Digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver for portable computer

• US 8,060,131 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2005
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Byeong Yun, Shin, Hyo Sik
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Duc
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jain; Ankur
• Application Number:
  US11/280,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20060148419A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,189 Days
• Field of Search: 455/128, 455/344, 455/347
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/185 Mounting of expansion boards
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/084 Pivotable antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2275 associated to expansion card or bus, e.g. in PCMCIA, PC cards, Wireless USB
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/244 extendable from a housing along a given path
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/414 Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

A digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver and method for a portable computer are provided, which can be detachably operated. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver for a portable computer can include a case configured to be attached in a bay of a main body, a main substrate installed in the case and mounted with at least one chip that receives a digital broadcasting signal and an antenna partially within the case. An antenna body can reciprocally move to extend outside of the case or the portable computer. With this structure, the digital broadcast can be watched on a conventional portable computer, and expansibility of the portable computer can be increased because users can selectively mount the transmitter-receiver.

Claims

1. A digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver for a portable computer in which a display is folded onto and unfolded with respect to an upper surface of a main body, the digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver comprising:

a case configured to be mounted in a bay of the main body;

an antenna configured to receive broadcasting signals, at least a portion of which is positioned within the case, wherein the antenna includes an antenna body, wherein a portion of the antenna is configured to reciprocally extend outside of the case, and wherein the portion of the antenna that extends outside of the case is articulated so as to be pivotable;

a main substrate installed in the case and having at least one chip mounted thereon configured to process digital broadcasting signals;

an antenna substrate installed in the case and having a filtering chip mounted thereon configured to remove noise from the broadcasting signals received from the antenna; and

a flexible cable configured to transmit signals and power between the antenna substrate and the main substrate, wherein the antenna body comprises;

a support portion having a press fitting step configured to be press fit into a through hole of a terminal and a catching flange at a distal end of the press fitting step configured to regulate an extent the antenna body protrudes out of the case by engaging a mounting member;

a connection portion connected to the support portion through an articulation portion that reciprocally extends outside of the case; and

a head portion provided at a distal end of the connection portion and exposed outside of the case, wherein at least the connection portion comprises a plurality of hollow sections that have stepwise increased diameters and are telescopically connected to each other and configured to change a length of the connection portion, wherein the bay is configured to receive an optical disk drive, wherein the antenna is installed to communicate with the antenna substrate, wherein the mounting member including the terminal is mounted on a bottom surface of the case adjacent to the antenna substrate, and wherein the antenna body of the antenna is installed to pass through the terminal.

2. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein the antenna body is configured to reciprocally extend outside of the case.

3. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein an external construction of the case is configured to conform to the bay.

4. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein the antenna is configured for interactive broadcasting operations.

5. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein the case is detachably mounted in the bay and has a size greater than approximately ⅓

of a width of the main body.

6. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein the antenna has a retracted size between approximately ⅓

and ½

of a width of the main body in the case.

7. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein the main substrate is installed adjacent to a front surface of the case, and wherein the case connects at a rear surface to the main body.

8. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 7, wherein a prescribed distance is maintained between the main substrate and a main board of the main body.

9. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein the main substrate is installed adjacent a rear end of the case and includes a connector that electrically connects with a main board of the main body, and wherein a portion of the connector is exposed through the rear end of the case.

10. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein the case comprises:

a support configured to selectively support a rear end of the antenna body; and

a guide duct having both ends respectively fixed to the support and the mounting member to guide movement of the antenna body.

11. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein the bay is provided in a side of the main body.

12. The digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver of claim 1, wherein the portion of the antenna that extends outside of the case is coupled to the portion of the antenna which is positioned within the case by a hinge, and wherein when the portion of the antenna extends outside of the case, the extended portion of the antenna is articulated by means of the hinge.

13. A portable computer, comprising:

a main body;

a display body configured to move between an open position and a closed position adjacent the main body;

a case having an external construction configured to be mounted in a bay of the main body;

an antenna configured to receive broadcasting signals, at least a portion of which is positioned within the case, wherein the antenna includes an antenna body configured to reciprocally extend outside of the case and the main body, and wherein a portion of the antenna body when it extends outside of the case is articulated so as to be pivotable;

a substrate installed in the case and mounted with at least one chip configured to receive digital broadcasting signals and at least one processing chip;

a mounting member including a terminal connected to the antenna and connected to the substrate; and

an antenna substrate installed in the case and having a filtering chip mounted thereon configured to remove noise from a broadcasting signal received from the antenna;

wherein the antenna is installed to communicate with the antenna substrate, wherein the antenna body is installed to pass through the mounting member, and wherein the antenna body comprises;

a support portion having a press fitting step configured to be press fit into a through hole of the terminal and a catching flange at a distal end of the press fitting step configured to regulate an extent the antenna body protrudes out of the case by engaging the mounting member;

a connection portion connected to the support portion through an articulation portion that reciprocally extends outside of the case; and

a head portion provided at a distal end of the connection portion and exposed outside of the case, wherein at least the connection portion comprises a plurality of hollow sections that have stepwise increased diameters and are telescopically connected to each other and configured to change a length of the connection portion, wherein the bay is configured to receive an optical disk drive, and wherein the mounting member is mounted on a bottom surface of the case adjacent to the antenna substrate.

14. The portable computer of claim 13, wherein the substrate is installed toward a front surface of the case a prescribed distance from a main board of the main body.

15. The portable computer of claim 13, wherein the bay is provided in a side of the main body.

16. The portable computer of claim 13, wherein the portion of the antenna body that extends outside of the case is coupled to the portion of the antenna which is positioned within the case by a hinge, and wherein when the portion of the antenna body extends outside of the case, the extended portion of the antenna body is articulated by means of the hinge.