NFC antenna and display device

1. An NFC antenna being a loop antenna and provided so as to face a display surface of a display panel, the display surface including a display region capable of displaying an image and a non-display region surrounding, in a frame-like manner, the display region, the NFC antenna comprising:

a mesh antenna pattern line being transparent and formed in a netlike form in the display region; and

a non-mesh antenna pattern line being formed in a form having no mesh in the non-display region.

2. The NFC antenna as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the non-mesh antenna pattern line is larger in width than the mesh antenna pattern line.

3. The NFC antenna as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

at least either one of the mesh antenna pattern line and the non-mesh antenna pattern line is made of copper or aluminum.

4. The NFC antenna as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the NFC antenna is in a form of a frame whose contour has a quadrangular shape;

the mesh antenna pattern line is formed in portions corresponding to three sides of the quadrangular shape; and

the non-mesh antenna pattern line is formed in a portion corresponding to remaining one side of the quadrangular shape.

5. The NFC antenna as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the NFC antenna is in a form of a frame whose contour has a hexagonal shape;

the non-mesh antenna pattern line is formed in portions corresponding to two sides of the hexagonal shape, the two sides being opposed to each other; and

the mesh antenna pattern line is formed in portions corresponding to remaining four sides of the hexagonal shape.

6. The NFC antenna as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the NFC antenna is in a form of a frame whose contour has an octagonal shape;

the non-mesh antenna pattern line is formed in (i) portions corresponding to two sides of the octagonal shape which two sides are opposed to each other and (ii) a portion corresponding to another side of the octagonal shape which another side is not adjacent to each of the two sides but apart from each of the two sides; and

the mesh antenna pattern line is formed in portions corresponding to remaining five sides of the octagonal shape.

7. The NFC antenna as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the mesh antenna pattern line includes (a) a first extending portion which extends along a direction in which the mesh antenna pattern line runs and (b) a second extending portion which extends along a direction crossing the direction in which the mesh antenna pattern line runs; and

the first extending portion is larger in width than the second extending portion.

8. The NFC antenna as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the mesh antenna pattern line includes (a) a plurality of first extending portions which extend along a direction in which the mesh antenna pattern line runs and (b) a plurality of second extending portions which extend along a direction crossing the direction in which the mesh antenna pattern line runs; and

the first extending portions are provided at smaller pitches than the second extending portions.

9. The NFC antenna as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the NFC antenna is in a form of a frame whose contour has a quadrangular shape;

the mesh antenna pattern line is formed in portions corresponding to two sides of the quadrangular shape, the two sides being adjacent to each other; and

the non-mesh antenna pattern line is formed in portions corresponding to remaining two sides of the quadrangular shape.

10. The NFC antenna as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the NFC antenna is in a form of a frame whose contour has a quadrangular shape;

the non-mesh antenna pattern line is formed in portions corresponding to three sides of the quadrangular shape; and

the mesh antenna pattern line is formed in a portion corresponding to remaining one side of the quadrangular shape.

11. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

an NFC antenna as recited in claim 1 ; and

an antenna substrate on which the NFC antenna is provided.