IP Library Granted Patent US 10,389,966
Granted Patent B2
US 10,389,966 · App. 15/690,981 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Display device

Inventor: Shinichi Kodama (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H04N5/50H04B15/06H04N5/655H05K9/006H03L7/099
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Patent No.
US 10,389,966
App. No.
15/690,981
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a signal processor, a display component, a substrate, and a conductive housing. The signal processor includes an oscillator that outputs oscillation signal. The signal processor processes signal whose frequency is higher than a specific threshold. The display component displays video. The substrate has a ground component. The signal processor is disposed on the substrate. The conductive housing is connected to a first site of the ground component and to a second site that is different from the first site. The first site and the second site are disposed at positions where a first area of the housing in which an impedance is higher than a first threshold due to the first site overlap at least part of a second area of the housing in which an impedance is lower than a second threshold due to the second site.

Claims (65)

1. A display device comprising:

a signal processor including an oscillator that outputs oscillation signal, the signal processor processing signal whose frequency is higher than a specific threshold;

a display component that displays video;

a substrate having a ground component, the signal processor being disposed on the substrate; and

a conductive housing connected to a first site of the ground component and to a second site that is different from the first site, the oscillation signal being propagated through the conductive housing as a propagation path to generate an impedance distribution over the conductive housing,

the first site and the second site being disposed at positions where a first area of the housing in which an impedance in an impedance distribution over the conductive housing due to the oscillation signal using the first site as a reference point is higher than a first threshold overlap at least part of a second area of the housing in which an impedance in an impedance distribution over the conductive housing due to the oscillation signal using the second site as a reference point is lower than a second threshold.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first area is an area in the housing that is an odd-numbered multiple of ¼ wavelength of the oscillation signal away from the first site.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second site is located at the ground component, and

the second area is in a position in the housing that is an even-numbered multiple of ¼ wavelength of the oscillation signal away from the second site.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second site is located outside the ground component, and

the second area is in a position in the housing that is an odd-numbered multiple of ¼ wavelength of the oscillation signal away from the second site.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing is connected to a third site that is different form the first site of the ground component and the second site,

the housing has a third area in which an impedance is higher than the first threshold due to the third site,

the first area and the third area overlap at two points, and a distance X between the two points satisfies the following condition:

0< X≤λ/ 10

where λ represents a wavelength of the oscillation signal, and

the two points are located within a circle with a radius of λ/20, centered at a point in the second area of the housing.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing has a rectangular upper part and side parts that extend from edges of the upper part and are perpendicular to the upper part,

the first site is disposed on a side part extending from a short edge of the upper part, and

the second site is disposed on a side part extending from a long edge of the upper part.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first area and the second area each include a plurality of areas.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first site and the second site each include a plurality of sites, and

the number of sites of the second site is equal to or less than the number of sites of the first sites.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the first site includes at least two sites, and

the second site includes one second area overlapping at least two first areas.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second site is disposed at a specific position on the substrate that is separated from the housing by an extension line connected to the housing.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein

the housing is disposed in a specific area of the substrate, and

the second site is disposed in the specific area.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein

the extension line is a wire disposed on the substrate.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first area or the second area includes an area according to a range of variation of a wavelength of the oscillation signal.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a connector to which a signal cable is connected and that is provided to the housing,

the first area being located near the connector.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first site includes a first specific first site and a second specific first site,

the first area includes a first specific first area in which an impedance in an impedance distribution over the conductive housing due to the oscillation signal using the first specific first site as a reference point is higher than the first threshold and a second specific first area in which an impedance in an impedance distribution over the conductive housing due to the oscillation signal using the second specific first site as a reference point is higher than the first threshold, the first specific first area and the second specific first area overlapping at two overlapping points, and

the first specific first site and the second specific first site are disposed at positions where a distance between the two overlapping points of the first specific first area and the second specific first area is at or under a specific threshold.

16. A display device comprising:

a signal processor including an oscillator that outputs oscillation signal, the signal processor processing signal whose frequency is higher than a specific threshold;

a display component that displays video;

a substrate having a ground component, the signal processor being disposed on the substrate; and

a conductive housing connected to a first site of the ground component and to a second site that is different from the first site, the oscillation signal being propagated through the conductive housing as a propagation path to generate an impedance distribution over the conductive housing,

the first site and the second site being disposed at positions where a distance between two overlapping points in a first area of the housing in which an impedance in an impedance distribution over the conductive housing due to the oscillation signal using the first site as a reference point is higher than a first threshold due to the first site and a second area of the housing in which an impedance in an impedance distribution over the conductive housing due to the oscillation signal using the second site as a reference point is higher than the first threshold, is at or under a specific threshold.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the first area is located in an area of the housing that is an odd-numbered multiple of ¼ wavelength of the oscillation signal away from the first site.

18. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the second site is located at the ground component, and

the second area is located in an area of the housing that is an odd-numbered multiple of ¼ the wavelength of the oscillation signal away from the second site.

19. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the second site is located outside the ground component, and

the second area is located in an area of the housing that is an even-numbered multiple of ¼ the wavelength of the oscillation signal away from the second site.

20. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the specific threshold is λ/10 where λ represents the wavelength of the oscillation signal.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI GROUP CO., LTD
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073121/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (F/K/A FE-TECH CO., LTD.)
To: FEC IP LLC
Reel/Frame 073121/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2017
From: KODAMA, SHINICHI
To: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043466/0256 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-171954 · Sep 2, 2016 · national
JP 2016-171958 · Sep 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180070047A1 · Mar 8, 2018