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Granted Patent B2
US 11,178,320 · App. 16/731,497 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Electronic device including electronic component disposed through display

Inventors: Daeyoung Noh (Suwon-si, KR); Sangmin Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Minchang Shim (Suwon-si, KR); Sunghyup Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Seunghoon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Minjong Lim (Suwon-si, KR); Heeseok Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Daehyeong Park (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,178,320
App. No.
16/731,497
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes a front plate, a display visible from outside the electronic device through at least a portion of the front plate and is disposed in an internal space of the electronic device, the display including a plurality of layers, and a first opening, an image sensor disposed in the internal space and to be visible through the first opening, and an adhesive layer including a second opening overlapping the first opening between the front plate and the display, the second opening being smaller than the first opening wherein an edge of the first opening is not visible when the display is viewed from above.

Claims (47)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a front plate;

a display visible from outside the electronic device through at least a portion of the front plate and disposed in an internal space of the electronic device, the display including a plurality of layers and a first opening;

a camera module, comprising a sensor, disposed in the internal space and visible through the first opening;

an adhesive layer including a second opening overlapping the first opening and disposed between the front plate and the display, the second opening being smaller than the first opening, wherein an edge of the first opening is not visible when the display is viewed from above; and

a print area disposed on a rear surface of the front plate between the front plate and the adhesive layer, wherein the print area includes an exposure area, and

wherein the exposure area overlaps the second opening and is smaller than the second opening wherein an edge of the second opening is not visible by the print area when the front plate is viewed from above.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a support disposed on a rear surface of the display in the internal space, wherein

the support includes a third opening overlapping the first opening when the display is viewed from above,

the first opening being smaller than the third opening wherein an edge of the third opening is not visible from outside the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein a distance between an edge of the camera module and the edge of the first opening is less than a distance between the edge of the camera module and the third opening when the display is viewed from above.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the support comprises:

at least one polymer layer disposed on a rear surface of the display;

a functional member comprising a heat dissipating material disposed on a rear side of the polymer layer; and

a conductive member comprising a conductive materials disposed on a rear surface of the functional member.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the functional member includes at least one of a graphite sheet, an added display, a force touch FPCB, a fingerprint sensor FPCB, a communication antenna radiator, a heat dissipation sheet, a conductive/non-conductive tape, or an open cell sponge.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the conductive member includes at least one of Cu, Al, SUS, or CLAD.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between an edge of the camera module and an edge of the second opening is less than a distance between the edge of the camera module and the first opening when the display is viewed from above.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second opening overlaps the first opening and has a same center as the first opening when the display is viewed from above.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive layer includes at least one of an optical clear adhesive (OCA), a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA), a thermally reactive adhesive, a general adhesive, or a double-sided tape.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the camera module comprises:

a camera housing disposed in the internal space;

a barrel disposed to at least partially protrude in a direction of the front plate from the camera housing;

a plurality of lens groups disposed in the barrel; and

an image sensor disposed to be aligned with the plurality of lens groups in an internal space of the camera housing, and wherein the barrel is disposed such that at least a portion of the barrel is configured to be brought into contact with or to approach a rear surface of the front plate through the first opening and the second opening.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the exposure area is disposed to overlap the first opening and to have a same center as the first opening when the front plate is viewed from above.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the front plate comprises:

a planar portion; and

at least one curved portion extending in an edge direction from the planar portion, and wherein

the first opening and the second opening are disposed at a position overlapping at least a portion of the planar portion when the front plate is viewed from above.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a front plate;

a display visible from outside the electronic device through at least a portion of the front plate and disposed in an internal space of the electronic device, the display including a plurality of layers and at least one first opening;

at least one electronic component comprising electronic circuitry configured to detect an external environment through the at least one first opening from the internal space;

an adhesive layer including at least one second opening overlapping the first opening and disposed between the front plate and the display, the second opening being smaller than the first opening wherein an edge of the first opening is not visible when the display is viewed from above; and

a print area disposed on a rear surface of the front plate between the front plate and the adhesive layer, wherein the print area including an exposure area, and

wherein the exposure area overlaps the second opening and is smaller than the second opening wherein an edge of the second opening is not visible by the print area when the front plate is viewed from above.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one second opening is disposed to overlap the at least one first opening and to have a same center as the at least one first opening when the display is viewed from above.

15. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the exposure area is disposed to overlap the first opening and to have a same center as the first opening when the front plate is viewed from above.

16. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein two or more of the first openings and the second openings overlap each other through the exposure area when the front plate is viewed from above.

17. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the front plate comprises:

a planar portion; and

at least one curved portion extending in an edge direction from the planar portion, and wherein

the at least one first opening and the at least one second opening overlap at least a portion of the planar portion when the front plate is viewed from above.

18. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one electronic component includes a sensor module, a flash, an indicator, or a camera module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2019
From: NOH, DAEYOUNG; KIM, SANGMIN; SHIM, MINCHANG; LEE, SUNGHYUP; LEE, SEUNGHOON; LIM, MINJONG; JUNG, HEESEOK; PARK, DAEHYEONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051393/0148 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0019181 · Feb 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200267293A1 · Aug 20, 2020
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