JP2014241459A - Electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus capable of reducing the degree that atmosphere changes, which are caused by the electronic apparatus being pressed from the exterior, affect an atmospheric pressure detected by an atmosphere sensor.SOLUTION: An electronic apparatus includes: a circuit board where an atmosphere sensor is disposed; and a housing where a first vent hole, a second vent hole, and a wall part are formed. A first portion and a second portion which is flatter than the first portion are located on a surface of the circuit board. The wall part is erected so as to enclose the second vent hole and the atmosphere sensor excluding the first vent hole. The wall part is joined to the circuit board in the second portion which is flatter than the first portion.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device including an atmospheric pressure sensor.

  Some electronic devices have a function of counting the number of steps based on a value detected by an acceleration sensor (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-120688 A

  Incidentally, some electronic devices include an atmospheric pressure sensor in addition to the acceleration sensor. When an air pressure sensor is mounted inside an electronic device, the air pressure inside the electronic device fluctuates when the electronic device is externally pressed (for example, a touch panel is operated by a user, pressed in a pocket) and distorted. There is a problem that it is difficult to appropriately detect the atmospheric pressure (atmospheric pressure outside the electronic device) by an atmospheric pressure sensor mounted inside.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device that can reduce the degree to which the influence of a change in atmospheric pressure caused by pressing the electronic device from the outside is added to the atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure sensor. .

  An electronic apparatus according to the present invention includes a circuit board on which an atmospheric pressure sensor is disposed, and a housing in which a first vent, a second vent, and a wall are formed. A first portion and a second portion that is flatter than the first portion, and the wall portion is erected so as to surround the second vent and the atmospheric pressure sensor except for the first vent. The wall portion is joined to the circuit board at a second portion that is flatter than the first portion.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the influence of the change of the atmospheric | air pressure which arises when an electronic device is pressed from the outside can reduce the degree added to the atmospheric pressure detected by an atmospheric pressure sensor.

It is an external view which shows the circuit board built in the mobile telephone 1 main body. It is an external view which shows the inner side of a rear case. The external view and schematic diagram when a rear case is combined with the mobile phone 1 main body are shown. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a mobile phone 1. FIG. It is a figure where it uses for description about the place where an atmospheric | air pressure sensor is arrange | positioned. It is a figure where it uses for description about the magnitude | size of the area | region enclosed by a wall part. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the periphery of the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 on the circuit board 12. 3 is a diagram showing a conductive layer of a circuit board 12 around the atmospheric pressure sensor 11. FIG. It is a fragmentary sectional view of the electronic device which concerns on the modification of this invention.

  The electronic device according to the present embodiment has a configuration for reducing the degree to which the influence of the change in atmospheric pressure caused by the electronic device being pressed from the outside is applied to the atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure sensor. Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail below. Below, the mobile telephone 1 is demonstrated as an example of an electronic device.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the cellular phone 1 includes a housing in which a circuit board 12 on which an atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is arranged, a first vent 13, a second vent 14, and a wall 15 are formed. A body (hereinafter referred to as a rear case) 16.

  FIG. 1 shows a rear view of the mobile phone 1 with the rear case 16 removed. FIG. 2 shows the rear case 16 as viewed from the inside. FIG. 3A shows the rear case 16 as viewed from the back side in a state where the rear case 16 is combined with the main body of the mobile phone 1. The rear case 16 is formed with a first vent 13 and a second vent 14.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the wall portion 15 is erected so as to surround the second ventilation port 14 except for the first ventilation port 13. As shown in FIG. 3B, the opening surface of the wall portion 15 is a surface portion on the circuit board 12 on which the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is arranged (specifically, when the rear case 16 is combined with the device main body. , Covering area A) in FIG.

  Here, a cross-sectional view of the mobile phone 1 is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the wall portion 15 is a wall that separates a space in which the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is arranged and another space (a space in which the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is not arranged) in the mobile phone 1.

  Accordingly, since the mobile phone 1 is erected so that the wall 15 surrounds the second vent 14 and the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 except for the first vent 13, the cellular phone 1 is pressed from the outside, and the atmospheric pressure sensor It is possible to prevent the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 from being affected by fluctuations in atmospheric pressure that occur in a space where 11 is not arranged. That is, the cellular phone 1 is affected by changes in atmospheric pressure caused by the cellular phone 1 being pressed from the outside (in particular, pressed against a space (for example, the touch panel 21) in which the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is not disposed) and distorted. The degree of addition to the atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 can be reduced.

  The second vent 14 is a vent for making the gas pressure (atmospheric pressure) in the space surrounded by the wall portion 15 equal to the atmospheric pressure outside the mobile phone 1. Further, the first vent 13 is used to make the air pressure in the space inside the mobile phone 1 excluding the space surrounded by the wall portion 15 (the space where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is not disposed) equal to the air pressure outside the mobile phone 1. Become a vent. Further, the first vent hole 13 and the second vent hole 14 are covered with a waterproof material that exhibits a waterproof / dustproof function in order to reduce the risk of water entering the interior of the mobile phone 1.

  Therefore, the mobile phone 1 can protect the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 and the like from the water droplets and the like without the water droplets or the like entering the device through the first ventilation port 13 and the second ventilation port 14, and exhibit waterproofness. Can do. In addition, when the 1st ventilation hole 13 and the 2nd ventilation hole 14 are covered with the waterproof member, air permeability worsens compared with the case where it is not covered with the waterproof member. Therefore, when the mobile phone 1 has a waterproof structure and the first vent 13 and the second vent 14 are covered with the waterproof member, when the mobile phone 1 is pressed and distorted from the outside, the mobile phone 1 The degree of fluctuation of the internal atmospheric pressure is larger than that in the case where the mobile phone 1 does not have a waterproof structure, and a state in which an atmospheric pressure difference is generated between the outside and the inside of the mobile phone 1 continues for a long time. The effect of the present invention is particularly remarkable when the mobile phone 1 has a waterproof structure.

  Note that an elastic member such as silicon rubber may be formed on the opening surface of the wall portion 15. When an elastic member such as silicon rubber is formed on the opening surface of the wall portion 15, the adhesion between the opening surface of the wall portion 15 and the surface of the circuit board 12 is improved when the rear case 16 is combined with the device body. As a result, it is possible to further reduce the influence of the fluctuation of the atmospheric pressure generated in the space where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is not disposed on the space where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is disposed.

  Next, the place where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is arranged will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 may be arranged near the center of the mobile phone 1. However, the vicinity of the center of the mobile phone 1 can be said to be a place where the rigidity of the mobile phone 1 is low and easily distorted. Then, if a space in which the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 surrounded by the wall 15 is arranged near the center of the mobile phone 1 is provided, the space is distorted only by applying a small pressure from the outside of the mobile phone 1 to the space. There is a risk of fluctuations in atmospheric pressure.

  Therefore, the mobile phone 1 employs a configuration in which the second vent 14 and the wall 15 are formed near the end of the rear case 16 as shown in FIG. The vicinity of the end portion of the mobile phone 1 can be said to be a portion having high rigidity and being hardly distorted. Then, if a space in which the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 surrounded by the wall portion 15 is disposed is provided near the end of the cellular phone 1, even if a pressure is applied to the space from the outside of the cellular phone 1, the atmospheric pressure is less likely to be distorted. Variations are less likely to occur.

  The atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is disposed on the circuit board 12 at a place surrounded by the wall 15 when combined with the rear case 16.

  By being configured in this way, the mobile phone 1 can reduce the degree to which the influence of the change in atmospheric pressure caused by pressing the mobile phone 1 from the outside is added to the atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure sensor 11. .

  In the present embodiment, the location where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is disposed is described as being near the end of the device, but is not limited to the vicinity of the end as long as the location is high in rigidity.

  Next, the size of the area surrounded by the wall 15 will be described.

  The area surrounded by the wall 15 is an area where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is arranged. As shown in FIG. 6A, when the area surrounded by the wall portion 15 is larger than necessary, the mobile phone 1 is simply applied with a small pressure from the outside of the mobile phone 1 to this area. The mobile phone 1 may be distorted and the pressure of the mobile phone 1 may fluctuate.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6B, the mobile phone 1 sets the size of the space surrounded by the wall portion 15 to be approximately the same as the size of the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 disposed on the circuit board 12. Ideally, the size of the space surrounded by the wall 15 is approximately the same as the outer shape of the atmospheric pressure sensor 11.

  With such a configuration, the mobile phone 1 is designed so that the space surrounded by the wall 15 is small according to the size of the atmospheric pressure sensor 11, so that the rigidity is high, and the mobile phone 1 is strong against distortion generated when an external force is applied. Become. Therefore, the cellular phone 1 is not easily distorted even when a pressure is applied from the outside of the cellular phone 1, and the atmospheric pressure does not easily change.

  By being configured in this way, the mobile phone 1 can reduce the degree to which the influence of the change in atmospheric pressure caused by pressing the mobile phone 1 from the outside is added to the atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure sensor 11. .

  In the present embodiment, it has been described that the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is disposed in the space surrounded by the wall portion 15. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other elements (for example, a microphone or the like) may also be disposed.

  Further, the circuit board 12 may have a configuration in which a highly rigid element such as a chip is arranged on the back side of the place where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is arranged. According to such a configuration, there is an advantage that the rigidity of the space surrounded by the wall portion 15 is increased.

  Next, the region where the wall 15 is joined to the rear case 16 will be described.

  When creating a wall to seal the barometric sensor space, it is usually necessary to use a hard material as much as possible as the material of the wall that the part where there is no part is covered with the resist is not flat. For this reason, even if the wall is pressed against the substrate, it may be difficult to seal the substrate. The object of the present invention is that even if a hard material is pressed against a surface having unevenness on the surface, the gap cannot be filled and air leaks.

  In view of this, a method is proposed in which the unevenness on the substrate side is eliminated so that the bonding surface can be closely attached to the portion where the wall around the atmospheric pressure sensor stands. According to the second embodiment, even when a hard wall material is used, since the surface of the tip to be pressed is flat, it is possible to eliminate a gap through which air passes when the wall is pressed against the substrate, resulting in sealing. The degree can be improved. Specifically, it is a technique using gold plating instead of resist.

  FIG. 7 is an enlarged view around the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 of the circuit board 12. FIG. 7 shows a state in which the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is removed. A region B shown in FIG. 7 is a region (bonding region) where the circuit board 12 and the wall portion 15 are bonded when the circuit board 12 and the rear case 16 are combined. As shown in FIG. 7, the circuit board 12 has a portion (first portion; region C) whose surface is a resist and a portion (second portion flatter than the first portion; region B) whose surface is gold. The portion that is gold-plated (region B) is a portion that is flatter than the portion that is resist (region C).

  The portion where the surface of the circuit board 12 is a resist is uneven as compared with the portion which is gold-plated. When the wall portion 15 is joined to the portion which is the resist, a gap is generated between the wall portion and the circuit board 12. In other words, air (gas) may enter the space where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is arranged from the space where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is not arranged. On the other hand, the portion of the surface of the circuit board 12 that is gold-plated is flat (not uneven) as compared with the portion that is a resist. When the wall portion 15 is joined to this gold-plated portion, the wall portion and the circuit board The gap between the air pressure sensor 11 and the air pressure sensor 11 is less likely to be generated, and the risk that air (gas) enters the space where the air pressure sensor 11 is arranged can be reduced.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 detects the influence of a change in atmospheric pressure caused by the cellular phone 1 being pressed from the outside because the wall portion 15 is bonded to the circuit board 12 at the gold plating portion. The degree of application to the atmospheric pressure can be reduced.

  In addition, when the thickness of the part which is gold plating was only the same as the thickness of a wall, the width | variety which can take a sealing degree when it presses decreases, and a sealing degree falls. Therefore, in order to minimize the gold-plated portion, considering that the wall portion 15 is crushed and pushed outward when the wall portion 15 is pressed against the circuit board 12, the gold-plated portion is It is good to provide a little thicker than the thickness of the part 15.

  The gold-plated portion may be formed of, for example, copper foil, or may be configured by applying a flux to the resist to make it flat, or a dry film type resist may be heated using a stainless steel or other application plate. A resist may be applied by applying pressure.

  Next, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the conductive layer of the circuit board 12 around the atmospheric pressure sensor 11. 8A to 8D are diagrams showing each conductive layer of the circuit board 12 which is a multilayer board, and FIG. 8A is the uppermost layer (first layer), and FIG. ) To (d) are lower layers (second layer to fourth layer). In this example, the conductive layer of the multilayer substrate has four layers, and the fourth layer shown in FIG. 8D is the lowest layer. The wiring pattern 17 on the circuit board 12 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the mobile phone 1, the wall 15 is joined to the circuit board 12 in order to reduce the possibility that air (gas) enters the space where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is arranged from the space where the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is not arranged. However, in order to prevent a gap from being generated between the wall 15 and the circuit board 12, the wall 15 is pressed against (in contact with) the circuit board 12. When the circuit board 12 is a multilayer board and the wiring pattern 17 is formed on the conductive layer closest to the bonding region D where the wall 15 and the circuit board 12 are bonded, the wall 15 When the circuit board 12 is pressed against the circuit board 12, a gap may be generated between the wall 15 and the circuit board 12 due to the unevenness of the wiring pattern 17.

  Therefore, in the cellular phone 1 of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 8, the bonding region D of the circuit board 12 to which the wall portion 15 is bonded does not form the wiring pattern 17 in the conductive layer closest to the region ( The wiring pattern 17 is formed in a conductive layer at least one layer away from the conductive layer (FIG. 8A, first layer) (FIG. 8D, fourth layer; lowest layer). 8A is a bonding region where the wall portion 15 is actually bonded to the circuit board 12, and the bonding region D illustrated in FIGS. 8B to 8D is a diagram. This is a region corresponding to the bonding region D shown in FIG. As described above, in the present embodiment, by forming the wiring pattern 17 in the lowest layer, the influence of the unevenness due to the wiring pattern 17 can be minimized when the wall portion 15 is pressed against the circuit board 12. .

  In this embodiment, the wiring pattern 17 is formed in the lowest layer, but when the wall 15 is pressed against the circuit board 12, the wall 15 and the circuit board 12 Any layer other than the first layer may be used as long as no gap is formed between them. Further, the multilayer substrate is not limited to only four conductive layers.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 9, the wall part 15 may be further provided with the level | step-difference part 15x and the reinforcement part 15y. This will be described in detail below.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 9, various electronic components 50 are mounted on a substrate 60 such as PCB (polycarbonate). A metal shield case 40 is fixed to the PCB substrate 60 so as to cover these electronic components 50. Further, the circuit board 12 is laminated on the top surface of the shield case 40. Thereby, the circuit board 12 is firmly held from the lower surface. The circuit board 12 includes a resist layer 12x on each of the upper side and the lower side, and further includes a metal layer 12y sandwiched between the resist layers 12x. An atmospheric pressure sensor 11 is mounted on the circuit board 12, and a rear case 16 is disposed so as to cover the atmospheric pressure sensor 11. The metal layer 12y of the circuit board 12 is exposed at the outer periphery of the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 in plan view, and an elastic member 30 made of silicone resin or rubber is formed from a part of the rear case 16, for example, at the exposed portion. The wall 15 is pressed against the shield case 40 side. Of course, it may be a separate body from the rear case 16. The wall portion 15 surrounds the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 in plan view, and forms a cavity for accommodating the atmospheric pressure sensor 11 together with the elastic member 30 and the circuit board 12.

  And in this modification, the wall part 15 is further provided with the level | step-difference part 15x. The step portion 15x is longer than the main portion of the wall portion 15 from the ceiling of the rear case than the main portion of the wall portion 15 in a length that is the thickness of the elastic member 30 minus the thickness of the resist layer 12x on the upper surface side. Since it extends, the main part of the wall part 15 and the level | step-difference part 15x are exhibiting step shape toward the downward direction. The step portion 15x is in contact with the resist layer 12x of the circuit board 12. In this case, the step portion 15x faces the resist layer 12, but does not have to be in contact therewith. That is, the resist layer may be contacted only when the top surface of the rear case is deformed by applying a large force in order to reduce the deformation of the cavity.

  If the thickness of the resist layer 12x and the thickness of the elastic member 30 are the same, the step is eliminated. However, in the configuration of this modification, it is not important that the step is generated. It is important that the main portion of the wall portion 15 presses the elastic member, and the stepped portion is adjacent to the circuit board including the resist layer so that it can be pressed from the beginning or when a predetermined pressure is applied. Therefore, the meaning of the step portion includes a case where no step is generated.

  Moreover, the wall part 15 may be provided with the reinforcement part 15y. In this case, both the main part of the wall part 15 and the step part 15x are not continuously formed, but the circuit board 12 is spaced apart from the main part of the wall part 15 in parallel with the wall part. It may be extended toward the side. The shape of the reinforcing portion 15y in plan view may be a columnar shape or a prismatic shape, or may present a wall portion on an arc. And these shapes may be cylindrical so that the whole wall part 15 may be covered, and you may make it arrange | position a single or multiple pieces partially in parallel. Then, like the reinforcing portion 15y, it comes into contact with the resist layer 12x of the circuit board 12. In this case, the reinforcing portion 15y faces the resist layer 12, but does not have to be in contact therewith. That is, only when the ceiling part of the rear case 16 is deformed by applying a large force, the resist layer 12x may be contacted or pressed to reduce the deformation of the cavity.

  As described above, when there is the stepped portion 15x or the reinforcing portion 15y, a large force is applied to the rear case 16 and the elastic member 30 is deformed, resulting in a pressure change in the cavity. Since it can reduce that 30 excessive deformation | transformation arises, a more reliable electronic device can be provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone 11 Barometric pressure sensor 12 Circuit board 12x Resist 12y Metal layer 13 1st vent 14 Second vent 15 Wall 15x Step 15y Reinforcement 16 Case (rear case)
17 Wiring pattern 21 Touch panel 30 Elastic member 40 Shield case

Claims (3)

A circuit board on which an atmospheric pressure sensor is disposed;
A housing in which a first vent, a second vent, and a wall are formed;
The surface of the circuit board has a first portion and a second portion that is flatter than the first portion,
The wall portion is erected so as to surround the second vent hole and the atmospheric pressure sensor except for the first vent hole,
The wall part is joined to the circuit board in a second part that is flatter than the first part. A circuit board on which an atmospheric pressure sensor is disposed;
A housing in which a first vent, a second vent, and a wall are formed;
The circuit board is a multilayer board having a plurality of conductive layers,
The wall portion is erected so as to surround the second vent hole and the atmospheric pressure sensor except for the first vent hole, and is joined to the circuit board,
The bonding area of the circuit board to which the wall is bonded is
An electronic apparatus in which a wiring pattern is formed in a conductive layer that is at least one layer away from the conductive layer without forming a wiring pattern in the conductive layer closest to the region. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the wall portion further includes a stepped portion or a reinforcing portion.

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