Wearable electronic device and assembly method
An electronic device, according to various example embodiments of the disclosure, may comprise: a display; a processor operatively connected to the display; a cover facing the display and comprising a light transmitting material; a flexible printed circuit board having a first side facing the cover, and a second side corresponding to the opposite side of the first side; a wireless charging coil disposed to surround the flexible printed circuit board; a first bio-signal sensing unit comprising bio-signal sensing circuitry including a light-emitting unit including light-emitting circuitry and a light-receiving unit including light-receiving circuitry mounted on the first side of the flexible printed circuit board; a second bio-signal sensing unit including an internal electrode formed inside the cover, which is a portion facing the flexible printed circuit board, and an external electrode electrically connected to the internal electrode and formed outside the cover; a contact having one end mounted on the first side of the flexible printed circuit board and extending to the cover such that the opposite end thereof is connected to the internal electrode of the second bio-signal sensing unit; and a signal processing unit mounted on the second side of the flexible printed circuit board comprising circuitry configured to process a first bio-signal sensed by the first bio-signal sensing unit and a second bio-signal sensed by the second bio-signal sensing unit.
1. A wearable electronic device comprising:
a display;
at least one processor operatively connected to the display;
a cover facing the display and comprising a light-transmitting material;
a flexible printed circuit board having a first surface facing the cover, and a second surface corresponding to an opposite surface of the first surface;
a wireless charging coil disposed to surround the flexible printed circuit board;
a first bio-signal sensing unit comprising a light receiver and a light emitter mounted on the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board;
a second bio-signal sensing unit comprising an internal electrode formed inside the cover, corresponding to a portion facing the flexible printed circuit board, and an external electrode electrically connected to the internal electrode and formed outside the cover;
a contact having one end contacting the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board, extending to the cover so that the opposite end thereof is connected to the internal electrode of the second bio-signal sensing unit; and
a signal processor mounted on the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board comprising circuitry configured to process a first bio-signal sensed by the first bio-signal sensing unit and a second bio-signal sensed by the second bio-signal sensing unit.
2. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the contact is configured to extend in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board.
3. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a first magnet disposed on the first surface of the flexible printed circuit board.
4. The wearable electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising a second magnet disposed on the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board in a space formed on the second surface of the flexible printed circuit board by mounting of the signal processor.
5. The wearable electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are disposed so that a central axis of the first magnet is aligned with a central axis of the second magnet.
6. The wearable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first magnet has a ring shape and the light emitter of the first bio-signal sensing unit is disposed at a center of the first magnet.
7. The wearable electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising an optical shield disposed between the first magnet and the cover, wherein the light emitter of the first bio-signal sensing unit is optically shielded by the optical shield.
8. The wearable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein multiple light receivers of the first bio-signal sensing unit are arranged along an outer circumference of the first magnet.
9. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the external electrode of the second bio-signal sensing unit comprises a first external electrode and a second external electrode,
wherein the internal electrode of the second bio-signal sensing unit comprises a first internal electrode electrically connected to the first external electrode and a second internal electrode electrically connected to the second external electrode, and
wherein two contacts are connected to the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode, respectively.
10. The wearable electronic device of claim 9 , further comprising an optical film attached to the cover.
11. The wearable electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the optical film has a circular shape and includes multiple grooves extending from a portion of an outer circumference toward a center of the optical film, and
wherein the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode of the internal electrode of the second bio-signal sensing unit are arranged in the multiple grooves formed on the optical film, respectively.
12. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the internal electrode of the second bio-signal sensing unit extends from an outer circumference of the cover toward a center of the cover.
13. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
control the first bio-signal sensing unit to periodically sense a first bio-signal,
check a difference between the first bio-signal and a specified value, and
based on the difference being out of a range value, cause the second bio-signal sensing unit to sense a second bio-signal.
14. The wearable electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
check a difference between the first bio-signal and a specified value, and
based on the difference being out of a range value, display, on the display, that the sensed first bio-signal is not normal.
15. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
control the first bio-signal sensing unit to sense a first bio-signal, based on a touch input input through the display,
check a difference between the first bio-signal and a specified value, and
based on the difference being out of a range value, cause the second bio-signal sensing unit to sense a second bio-signal.
16. The wearable electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
check a difference between the first bio-signal and a specified value, and
based on the difference being out of a range value, display, on the display, that the sensed first bio-signal is not normal.
17. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a communication circuit configured to perform communication with an external electronic device,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
control the first bio-signal sensing unit to sense a first bio-signal, based on a request for sensing a first bio-signal, received by the communication circuit from the external electronic device,
check a difference between the first bio-signal and a specified value, and
based on the difference being out of a range value, cause the second bio-signal sensing unit to sense a second bio-signal.
18. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an inside of the contact is filled with a buffer substance.
19. The wearable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a first bio-signal sensed by the first bio-signal sensing unit includes a bio-signal related to a cardiac impulse,
wherein a second bio-signal sensed by the second bio-signal sensing unit includes a bio-signal related to electrocardiogram.
20. A method for assembling a wearable electronic device, the method comprising:
disposing a wireless charging coil having a ring shape on a cover; and
disposing a flexible printed circuit board on an inner circumference of the wireless charging coil,
wherein in the disposing of the flexible printed circuit board, a contact is brought into contact with an internal electrode formed on the cover such that the contact extends to the cover with one end of the contact contacting the flexible printed circuit board.