Heat radiation antenna device, portable terminal and battery cover therewith, and method for manufacturing the battery cover

• US 9,577,317 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2014
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Byung-Kyu, Lee, Sang-Tae, Choi, Jung-Sik, Kim, Jin-Man, Kim, Hong-Ki
• Primary Examiner(s): Karikari, Kwasi
• Application Number:
  US14/155,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20140240179A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.8
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 11/001 Manufacturing waveguides or transmission lines of the waveguide type
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/02 Arrangements for de-icing; Arrangements for drying-out ; Arrangements for cooling; Arrangements for preventing corrosion
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/526 Electromagnetic shields
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49018 with other electrical component

Abstract

A portable terminal employing a near field communication antenna with a heat radiation function is provided. The portable terminal includes a cover provided for the portable terminal, and an antenna device mounted on an inner surface of the cover. The antenna device includes a near field communication antenna coupled to a location on the inner surface of the cover, a shield sheet coupled to an upper surface of the antenna, a heat radiation sheet coupled to an upper surface of the shield sheet so as to discharge heat transmitted from the portable terminal, and a protection cover coupled to an upper surface of the heat radiation sheet.

Claims

1. A portable terminal comprising:

a case provided for the portable terminal, wherein the case comprises a battery cover detachably assembled to a bottom surface of the portable terminal; and

an antenna device mounted on an inner surface of the battery cover,

wherein the antenna device comprises;

an antenna unit coupled to a location on the inner surface of the case;

a shield unit coupled to an upper surface of the antenna unit;

a heat radiation unit, coupled to an upper surface of the shield unit; and

a protection cover coupled to an upper surface of the heat radiation unit, and

wherein the heat radiation unit absorbs heat transmitted from an interior of the portable terminal so as to discharge the heat to the antenna unit.

2. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna unit includes a near field communication antenna made of a thin type flexible printed circuit board.

3. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the shield unit includes a ferrite sheet.

4. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the heat radiation unit includes a heat radiation sheet and adhesive tapes provided to an upper surface and a lower surface of the heat radiation sheet.

5. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 4, wherein an edge of the heat radiation sheet has a size smaller by about 1 mm than that of the upper and lower adhesive tapes, which is sealed by means of the upper and lower adhesive tapes.

6. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 5, wherein the heat radiation sheet includes a graphite sheet.

7. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 3, wherein the heat radiation sheet has one or more openings.

8. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein each of the one or more openings includes one or more guide openings for providing an attachment location, and one or more sealing openings for preventing a separation between layers in a bent state, which are formed at a distance apart from the guide openings.

9. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 8, wherein a part of the sealing openings is arranged in parallel between the guide openings.

10. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 8, wherein the respective sealing openings are filled with the adhesive tapes of the upper and lower surfaces of the heat radiation unit.

11. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna unit, the shield unit, the heat radiation unit and the cover unit are stacked vertically in the order listed and coupled to one another, so as to be an integrated body.

12. An antenna device mounted on a portable terminal, the antenna device comprising:

an antenna unit;

a shield unit coupled to an upper surface of the antenna unit;

a heat radiation unit coupled to an upper surface of the shield unit; and

a cover unit coupled to an upper surface of the heat radiation unit,

wherein the antenna unit is coupled to an inner surface of a case of the portable terminal and the case comprises a battery cover detachably assembled to a bottom surface of the portable terminal, and

wherein the heat radiation unit absorbs heat transmitted from an interior of the portable terminal so as to discharge the heat to the antenna unit.

13. The antenna device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the antenna unit includes a near field communication antenna made of a thin type flexible printed circuit board.

14. The antenna device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the shield unit includes a ferrite sheet.

15. The antenna device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the heat radiation unit includes a heat radiation sheet and adhesive tapes respectively provided to an upper surface and a lower surface of the heat radiation sheet.

16. The antenna device as claimed in claim 15, wherein an edge of the heat radiation sheet has a size smaller by about 1 mm than that of the upper and lower adhesive tapes, which is sealed by means of the upper and lower adhesive tapes.

17. The antenna device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the heat radiation sheet includes a graphite sheet.

18. The antenna device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the heat radiation sheet has one or more openings.

19. The antenna device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the one or more openings include one or more guide opening providing an attachment location, and one or more sealing openings preventing a separation between layers in a bent state, which are formed at a distance apart from the guide openings.

20. The antenna device as claimed in claim 19, wherein a part of the sealing openings is arranged in parallel between the guide openings.

21. The antenna device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the respective sealing openings are filled with the adhesive tapes of the upper and lower surfaces of the heat radiation unit.

22. The antenna device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the antenna unit, the shield unit, the heat radiation unit and the cover unit are stacked vertically in the order listed and coupled to one another, so as to be an integrated body.

23. A battery cover of a portable terminal comprising:

an antenna unit;

a shield unit coupled to an upper surface of the antenna unit;

a heat radiation unit coupled to an upper surface of the shield unit; and

a cover unit coupled to an upper surface of the heat radiation unit,

wherein the heat radiation unit absorbs the heat transmitted from the portable terminal so as to discharge the heat to the antenna unit with a relatively low temperature.

24. The battery cover as claimed in claim 23, wherein the battery cover is detachably assembled to a bottom surface of the portable terminal.

25. The battery cover as claimed in claim 24, wherein the antenna unit includes a near field communication antenna made of a thin type flexible printed circuit board.

26. The battery cover as claimed in claim 23, wherein the heat radiation unit comprises:

one or more guide openings for providing an attachment location, and

one or more sealing openings for preventing a separation between layers in a bent state, which are formed at a distance apart from the guide openings.

27. A method for manufacturing a battery cover having an antenna device, the method comprising:

coupling an antenna unit to a surface of the battery cover;

coupling a shield unit to an upper surface of the antenna unit;

coupling a heat radiation unit to an upper surface of the shield unit;

forming one or more sealing openings in the heat radiation unit so as to prevent a separation between layers in a bending of the heat radiation unit; and

coupling a cover unit to an upper surface of the heat radiation unit,

wherein the sealing openings are respectively filled with adhesive after the coupling of the cover unit to the heat radiation unit, so as to minimize stress in the bending of the heat radiation unit.

28. A method for manufacturing a battery cover having an antenna device, the method comprising:

coupling a shield unit on an upper surface of an antenna unit;

coupling a heat radiation unit on an upper surface of an antenna unit;

forming one or more sealing opening in the heat radiation unit so as to prevent a separation between layers in a bending of the heat radiation unit;

coupling the antenna unit on a surface of the battery cover; and

coupling a cover unit on an upper surface of the heat radiation unit,

wherein the sealing openings are respectively filled with adhesive after the coupling of the cover to the heat radiation unit, so as to minimize stress in the bending of the heat radiation unit.

29. The method for manufacturing a battery cover having an antenna device as claimed in claim 28, wherein the heat radiation unit includes a heat radiation sheet which has a thickness less than 50 μ

m and a conductivity more than 1000 W/m·

K, and which is made through processes of baking and pressing graphite material at a temperature higher than 3000°

C.