Mobile terminal
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a ground provided in the interior of the terminal body; a first conductive member distanced from the ground, electrically supplied from a first supply unit, and surrounding one side of the ground; a second conductive member disposed on one side of the first conductive member, electrically supplied from a second supply unit, and surrounding the other side of the ground; and a junction portion, disposed at one point on the first conductive member, for grounding same to the ground, wherein one end of the first conductive member is distanced from the ground to form a first open slot, one end of the second conductive member is distanced from one end of the first conductive member to form a second open slot, the other ends are connected to the ground, and the first and second conductive members are oriented so as to cross each other.
1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
case;
a ground provided within the terminal case;
a first conductive member forming a first slot by being spaced apart from the ground;
a first feeder unit feeding the first conductive member;
a junction portion connecting a prescribed point of the first conductive member and the ground so as to ground the first conductive member; and
a third feeder unit formed at an opposite location of the first feeder unit centering on the junction portion in the first conductive member so as to feed the first conductive member,
wherein the first conductive member is arranged to surround a first corner of the ground and comprises a first submember formed along a first direction and a second submember formed along a second direction,
wherein the first submember and the second submember are connected at the first corner of the ground, and
wherein a feeder extension portion is provided to at least one of the first and third feeder units.
2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 ,
wherein a length of the first submember is greater than that of the second submember.
3. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second conductive member forming a second slot by being spaced apart from the ground,
wherein a first end of the second conductive member is spaced apart from the first conductive member and a second end of the second conductive member is connected to the ground; and
a second feeder unit feeding the second conductive member.
4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the second conductive member, comprises:
a third submember formed along the first direction; and a fourth submember formed along the second direction crossing with the third submember such that the second conductive member encloses a second corner of the ground,
wherein the third submember is shorter than the fourth submember.
5. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the first conductive member, the second conductive member, the first and second feeder units, and the junction portion are provided to at least one of a top end and a bottom end of the mobile terminal.
6. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , further comprising:
a printed circuit board provided in the case; and
a switch connected to the printed circuit board and the first and second conductive members.
7. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein a feeder extension unit is provided to a rear side of the case by extending from at least one of the first or second feeder units.
8. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , further comprising an ear jack placed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member.
9. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein a first loop, which is a flow of current formed by the first conductive member, and a second loop, which is a flow of current formed by the second conductive member, are formed in a crossing direction.
10. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive member is exposed externally at a lateral side of the mobile terminal.
11. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , wherein the case comprises:
a front case having a display unit provided thereto; and
a rear case joined to the front case by being formed on a rear side of the front case;
a metal frame provided between the front case and the rear case; and
a printed circuit board provided to one side of the metal frame,
wherein the ground comprises at least one of the metal frame or the printed circuit board.
12. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , further comprising a rear cover formed of nonmetallic material covering a rear side of the rear case.
13. The mobile terminal of claim 11 , wherein the rear case comprises:
a main surface portion formed of nonmetallic material; and
a side portion formed in a thickness direction of the mobile terminal so as to form an internal space with the front case and including the first conductive member, and
wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a multitude of contact pins connecting the first conductive member to the ground.
14. The mobile terminal of claim 10 , further comprising a nonmetallic member provided between the case and the first conductive member.
15. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the junction portion and the feeder extension portion extend from a printed circuit board to a backside of a display unit.
16. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a metal frame provided at a rear side of a display unit; and
a printed circuit board provided to a rear side of the metal frame,
wherein the ground comprises at least one of the metal frame, the printed circuit board, or the case.
17. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.
18. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the first conductive member is formed in a shape of ‘L’ by the first submember and the second submember; and
the junction portion connects the prescribed point of the first submember and the ground.