CN108494900A - Electronic Components and Electronic Devices - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application provides an electronic component, the electronic component includes a carrier and a plurality of functional devices and a flexible circuit board arranged on the carrier, the plurality of functional devices are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board, the carrier is used to be detachably connected to the display part of the display module, so that part of the carrier forms the non-display part of the display module. The present application also provides an electronic device. The present application improves the assembly efficiency of electronic devices.

Description

Electronic Components and Electronic Devices

technical field

The present application relates to the field of electronic equipment, in particular to an electronic component and electronic equipment.

Background technique

With the development of electronic equipment technology, the demand for thinner and lighter mobile phones is getting higher and higher. However, with the increasing functions of electronic devices such as mobile phones, more and more functional devices need to be integrated inside the mobile phone, and the installation of multiple functional devices requires a lot of time and a lot of manufacturing processes. In addition, during the installation process of a certain functional device, other installed functional devices may be affected, thereby causing economic losses.

Contents of the invention

The present application provides an electronic component and an electronic device that improve assembly efficiency.

The present application provides an electronic assembly, the electronic assembly includes a carrier, a plurality of functional devices and a flexible circuit board arranged on the carrier, and a plurality of the functional devices are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board, The carrier is used for detachable connection with the display part of the display module, so that part of the carrier forms the non-display part of the display module.

The present application also provides an electronic device, including the above-mentioned electronic components and a display module, the display module includes a display part, the display part is used to display images, and the carrier is detachable from the display part. connected, so that part of the bearing member forms a non-display portion of the display module.

The electronic components and electronic equipment provided by the present application are provided with multiple functional devices on the carrier, and the multiple functional devices are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board, that is, the multiple functional devices are integrated and modularized. In the process, it is only necessary to detachably connect the carrier of the electronic component to the display part of the display module of the electronic device, so that the part of the carrier of the electronic component forms the non-display part of the display module, and multiple functions can be combined The device is installed in the electronic equipment, thereby avoiding the time-consuming process of installing a single functional device one by one, and even affecting the installed functional devices, etc., reducing the installation cost and installation risk of electronic equipment.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solution of the present application more clearly, the accompanying drawings used in the implementation will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some implementations of the application. Technical personnel can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without paying creative labor.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1 along line A-A.

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic component in the electronic device shown in FIG. 2 .

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the electronic assembly shown in FIG. 3 from the direction of S1.

FIG. 5 is another structural schematic diagram of the electronic assembly shown in FIG. 3 from the direction of S1.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of the electronic device shown in FIG. 2 .

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of another electronic component in the electronic device shown in FIG. 2 .

FIG. 8 is a partial schematic diagram of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional structure diagram of a display module in the electronic device shown in FIG. 2 .

FIG. 10 is a schematic exploded view of the structure of the display module shown in FIG. 9 at another viewing angle.

FIG. 11 is another partial schematic diagram of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1 .

Detailed ways

The following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In order to more clearly understand the above objects, features and advantages of the present application, the present application will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments of the present application and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

A lot of specific details are set forth in the following description to facilitate a full understanding of the application, and the described implementations are only a part of the implementations of the application, but not all of the implementations. Based on the implementation manners in this application, all other implementation manners obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the scope of protection of this application.

In addition, the following descriptions of the various embodiments refer to the attached drawings to illustrate specific embodiments that the application can be used to implement. The directional terms mentioned in this application, such as "length", "width", "thickness", etc., are only referring to the directions of the attached drawings, therefore, the directional terms used are for better and clearer description and It is understood that the application does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and operate in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the application. Unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installation", "connection" and "connection" should be interpreted in a broad sense, for example, it can be fixed connection, detachable connection, or integral connection; it can be mechanical connection ; It can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediary, and can be internally connected between two components. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in specific situations.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the electronic component 10 is accommodated inside the electronic device 100 and is used to implement functions of the electronic device 100 such as receiving calls, taking pictures, and sensing. The electronic device 100 may be any device with electronic components, such as smart devices such as telephones, televisions, tablet computers, mobile phones, cameras, personal computers, notebook computers, vehicle-mounted devices, and wearable devices. For ease of description, the electronic device 100 is explained by taking a mobile phone as an example. Wherein, for the convenience of description, the electronic device 100 is defined with reference to the first viewing angle, the width direction of the electronic device 100 is defined as the X direction, the length direction of the electronic device 100 is defined as the Y direction, and the thickness direction of the electronic device is defined as the Z direction .

Referring to FIG. 1 , the electronic device 100 includes a rear case 1 and a display module 2 covering the rear case 1 . The display module 2 includes a display portion 21 and a non-display portion 22 adjacent to the display portion 21 . Wherein, the display portion 21 of the display module 2 is used for displaying images. The non-display part 22 can be used to cover some functional devices, such as camera modules, iris recognition modules, face recognition modules, fingerprint recognition modules, flashlights, photosensitive sensors, receiver modules, microphone modules, etc. one or more. Generally, these functional devices need to be installed into the rear case 1 of the electronic device 100 one by one, and a flexible circuit board needs to be configured for each functional device, so that the functional device is electrically connected to the circuit board or the main board. This will take a lot of installation time, and during the installation of functional devices, it is likely to cause the installed functional devices to be affected.

Referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the embodiment of the present application provides an electronic component 10 . The electronic assembly 10 includes a carrier 11 and a plurality of functional devices 12 and a flexible circuit board 13 disposed on the carrier 11 . A plurality of functional devices 12 can be directly formed on the carrier 11 , and the plurality of functional devices 12 can also be accommodated on the carrier 11 after molding, so that the carrier 11 can carry the plurality of functional devices 12 and be installed in the electronic device 100 . The multiple functional devices 12 are electrically connected to one conductive end 13 a of the flexible circuit board 13 , and the other conductive end 13 b of the flexible circuit board 13 can be connected to the main board 101 of the electronic device 100 . The carrier 11 is used for detachable connection with the display part 21 of the display module 2 , so that part of the carrier 11 forms the non-display part 22 of the display module 2 .

In this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 2 , the carrier 11 and the display portion 21 are spliced along the Y direction. The carrier 11 includes a first surface 111 and a second surface 112 opposite to each other. A plurality of functional devices 12 are disposed on the second surface 112 . The display unit 21 includes a display surface 211 . The display surface 211 is a surface facing the user when viewing the display screen of the electronic device 100 . After the carrier 11 and the display portion 21 are detachably connected, the first surface 111 is connected to the display surface 211, and both the first surface 111 and the display surface 211 face the user, and the display surface 211 forms the display portion 21 of the display module 2 , and the carrier 11 forms the non-display portion 22 of the display module 2 .

In this embodiment, a plurality of functional devices 12 are arranged on the carrier 11, and the plurality of functional devices 12 are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board 13, that is, the plurality of functional devices 12 are integrated and modularized, and the assembly of the electronic device 100 During the process, multiple functional devices 12 can be installed by simply connecting the carrier 11 carrying the functional devices 12 to the display portion 21 of the electronic device 100, and electrically connecting the flexible circuit board 13 to the main board 101 of the electronic device 100. In the electronic device 100, a lot of time and processes are saved, thereby avoiding the time-consuming process of installing a single functional device one by one, and even affecting the installed functional devices, etc., reducing the installation cost and installation cost of the electronic device 100. risk. The carrier 11 is detachably connected to the display part 21 of the electronic device 100 , which improves the installation flexibility between the carrier 11 and the display part 21 and facilitates later maintenance of multiple functional devices 12 on the carrier 11 .

Generally, when multiple functional devices are installed, multiple accommodating spaces need to be provided in the electronic device 100 to correspond to the multiple functional devices one by one. The setting of multiple accommodating spaces needs to open multiple through holes in different regions of the circuit board, which will damage the structure of the circuit board, thus affecting the structural firmness of the circuit board. In addition, the scattered arrangement of multiple accommodating spaces will also cause confusion in the layout of functional devices and waste of space.

In this embodiment, a plurality of functional devices 12 are integrated and modularized, only one space for accommodating the carrier 11 is set in the electronic device 100, avoiding opening multiple through holes in different areas of the circuit board, and making the functional devices 12 has a compact layout, thereby reducing space waste.

In an embodiment, please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , a plurality of functional devices 12 can be accommodated in the carrier 11 , so as to form a module with the carrier 11 . The carrier 11 includes a carrier plate 113 . The carrying plate 113 can be detachably connected with the display portion 21 of the display module 2 , so that the carrying plate 113 forms the non-display portion 22 of the display module 2 . In this embodiment, the carrying board 113 can serve as the non-display portion 22 . The display portion 21 of the display module 2 is used to display images, and the junction between the display portion 21 and the non-display portion 22 is the boundary line for image display. A plurality of receiving frames 114 are disposed on the second surface 112 of the supporting board 113 . The plurality of storage racks 114 surround and form a plurality of storage cavities 114 a, and the plurality of storage cavities 114 a are used to accommodate a plurality of the functional devices 12 .

Specifically, please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the receiving frame 114 may be formed by a plurality of legs protruding from the second surface 112 of the carrying plate 113 . A plurality of legs are provided around each functional device 12 to limit the functional device 12 and prevent the functional device 12 from moving on the supporting board 113 .

Further, please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , an end of the receiving frame 114 away from the carrying plate 113 is provided with a handle 115 . The handle 115 is used to fix the functional device 12 . Specifically, the handle 115 can be formed by bending the legs toward the functional device 12 . A plurality of grippers 115 can cooperate with the second surface 112 of the carrying board 113 to limit the functional device 12 and prevent the functional device 12 from moving away from the carrying board 113 .

In this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 4 , a plurality of receiving racks 114 are laid flat on the second surface 112 of the carrier board 113 and arranged side by side. In other embodiments, a plurality of storage racks 114 can be stacked on the second surface 112 of the carrier board 113 , laying multiple layers, so as to reduce the space occupied by the functional devices 12 in the X and Y directions. Moreover, among the multi-layer storage racks 114 , the storage racks 114 can be arranged in a staggered manner to match functional devices 12 of different sizes. That is, a plurality of storage racks 114 can be stacked to reduce the space occupied by the plurality of storage racks 114 in the X direction and Y direction, thereby reducing the size of the carrying plate 113 in the X direction and Y direction, and further reducing the non-display portion 22 of the display module 2 area, increasing the screen-to-body ratio of the electronic device 100 .

Referring to FIG. 3 , a plurality of receiving racks 114 are connected to the carrier 11 . Optionally, the plurality of storage frames 114 can be integrally formed with the bearing plate 113 , and can also be connected to the bearing plate 113 by means of welding, clamping, screwing, gluing, magnetic attraction, and the like.

In other embodiments, please refer to FIG. 5 , the receiving frame 114 may be an elastic belt 116 . The receiving frame 114 straddles the supporting plate 113 along the X direction, and the two ends of the receiving frame 114 are respectively fixed on opposite sides of the supporting plate 113 so that the receiving frame 114 is bound to the peripheral side of the functional device 12 to fix the functional device 12 .

Further, please refer to FIG. 6 , the carrying plate 113 is detachably connected to the display portion 21 of the display module 2 . The display unit 21 may be a display screen of the electronic device 100 . The display unit 21 has a thin plate shape. The peripheral side of the carrier plate 113 is connected between the first surface 111 and the second surface 112 . The peripheral side of the supporting board 113 includes a first side 121 and a second side 122 connected to each other. A step 123 is disposed on the first side 121 . The step 123 has a step surface 124 facing the same direction as the second surface 112 . The stepped surface 124 is used to support the display portion 21 of the display module 2 . The setting of the stepped surface 124 is beneficial to the accurate splicing of the carrying plate 113 and the display portion 21 , so as to improve the splicing efficiency of the carrying plate 113 and the display portion 21 .

Further, please refer to FIG. 6 , an adhesive may be provided on the stepped surface 124 to fixedly connect the display part 21 and the carrying board 113 , and improve the sealing and waterproof performance between the carrying board 113 and the display part 21 .

Further, please refer to FIG. 6 , a stepped surface 102 may also be provided on the rear case 1 , and the stepped surface 102 is adapted to the second side 122 of the supporting plate 113 . Adhesive is provided on the stepped surface 102 to make the carrying board 113 and the rear case 1 tightly adhered to increase the sealing performance between the electronic component 10 and the rear case 1 . In other embodiments, the second side 122 and the rear case 1 may be connected by means of welding, clamping, screwing, gluing, magnetic attraction and the like.

In an embodiment, please refer to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 , the signal penetration portion 117 is disposed on the carrier board 113 . The signal penetration portion 117 is facing the functional device 12 . The signal penetrating part 117 is used for passing through the signal received or transmitted by the functional device 12 .

In one implementation manner, please refer to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 , the signal received or transmitted by the functional device 12a is an optical signal. The functional device 12a is one or more of a camera module, an iris recognition module, a face recognition module, a fingerprint recognition module, a flashlight, a photosensitive sensor, and the like. The signal penetration portion 117 is a light transmission portion 117a. The transparent portion 117a may be a transparent plate or a through hole.

In another implementation manner, please refer to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 , the signal received or transmitted by the functional device 12 b is an audio signal. The signal received or transmitted by the functional device 12b is an optical signal. The functional device 12b is one or more of a receiver module, a microphone module, and the like. The signal penetration portion 117b is a through hole or a mesh.

Further, the carrying plate 113 can be made of metal or plastic. The reason is that the process of opening through holes or meshes on the metal or plastic carrier plate 113 is simple and sophisticated, easy to operate, and low in cost.

In an embodiment, please refer to FIG. 4 , one end 13a of the flexible circuit board 13 includes a plurality of conductive branches 13c, 13d, 13e. A plurality of the conductive branches 13c, 13d, 13e can pass through the receiving frame 114 and be electrically connected to the plurality of the functional devices 12a, 12b, 12c in a one-to-one correspondence. The other end of the flexible circuit board 13 is electrically connected to the main board 101 , so that a plurality of the functional devices 12 are electrically connected to the main board 101 . By sharing one flexible circuit board 13 with multiple functional devices 12, there is no need to configure flexible circuit boards 13 with multiple functional devices 12 one by one, which reduces the space occupied by the flexible circuit board 13, increases space utilization, and reduces the number of motherboards. The number of electrical connectors on 101 reduces the space occupied on the main board 101; the reduction of the number of flexible circuit boards 13 and electrical connectors also saves costs.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the embodiment of the present application also provides a display module 2 . The display module 2 includes a display portion 21 and the electronic component 10 described in any one of the above-mentioned embodiments. The display part 21 is spliced and fixed with the carrier 11 . The display unit 21 may be a display screen. The display surface 211 of the display portion 21 may be coplanar with the first surface 111 of the carrier 11 . The display module 2 also includes a transparent cover plate 23, which can be attached to the display surface 211 of the display portion 21 and the first surface 111 of the carrier 11, so as to ensure the surface integrity of the display module 2 and improve The user's sense of touch.

In this embodiment, a plurality of functional devices 12 are arranged on the carrier 11, and the plurality of functional devices 12 are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board 13, that is, the plurality of functional devices 12 are integrated and modularized; when assembling the display module 2 In the process, only need to splice the carrier 11 carrying the functional device 12 with the display part 21, and electrically connect the flexible circuit board 13 to the main board of the electronic device 100, the assembly can be completed, which saves a lot of time and processes, thus It avoids the time-consuming process of installing individual functional devices 12 one by one, and even affects the installed functional devices 12 , etc., reducing the installation cost and installation risk of the display module 2 .

In one embodiment, please refer to FIG. 10 , the display portion 21 includes a joint edge 21a. A notch 21b is formed on the splicing edge 21a, and the bearing member 11 is disposed in the notch 21b. The display unit 21 may be a substantially rectangular thin plate. The joint side 21 a may be a short side of the display portion 21 . A notch 21b is defined on the splicing edge 21a, and the shape of the notch 21b is adapted to the shape of the bearing plate 113, so that the inner wall of the notch 21b is attached to the first side 121 of the bearing plate 113. The joining edge 21a can also be arranged in line with the second side edge 122 of the carrier plate 113 .

In other embodiments, the notch 21b can also be provided on one long side of the display portion 21 . In other embodiments, the number of notches 21b can be multiple, the number of electronic components 10 can be multiple, the electronic components 10 are set in the notch 21b, multiple notches 21b can be set on the same side of the display portion 21, or can be set on different sides of the display portion 21 .

In other embodiments, the first side 121 of the carrying board 113 may extend along a straight line, and abut against the splicing side 21a extending along a straight line.

Please refer to FIG. 11 , an electronic device 100 provided by an embodiment of the present application, the electronic device 100 includes the display module 2 and the rear case 1 described in any embodiment. The display module 2 is covered by the rear case 1 . The functional device 12 is disposed between the carrier 11 and the rear case 1 , and corresponds to the non-display portion 22 of the display module 2 . The second side 122 of the carrier 11 and the splicing side 21 a are connected to the same side of the rear case 1 .

Further, referring to FIG. 2 , the electronic device 100 further includes a motherboard 101 . The end 13 b of the flexible circuit board 13 away from the functional device 12 is electrically connected to the main board 101 . The carrier 11 abuts against the main board 101 or the rear case 1 to fix the electronic component 10 to the main board 101 or the rear case 1 . Specifically, the receiving frame 114 of the carrier 11 can be connected to the main board 101 or the rear case 1 by means of welding, clamping, screwing, gluing, magnetic attraction and the like.

During the assembly process of the electronic device 100, firstly, a plurality of functional devices 12 are arranged on the carrier 11, and the plurality of functional devices 12 are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board 13 to form the electronic assembly 10; then the electronic assembly 10 and the The display part 21 is detachably connected to form the display module 2 ; the display module 2 is fixedly connected to the main board 101 or the rear case 1 of the electronic device 100 to complete the assembly of the electronic device 100 . By arranging a plurality of functional devices 12 on the carrier 11, that is, integrating and modularizing the plurality of functional devices 12, in the process of assembling the electronic device 100, only the carrier 11 carrying the functional devices 12 and the electronic The display part 21 of the device 100 is detachably connected, so that multiple functional devices 12 can be installed in the electronic device 100, which saves a lot of time and procedures, thereby avoiding the time-consuming and process-consuming installation of a single functional device 12 one by one, or even It will affect the installed functional devices 12 and so on, reducing the installation cost and installation risk of the electronic device 100 .

The above are the preferred embodiments of the present application. It should be pointed out that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the principle of the present application, some improvements and modifications can also be made, and these improvements and modifications are also considered as the present invention. The scope of protection applied for.

Claims (14)

1. a kind of electronic building brick, which is characterized in that the electronic building brick includes load-bearing part and multiple on the load-bearing part Function element and flexible PCB, multiple function elements are electrically connected to the flexible PCB, and the load-bearing part is used for It is detachably connected with the display unit of display module, so that the partial load-bearing part forms the non-display portion of the display module.

2. electronic building brick according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the load-bearing part includes loading plate, the loading plate For being detachably connected with the display unit of the display module, so that the loading plate forms the non-display of the display module The side in portion, the loading plate is equipped with multiple host racks, and the host rack is for accommodating the function element.

3. electronic building brick according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the one end of the host rack far from the loading plate is set There is handgrip, the handgrip is to the fixation function element.

4. electronic building brick according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the side of the loading plate is equipped with step surface, described Step surface is used to carry the display unit of the display module.

5. electronic building brick according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the loading plate is equipped with signal penetration portion, described Function element described in the face of signal penetration portion, the signal penetration portion is to through letter function element reception or emitted Number.

6. electronic building brick according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the function element receives or the signal of transmitting is light Signal, the signal penetration portion are transmittance section.

7. electronic building brick according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the function element receives or the signal of transmitting is sound Sound signal, the signal penetration portion are through-hole.

8. electronic building brick according to claim 7, which is characterized in that the loading plate is metal material or plastic material.

9. electronic building brick according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the load-bearing part includes loading plate and elastic webbing, institute It states display unit of the loading plate for the display module to be detachably connected, the both ends of the elastic webbing are separately fixed at described hold The opposite sides of support plate, the elastic webbing is for fixing the function element.

10. according to electronic building brick as described in any one of claim 1 to 9, which is characterized in that one end of the flexible PCB Including multiple conductive branches, multiple conductive branches connect one to one with multiple function elements, the flexible circuit The other end of plate is used for electrically connected mainboard.

11. a kind of electronic equipment, which is characterized in that including electronic building brick described in claim 1~10 any one and aobvious Show that module, the display module include display unit, the display unit is for showing that image, the load-bearing part can with the display unit Dismantling connection, so that the partial load-bearing part forms the non-display portion of the display module.

12. electronic equipment according to claim 11, which is characterized in that the electronic equipment includes rear shell, the display Module is covered on the rear shell, and the function element is set between the load-bearing part and the rear shell, and the display unit includes spelling Edge fit has notch on the splicing edge, and the load-bearing part is set in the notch, and is detachably connected with the splicing edge.

13. electronic equipment according to claim 12, which is characterized in that the loading plate include first side and with it is described The second side that first side is connected, the first side are set in the notch, second side described in display module and institute State same one side that splicing edge is connected to the rear shell.

14. electronic equipment according to claim 13, which is characterized in that the electronic equipment further includes mainboard, described soft Property circuit board electrical connection described in mainboard, and the load-bearing part abuts the mainboard or the rear shell, so that the electronic building brick is solid The fixed extremely mainboard or the rear shell.