11. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the first contact terminal is disposed closer to the first connector than is the third contact terminal.

12. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the second contact terminal is disposed closer to the second connector than is the fourth contact terminal.

13. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein a width of the first coil pattern is wider than a width of the second coil pattern.

14. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein a spacing of the first coil pattern is greater than a spacing of the second coil pattern.

15. The wireless power receiver of claim 1 , wherein the second antenna is a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2024
From: SCRAMOGE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
To: NERA INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066778/0214 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2021
From: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
To: SCRAMOGE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055335/0652 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2014
From: AN, JEONG WOOK; LEE, JUNG OH; KIM, YANG HYUN; LEE, KI MIN; LEE, HYE MIN; LEEM, SUNG HYUN; CHANG, KI CHUL
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033887/0879 →
Priority Claims (7)
KR 10-2012-0029987 · Mar 23, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0079004 · Jul 19, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0123375 · Nov 2, 2012 · national
KR 10-2013-0028300 · Mar 15, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0028301 · Mar 15, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0028302 · Mar 15, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0028303 · Mar 15, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150077296A1 · Mar 19, 2015