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Granted Patent B2
US 8,049,670 · App. 12/394,224 · Granted Nov 1, 2011

Portable terminal

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,049,670
App. No.
12/394,224
Granted
Nov 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable terminal may include a terminal body, a printed circuit board having a ground unit coupled to an antenna, and an electric field reducing unit to transfer a current flowing in the ground unit to a side surface of the terminal body and to reduce strength of an electric field.

Claims (25)

1. A portable terminal comprising:

a terminal body having a receiver at a first end of the terminal body;

a display located on a surface of the terminal body;

a printed circuit board having a ground unit coupled to an antenna disposed at a second end of the terminal body, wherein a portion of the printed circuit board is overlapped by the display; and

an electric field reducing unit to couple to the ground unit, to transfer a current flowing in the ground unit to a side of the terminal body and to reduce strength of an electric field formed at the receiver,

wherein the electric field reducing unit comprises:

a connecting portion configured to couple to a side of the printed circuit board, and

an extending portion formed at the side of the printed circuit board with a predetermined distance therebetween, the extending portion to extend from the connecting portion in a direction away from the receiver.

2. The portable terminal of claim 1 , wherein the antenna comprises an internal antenna mounted at the second end of the terminal body.

3. The portable terminal of claim 1 , wherein the extending portion is formed in a lengthwise direction parallel to the printed circuit board.

4. The portable terminal of claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion is a Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB), and the extending portion is a key plate that includes a switch to enable inputting of information by a push operation.

5. The portable terminal of claim 1 , wherein the antenna to transmit and receive an electric wave having a prescribed wavelength, and the electric field reducing unit has a length corresponding to ¼times of the prescribed wavelength.

6. The portable terminal of claim 1 , wherein the extending portion longitudinally extends from the connection portion and such that the predetermined distance is between the extending portion and the side of terminal body.

7. A portable terminal comprising:

an antenna to receive a signal;

a receiver to output an audio sound based on the received signal;

a terminal body to support the receiver disposed at a first end of the terminal body and the antenna disposed at a second end of the terminal body, the terminal body having a side that extends in a longitudinal direction;

a circuit board to couple to the antenna and to the receiver, wherein at least a portion of the circuit board is overlapped by a display provided on a surface of the terminal body; and

an electric field reducing unit to couple to the circuit board, and to receive current from the circuit board, wherein the electric field reducing unit includes:

a first portion to couple to the circuit board; and

a second portion formed at the side of the printed circuit board with a predetermined distance therebetween, the second portion to extend from the first portion in the longitudinal direction along the side of the terminal body.

8. The portable terminal of claim 7 , wherein the electric field reducing unit receives the current from the circuit board and reduces an electric field strength about the receiver.

9. The portable terminal of claim 7 , wherein the second portion is formed in a lengthwise direction parallel to the circuit board.

10. The portable terminal of claim 7 , wherein the first portion is a Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB), and the second portion is a key plate that includes a switch to enable inputting of information by a push operation.

11. The portable terminal of claim 7 , wherein the antenna to transmit and receive an electric wave at a prescribed wavelength, and the second portion of the electric field reducing unit has a length corresponding to ¼times of the prescribed wavelength.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2009
From: JUNG, KANG-JAE; HYUN, AN-SUN; YUN, CHANG-WON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 022322/0626 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2008-0027548 · Mar 25, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090243944A1 · Oct 1, 2009