US 12,256,495 B2
Flexible printed circuit board and electronic device including the same
Kyeongho Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Gihyup Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jeongseob Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/114,494.
Application 18/114,494 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/001912, filed on Feb. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0023865 (KR), filed on Feb. 23, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0038318 (KR), filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269874 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/117 (2013.01) [H05K 1/0298 (2013.01); H05K 1/147 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10189 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a printed circuit board;
a connector disposed on one surface of the printed circuit board and including a first contact portion and a second contact portion spaced apart from the first contact portion; and
a flexible printed circuit board at least a part of which is connected to the connector,
wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes:
two first areas formed on one surface of the flexible printed circuit board and each having a length in a width direction from one side or the other side of the one surface; and
a second area formed between the two first areas,
wherein each of the first area and the second area includes:
a plurality of first terminals in contact with the first contact portion and disposed at intervals in the width direction of the flexible printed circuit board; and
a plurality of second terminals in contact with the second contact portion and spaced apart from the plurality of first terminals in a longitudinal direction of the flexible printed circuit board,
wherein in the first area, one end of the plurality of first terminals are formed at a same position in the longitudinal direction of the flexible printed circuit board, and the plurality of second terminals are spaced apart from the plurality of first terminals by a first length, respectively,
wherein in the second area, at least some of the plurality of first terminals are spaced apart from at least some of the plurality of second terminals by a second length, respectively, and
wherein the first length is greater than the second length.