US 11,700,693 B2
Foldable electronic device including flexible printed circuit board
Jeong Woo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jungchul An, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Seungki Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/716,009.
Application 17/716,009 is a continuation of application No. 16/789,666, filed on Feb. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,304,300.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0019515 (KR), filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232704 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H01R 12/79 (2011.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/147 (2013.01) [H01R 12/777 (2013.01); H01R 12/79 (2013.01); H05K 1/0281 (2013.01); H05K 1/118 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/0086 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10037 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10128 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable electronic device comprising:
a hinge structure having a folding axis;
a foldable housing including a first housing structure, and a second housing structure,
wherein:
the first housing structure is connected to the hinge structure, includes a first printed circuit board,
the second housing structure is connected to the hinge structure, includes a second printed circuit board, the second housing structure being configured to be foldable on the first housing structure around the hinge structure;
a flexible display;
a first flexible printed circuit board configured to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and including first signal lines having a first signal characteristic; and
a second flexible printed circuit board configured to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and including second signal lines having a second signal characteristic different from the first signal characteristic,
wherein the first flexible printed circuit board is shorter than the second flexible printed circuit board, and
wherein the first signal lines include a signal line for controlling at least one of display and camera.