Display apparatus having a waveguide formed by the bottom chassis for wireless communication
A display apparatus including a waveguide is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; a backlight configured to provide light to the display panel; a heat sink configured to absorb heat generated by the backlight; a bottom chassis configured to support the backlight and the heat sink; a first circuit board mounted on the bottom chassis; a second circuit board mounted on the bottom chassis; and a waveguide formed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel;
a bottom chassis configured to support the display panel;
a first circuit board mounted on the bottom chassis;
a second circuit board mounted on the bottom chassis; and
a waveguide formed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, a first side of the waveguide being formed by the bottom chassis.
2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the waveguide is formed by the bottom chassis.
3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the waveguide is in a shape of a duct having four sides, and
wherein a height of the waveguide and a width of the waveguide correspond to a wavelength of electromagnetic waves transceived between the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus comprises two or more waveguides, and
wherein adjacent waveguides of the two or more waveguides are spaced at a distance of at least 7 mm.
5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a filler material formed in the waveguide.
6. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel;
a first circuit board;
a second circuit board; and
a waveguide formed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, a first side of the waveguide being formed by a bottom chassis of the display apparatus.
7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first circuit board and the second circuit board are disposed on the bottom chassis, and
wherein a portion of the waveguide is formed by the bottom chassis.
8. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a member coupled with the bottom chassis to form the waveguide with the bottom chassis, and
wherein the waveguide is in a duct shape having four sides formed by the bottom chassis and the member.
9. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein at least one side of the four sides of the waveguide is formed by processing the bottom chassis by at least one method from among press, injection, and cutting, and
wherein a remaining side of the four sides of the waveguide is formed by processing the member by at least one method from among press, injection, and cutting.
10. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein a portion of the waveguide is formed by a hole in the bottom chassis.
11. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the bottom chassis and the member comprises a metal material.
12. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel;
a heat sink configured to absorb heat generated by the display panel;
a bottom chassis configured to support the display panel and the heat sink;
a first circuit board mounted on the bottom chassis;
a second circuit board mounted on the bottom chassis;
a plurality of first connectors mounted on the first circuit board;
a plurality of second connectors mounted on the second circuit board, each of the plurality of second connectors respectively corresponding to one of the plurality of first connectors; and
a waveguide configured to convey electromagnetic waves between corresponding connectors of the plurality of first connectors and the plurality of second connectors.
13. The display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein a planar surface of the first circuit board is parallel to a planar surface of the second circuit board.
14. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the waveguide comprises a plurality of waveguides, each of the plurality of waveguides respectively corresponding to one of the plurality of first connectors and one of the plurality of second connectors.
15. The display apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising:
a backlight configured to provide light to the display panel; and
a heat sink configured to absorb heat generated by the backlight.
16. The display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the a portion of waveguide is formed by the heat sink.
17. The display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the waveguide is in a shape of a duct having four sides,
wherein the bottom chassis is coupled with the heat sink,
wherein the first side of the waveguide is one of the four sides of the duct, and
wherein a second side of the four sides of the duct is formed by the heat sink.
18. The display apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein at least one of a third side and a fourth side of the four sides of the waveguide is formed by at least one of the bottom chassis and the heat sink.
19. The display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the bottom chassis and the heat sink include a metal material.
20. The display apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein a distance between the heat sink and the bottom chassis is 0.1 mm or less.
21. The display apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein at least one of side of the four sides of the waveguide is formed by processing the bottom chassis by at least one method from among press, injection, and cutting, and
wherein a remaining side of the four sides of the waveguide is formed by processing the heat sink by at least one method from among press, injection, and cutting.