Detailed Description
Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar structures, and thus their detailed description will be omitted.
Although relative terms, such as "upper" and "lower," may be used in this specification to describe one element of an icon relative to another, these terms are used in this specification for convenience only, e.g., in accordance with the orientation of the examples described in the figures. It will be appreciated that if the device of the icon were turned upside down, the element described as "upper" would become the element "lower". When a structure is "on" another structure, it may mean that the structure is integrally formed with the other structure, or that the structure is "directly" disposed on the other structure, or that the structure is "indirectly" disposed on the other structure via another structure.
The terms "a," "an," "the," "said," and "at least one" are used to indicate the presence of one or more elements/components/parts/etc.; the terms "comprising" and "having" are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may be additional elements/components/etc. other than the listed elements/components/etc.; the terms "first," "second," and "third," etc. are used merely as labels, and are not limiting on the number of their objects.
First, in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a radio frequency connector, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a radio frequency connector 10 including: the radio frequency socket 110, the cable connector 210 and the sliding buckle 310, wherein a first sliding connection part 111 is arranged on the side surface of the radio frequency socket 110; the cable connector 210 is connected with the radio frequency socket 110, and the cable connector 210 is used for connecting the radio frequency cable 410; the sliding buckle 310 has a receiving portion 312, one end of the cable connector 210 connected to the rf socket 110 is located in the receiving portion 312, a second sliding connection portion 311 is disposed on a sidewall of the receiving portion 312, and the first sliding connection portion 111 and the second sliding connection portion 311 cooperate to fasten the cable connector 210 to the rf socket 110.
According to the radio frequency connector provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the cable connector 210 and the radio frequency socket 110 are fixed by matching the first sliding connection part 111 arranged on the radio frequency socket 110 with the second sliding connection part 311 arranged on the sliding buckle 310, so that the connection between the radio frequency cable 410 and the main board 30 is realized, the connection is stable, the radio frequency socket 110 and the cable connector 210 can be prevented from being separated due to the pulling of the radio frequency cable 410 in the manufacturing process of electronic equipment, and the radio frequency socket 110 is prevented from being damaged in the assembling process through the sliding connection.
The following will describe the components of the rf connector provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure in detail:
as shown in fig. 4, the rf socket 110 includes a socket body 112, a first signal terminal 113 and a signal pin 114, wherein the socket body 112 is provided with a connector connecting hole 115, and an opening of the connector connecting hole 115 is disposed on a top surface of the socket body 112; the first signal terminal 113 is arranged in the connecting hole, and the first signal terminal 113 is used for connecting the radio frequency cable 410; the signal pins 114 are disposed on the bottom side of the base 112, the bottom surface of the base 112 is used for connecting with the motherboard 30, and the signal pins 114 are used for electrically connecting with the motherboard 30.
The bottom surface of the base 112 is connected to the main board 30 of the electronic device, the signal pins 114 are disposed on the bottom side of the base 112, the signal pins 114 are used for connecting to traces on the main board 30, and the traces on the main board 30 are used for connecting to rf components, such as an rf signal transceiver unit. The base 112 may be made of an insulating material, such as plastic, ceramic, rubber, etc., the signal pins 114 may be made of a conductive material, such as metal sheet, and the signal pins 114 are embedded in the base 112.
The base 112 may have a rectangular parallelepiped structure, the base 112 may be provided with a connector connecting hole, the connector connecting hole 115 may be a circular hole, the first signal terminal 113 is disposed at a center of the connector connecting hole 115, and the first signal terminal 113 may be cylindrical. The first signal terminal 113 may be made of a conductive material, and the first signal terminal 113 and the signal pin 114 are connected to transmit a radio frequency signal. The base 112 may be formed by injection molding, and the first signal terminal 113 and the second signal terminal 214 are embedded in the base 112.
The first signal terminal 113 has a pillar-shaped structure, and a chamfer is formed on a side of the first signal terminal 113 away from the bottom surface of the contact connecting hole 115. The connecting hole is provided with a chamfer at one end of the top surface of the base 112. Certainly, in practical applications, a side of the first signal terminal 113 away from the bottom surface of the connector connecting hole 115 may be provided with a rounded corner, and one end of the connecting hole on the top surface of the seat 112 may be provided with a rounded corner, which is not limited in the embodiment of the disclosure.
The connecting hole is provided with a chamfer or a fillet at one end of the top surface of the base 112, and the connecting hole is provided with a chamfer or a fillet at one end of the top surface of the base 112, so that the alignment of the radio frequency base 110 and the cable connector 210 is facilitated, and the damage to the radio frequency base 110 or the cable connector 210 caused by inaccurate alignment in the assembling process is avoided.
The first sliding connection portion 111 can be disposed on a side surface of the seat body 112. The first sliding connection portion 111 may be a slide groove or a protrusion. When the first slide connecting portion 111 includes a slide groove, as shown in fig. 2, the first slide connecting portion 111 includes: the first sliding groove 1111 is arranged on a first side surface of the radio frequency seat 110; the second sliding groove 1112 is disposed on a second side surface of the rf socket 110, the first side surface and the second side surface being opposite to each other; the second sliding connection portion 311 includes a first protrusion 3111 and a second protrusion 3112, the first protrusion 3111 is disposed on the first sidewall of the accommodating portion 312, and the first protrusion 3111 is engaged with the first sliding slot 1111; the second protrusion 3112 is disposed on a second side wall of the accommodating portion 312, the first side wall is opposite to the second side wall, and the second protrusion 3112 is engaged with the second sliding groove 1112.
When the first slide coupling portion 111 includes a projection, as shown in fig. 3, the second slide coupling portion 311 includes: a third sliding groove 3113 and a fourth sliding groove 3114, the third sliding groove 3113 being provided on the first side wall of the accommodating portion 312; the fourth chute 3114 is disposed on the second sidewall of the accommodating portion 312, and the first sidewall is opposite to the second sidewall; the first slide connecting portion 111 includes: the third protrusion 1113 and the fourth protrusion 1114, the third protrusion 1113 is disposed on the first side surface of the rf socket 110, and the third protrusion 1113 is engaged with the third sliding groove 3113; the fourth protrusion 1114 is disposed on a second side of the rf socket 110, the first side is opposite to the second side, and the fourth protrusion 1114 is engaged with the fourth sliding groove 3114.
As shown in fig. 5, the cable connector 210 includes a connection portion 211 and a clamping portion 213, wherein the connection portion 211 is used for connecting with the rf socket 110; the wire clamping part 213 is connected with the connecting part 211, and the wire clamping part 213 has a wire clamping groove for accommodating the radio frequency cable 410.
As shown in fig. 7, the connection portion 211 is used for connecting the rf socket 110, and the connection portion 211 and the connector connection hole 115 are matched in shape. For example, the joint connection hole 115 may be a circular hole, and the connection portion 211 may be cylindrical. As shown in fig. 6, the connection portion 211 is provided with a signal connection hole 212, and the signal connection hole 212 is matched with the first signal terminal 113. For example, the first signal terminal 113 may have a cylindrical shape, and the signal connection hole 212 may have a circular hole.
Further, in order to realize the electrical connection between the radio frequency cable 410 and the first signal terminal 113, the cable connector 210 may further include a second signal terminal 214, the connecting portion 211 is provided with a signal connecting hole 212, the second signal terminal 214 is provided at the signal connecting hole 212, the first signal terminal 113 extends into the signal connecting hole 212 to be connected with the second signal terminal 214, and the second signal terminal 214 is used for connecting the radio frequency cable 410.
For example, the second signal terminal 214 may have a circular ring structure, and the second signal terminal 214 is embedded in the inner wall of the signal connection hole 212. The second signal terminal 214 may be made of a conductive material, the cable connector 210 may be made of an insulating material, and the second signal terminal 214 is electrically connected to the rf cable 410.
Of course, in practical applications, the connection portion 211 may be made of a conductive material, and in this case, the cable connector 210 may not include the second signal terminal 214, and the connection portion 211 is directly connected to the first signal terminal 113 and the rf cable 410.
The card line part 213 is used for fastening the radio frequency cable 410, the card line part 213 includes a first card line part 2131 and a second card line part 2132, the first card line part 2131 is connected with the connecting part 211, and the second card line part 2132 is connected to a side of the first card line part 2131 away from the connecting part 211. The first daughter card wire portion 2131 is a transition portion, and the second daughter card wire portion 2132 is an actual card wire structure.
The first sub wire portion 2131 is provided with a first wire passing hole, the second sub wire portion 2132 is provided with a second wire passing hole, and the size of the first wire passing hole is larger than that of the second wire passing hole. The second sub-wire portion 2132 may be an adjustable structure, and after the rf cable 410 passes through the second wire passing hole, the rf cable 410 is tightened by adjusting the second sub-wire portion 2132. For example, the second daughter card wire portion 2132 may have elasticity, and after the rf cable 410 is mounted on the second daughter card wire portion 2132, the second daughter card wire portion 2132 clamps the rf cable 410 by the elasticity generated by its own elastic deformation. Or the second daughter card wire portion 2132 may be a flexible strap and have a snap structure, by which the radio frequency cable 410 is fixed.
The first and second daughter card wire portions 2131 and 2132 are connected at their top surfaces, and a gap 2133 is provided on the side surface where the first and second daughter card wire portions 2131 and 2132 are connected. The gap 2133 may extend from a top surface where the first wire clamping portion 213 and the second wire clamping portion 213 are connected to a bottom surface where the first wire clamping portion 213 and the second wire clamping portion 213 are connected. The gap 2133 penetrates a side surface where the first daughter card wire portion 2131 and the second daughter card wire portion 2132 are connected.
As shown in fig. 8, the sliding buckle 310 includes a buckle body 313, a first limit plate 314, a second limit plate 315, a third limit plate 316 and a buckling part 317, wherein the first limit plate 314 is disposed at one end of the buckle body 313 and connected to the buckle body 313; the second limiting plate 315 is connected to the fastening body 313, the second limiting plate 315 is perpendicular to the first limiting plate 314, and the third limiting plate 316 is opposite to the second limiting plate 315.
As shown in fig. 9, the accommodating portion 312 is surrounded by the fastening body 313, the first stopper plate 314, the second stopper plate 315, and the third stopper plate 316. The end of the second stopper plate 315 away from the fastening body 313 is provided with a first sub-sliding connection portion 211, the end of the third stopper plate 316 away from the fastening body 313 is provided with a second sub-sliding connection portion 211, and the first sub-sliding connection portion 211 and the second sub-sliding connection portion 211 form a second sliding connection portion 311. The engaging portion 317 is disposed at an end of the locking body 313 away from the first limiting plate 314, and the engaging portion 317 is used for engaging the cable connector 210.
The extending directions of the first limiting plate 314, the second limiting plate 315 and the third limiting plate 316 are the same, that is, the first limiting plate 314, the second limiting plate 315 and the third limiting plate 316 are located on the same side of the fastening body 313. The first limiting plate 314 serves to prevent the sliding card from moving excessively in the direction of the rf cable 410. The second and third retainer plates 315 and 316 are provided with a second sliding coupling portion 311, and the second sliding coupling portion 311 is engaged with the first sliding coupling portion 111.
When the first sliding connection portion 111 on the rf holder 110 is a sliding slot, a first protrusion 3111 (a first sub sliding connection portion) is disposed on the second limiting plate 315, and a second protrusion 3112 (a second sub sliding connection portion) is disposed on the third limiting plate 316. The first protrusion 3111 may be an inward bend of the second limiting plate 315 away from the fastening body 313, and the second protrusion 3112 may be an inward bend of the third limiting plate 316 away from the fastening body 313.
When the first sliding connection portion 111 on the rf socket 110 is convex, a third sliding groove 3113 (a first sub sliding connection portion) is disposed on the second limiting plate 315, and a fourth sliding groove 3114 (a second sub sliding connection portion) is disposed on the third limiting plate 316. The third sliding groove 3113 can be disposed inside the second limiting plate 315 and near an end of the second limiting plate 315 away from the fastening body 313. The fourth sliding groove 3114 can be disposed inside the third limiting plate 316 and near an end of the third limiting plate 316 away from the fastening body 313.
The clamping portion 317 is connected with the clamping body 313 and is located at one end of the clamping body 313 close to the radio frequency cable 410, the clamping portion 317 is clamped with the first sub-cable portion 2131 of the cable connector 210, the tail end of the clamping portion 317 corresponds to a gap 2133 between the first sub-cable portion 2131 and the second sub-cable portion 2132, and a bending structure is arranged at the tail end of the clamping portion 317 and can extend into the gap 2133 between the first sub-cable portion 2131 and the second sub-cable portion 2132. The engaging portion 317 may be an elastic structure, or a flexible belt structure, etc. The end of the engaging portion 317 away from the locking body 313 is a tail end.
In the radio frequency connector provided by the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, during assembly, the cable connector 210 may be first plugged into the radio frequency base 110, then the second sliding connection portion 311 on the sliding buckle 310 is aligned with the first sliding connection portion 111 on the radio frequency base 110, the sliding buckle 310 is slid, and finally the tail of the sliding buckle 310 may be bent to be clamped in the gap 2133 on the cable connector 210.
According to the radio frequency connector provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the cable connector 210 and the radio frequency socket 110 are fixed by matching the first sliding connection part 111 arranged on the radio frequency socket 110 with the second sliding connection part 311 arranged on the sliding buckle 310, so that the connection between the radio frequency cable 410 and the main board 30 is realized, the connection is stable, the radio frequency socket 110 and the cable connector 210 can be prevented from being separated due to the pulling of the radio frequency cable 410 in the manufacturing process of electronic equipment, and the radio frequency socket 110 is prevented from being damaged in the assembling process through the sliding connection.
The exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a radio frequency assembly including the radio frequency connector described above.
Further, as shown in fig. 10, the rf assembly includes an rf connector 10, an rf circuit 20, and an antenna 40. The rf circuit may be disposed on the motherboard 30, and the rf circuit 20 may be configured to transmit and receive rf signals. For example, 2G communication signals, 3G communication signals, 4G communication signals, 5G communication signals, WIFI signals, and the like. The antenna 40 may be disposed on the main board 30, the rear cover 80, or the bezel. The rf connector 10 is disposed on the motherboard 30. The rf circuit 20 is connected to the signal pin 114 of the rf socket 110 through a trace on the motherboard 30, and the antenna 40 is connected to the cable connector 210 through the rf cable 410, so that the connection between the rf circuit 20 and the antenna 40 is achieved.
The radio frequency assembly provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, by connecting the radio frequency circuit 20 and the antenna 40 through the radio frequency connector 10, realizes the connection between the radio frequency cable 410 and the main board 30, is stable in connection, can prevent the radio frequency socket 110 and the cable connector 210 from being separated due to the pulling of the radio frequency cable 410 in the manufacturing process of the electronic device, and avoids the radio frequency socket 110 from being damaged in the assembling process through sliding connection.
The exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure also provides an electronic device 100, as shown in fig. 11, which includes the radio frequency assembly 10 described above.
The electronic device 100 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may be an electronic device with a radio frequency circuit, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic reader, a vehicle-mounted computer, and a smart television, and the following description will take the electronic device as a mobile phone as an example.
The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a display screen 50, a frame 60, a main board 30, a battery 70, and a rear cover 80. The display screen 50 is mounted on the frame 60 to form a display surface of the electronic device, and the display screen 50 serves as a front shell of the electronic device. The rear cover 80 is adhered to the frame 60 by double-sided adhesive, and the display screen 50, the frame 60 and the rear cover 80 form an accommodating space for accommodating other electronic elements or functional modules of the electronic device. Meanwhile, the display screen 50 forms a display surface of the electronic device for displaying information such as images, texts, and the like. The Display screen 50 may be a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) 50 or an organic light-Emitting Diode (OLED) 50, or the like type Display screen 50.
A glass cover may be provided over the display screen 50. The glass cover plate may cover the display screen 50 to protect the display screen 50 and prevent the display screen 50 from being scratched or damaged by water.
The display screen 50 may include a display area 51 and a non-display area 52. The display area 51 performs a display function of the display screen 50 for displaying information such as images and texts. The non-display area 52 does not display information. The non-display area 52 may be used to set functional modules such as a camera, a receiver, a proximity sensor, and the like. In some embodiments, the non-display area 52 may include at least one area located at upper and lower portions of the display area 51.
The display screen 50 may be a full-face screen. At this time, the display screen 50 may display information in full screen, so that the electronic device has a large screen occupation ratio. The display screen 50 includes only a display area 51 and does not include a non-display area 52. At this moment, functional modules such as camera, proximity sensor among the electronic equipment can hide in display screen 50 below, and electronic equipment's fingerprint identification module can set up the back at electronic equipment.
The bezel 60 may be a hollow frame structure. The material of the frame 60 may include metal or plastic. The antenna 40 may be disposed on the frame 60, and in this case, the frame 60 may be divided into a plurality of metal segments, each of which is used for transceiving radio frequency signals with different frequencies.
The main board 30 is mounted inside the receiving space. For example, the main board 30 may be mounted on the frame 60 and received in the receiving space together with the frame 60. The rf circuit 20, the rf connector 10 and the antenna 40 may be disposed on the main board 30. Care should be taken to keep the clearance of antenna 40 to ensure that antenna 40 is operating properly. The main board 30 is provided with a grounding point to realize grounding of the main board 30. One or more of the functional modules such as a motor, a microphone, a speaker, a receiver, an earphone interface, a universal serial bus interface (USB interface), a camera, a proximity sensor, an ambient light sensor, a gyroscope, and a processor may also be integrated on the main board 30. Meanwhile, the display screen 50 may be electrically connected to the main board 30.
The main board 30 is provided with a display control circuit. The display control circuit outputs an electric signal to the display screen 50 to control the display screen 50 to display information.
The battery 70 is mounted inside the receiving space. For example, the battery 70 may be mounted on the frame 60 and received in the receiving space together with the frame 60. The battery 70 may be electrically connected to the motherboard 30 to enable the battery 70 to power the electronic device. The main board 30 may be provided with a power management circuit. The power management circuit is used to distribute the voltage provided by the battery 70 to the various electronic components in the electronic device.
The rear cover 80 is used to form the outer contour of the electronic device. The rear cover 80 may be integrally formed. In the forming process of the rear cover 80, structures such as a rear camera hole and a fingerprint identification module mounting hole can be formed on the rear cover 80. When the rear cover 80 is a metal rear cover 80, the antenna 40 may be disposed on the rear cover 80, and the rear cover 80 may be divided into a plurality of sections to transmit and receive radio frequency signals with different frequencies.
Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.