US 11,749,473 B2
Keyboard module and keyboard device
Wei-Pin Chuang, Taipei (TW); and Min-Chuan Shao, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Guangzhou (CN); and Lite-On Technology Corporation, Taipei (TW)
Filed by LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Guangzhou (CN); and Lite-On Technology Corporation, Taipei (TW)
Filed on May 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/876,112.
Claims priority of application No. 202010174112.4 (CN), filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0287861 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H01H 13/84 (2006.01); H01H 13/705 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 13/84 (2013.01) [H01H 13/705 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A keyboard module, comprising:
a circuit assembly having a signal output interface, and a thin film circuit electrically connected to the signal output interface;
at least one key assembly configured on the circuit assembly, and adapted to be pressed to drive the circuit assembly to generate a tapping signal; and
at least one microphone directly disposed on and electrically connected to the circuit assembly, wherein a sound signal generated by the microphone and the tapping signal are respectively transmitted out of the keyboard module through the signal output interface, and the signal output interface and the microphone are overlapped with the key assembly when viewed from a direction normal to a top surface of the keyboard module,
wherein the key assembly and the microphone are configured in the thin film circuit.