Electronic device comprising battery

Abstract

This electronic device may comprise: a bracket; a battery arranged on the bracket; a vapor chamber at least partially overlapping the battery; a first tape for covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery; a second tape which attaches a region of a first portion of the first tape to the bracket so as to attach the battery to the bracket and which has a first flexibility; and a third tape which attaches, to the vapor chamber, at least a part of another region of the first portion of the first tape at least partially overlapping the vapor chamber, so as to attach the battery to the vapor chamber, and has a second flexibility that is lower than the first flexibility of the second tape.

Description

Electronic device including a battery

[0001] The present disclosure relates to an electronic device including a battery.

[0002] The electronic device may include a battery configured to provide power to electronic components and to store power. The battery may be a rechargeable secondary battery. If the battery deteriorates, it may need to be replaced. To replace the battery, the battery may be removed from the electronic device. The electronic device may include tape wrapping at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery, tape for attaching the battery to a bracket, and tape for attaching the battery to a vapor chamber.

[0003] The information described above may be provided as related art for the purpose of aiding understanding of the present disclosure. No claim or determination is made as to whether any of the foregoing may be applied as prior art in relation to the present disclosure.

[0004] An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a bracket. The electronic device may include a battery disposed on the bracket. The battery may include a first surface facing the bracket, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and sides between the first surface and the second surface. The electronic device may include a vapor chamber that overlaps at least partially with the battery. The electronic device may include a first tape that wraps at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery. The first tape may include a first portion that contacts the first surface of the battery. The first portion may correspond to a non-adhesive portion. The first tape may include a second portion that is connected to one edge of the first portion and contacts one side of the battery and the second surface of the battery. The second portion may include an adhesive portion that attaches a portion of the second portion on the second surface of the battery to the second surface of the battery. The electronic device may include a second tape having a first flexibility, configured to attach the battery to the bracket by attaching a first region of the first portion of the first tape to the bracket. The electronic device may include a third tape having a second flexibility lower than the first flexibility of the second tape, configured to attach the battery to the vapor chamber by attaching at least a portion of a second region of the first portion of the first tape that overlaps at least partially with the vapor chamber to the vapor chamber.

[0005] An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a bracket. The electronic device may include a battery disposed on the bracket. The battery may include a first surface facing the bracket, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and sides between the first surface and the second surface. The electronic device may include a vapor chamber that overlaps at least partially with the battery. The electronic device may include a first tape that wraps at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery. The first tape may include a first portion that contacts the first surface of the battery. The first tape may include a second portion that contacts one side of the battery and the second surface of the battery. The first tape may include an adhesive portion containing an adhesive to attach a portion of the second portion to the second surface of the battery. The electronic device may include a second tape that does not contain a substrate and is configured to attach the battery to the bracket by attaching a first region of the first portion of the first tape to the bracket. The electronic device may include a third tape comprising a substrate, configured to attach the battery to the vapor chamber by attaching at least a portion of the second region of the first part of the first tape that overlaps with the vapor chamber to the vapor chamber.

[0006] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device in a network environment according to various embodiments.

[0007] Figure 2 illustrates the interior of an electronic device.

[0008] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a battery of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0009] Figure 4 is a plan view of the first tape wrapping the battery.

[0010] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second tape wrapping a battery.

[0011] FIG. 6 illustrates a second side of the battery.

[0012] Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of the battery of Figure 6.

[0013] Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic device of Figure 2.

[0014] Figure 9 illustrates the structure of the substrate tape.

[0015] FIG. 10 illustrates a first side of the battery.

[0016] FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the battery of FIG. 10 cut along the line A-A'.

[0017] FIGS. 12, FIGS. 13, FIGS. 14, and FIGS. 15 illustrate the processes of separating a battery from an electronic device.

[0018] FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0019] Figures 17 and 18 illustrate an example of a battery.

[0020] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device in a network environment according to various embodiments.

[0021] Referring to FIG. 1, in a network environment (100), an electronic device (101) may communicate with an electronic device (102) through a first network (198) (e.g., a short-range wireless communication network) or with an electronic device (104) or a server (108) through a second network (199) (e.g., a long-range wireless communication network). According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may communicate with the electronic device (104) through a server (108). According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may include a processor (120), memory (130), input module (150), sound output module (155), display module (160), audio module (170), sensor module (176), interface (177), connection terminal (178), haptic module (179), camera module (180), power management module (188), battery (189), communication module (190), subscriber identification module (196), or antenna module (197). In some embodiments, at least one of these components (e.g., connection terminal (178)) may be omitted from the electronic device (101), or one or more other components may be added. In some embodiments, some of these components (e.g., sensor module (176), camera module (180), or antenna module (197)) may be integrated into a single component (e.g., display module (160)).

[0022] The processor (120) can control at least one other component (e.g., a hardware or software component) of the electronic device (101) connected to the processor (120) by executing software (e.g., a program (140)), and can perform various data processing or operations. According to one embodiment, as at least part of the data processing or operations, the processor (120) can store commands or data received from other components (e.g., a sensor module (176) or a communication module (190)) in volatile memory (132), process the commands or data stored in volatile memory (132), and store the resulting data in non-volatile memory (134). According to one embodiment, the processor (120) may include a main processor (121) (e.g., a central processing unit or an application processor) or an auxiliary processor (123) that can operate independently or together with it (e.g., a graphics processing unit, a neural processing unit (NPU), an image signal processor, a sensor hub processor, or a communication processor). For example, if the electronic device (101) includes a main processor (121) and an auxiliary processor (123), the auxiliary processor (123) may be configured to use lower power than the main processor (121) or to be specialized for a designated function. The auxiliary processor (123) may be implemented separately from the main processor (121) or as part thereof.

[0023] The auxiliary processor (123) may control at least some of the functions or states associated with at least one component of the electronic device (101) (e.g., display module (160), sensor module (176), or communication module (190)) on behalf of the main processor (121) while the main processor (121) is in an inactive (e.g., sleep) state, or together with the main processor (121) while the main processor (121) is in an active (e.g., application execution) state. According to one embodiment, the auxiliary processor (123) (e.g., image signal processor or communication processor) may be implemented as part of another functionally related component (e.g., camera module (180) or communication module (190)). According to one embodiment, the auxiliary processor (123) (e.g., neural network processing unit) may include a hardware structure specialized for processing an artificial intelligence model. The artificial intelligence model may be generated through machine learning. Such learning may be performed, for example, on the electronic device (101) itself where the artificial intelligence is performed, or through a separate server (e.g., server (108)). The learning algorithm may include, for example, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, semi-supervised learning, or reinforcement learning, but is not limited to the examples described above. The artificial intelligence model may include a plurality of artificial neural network layers.An artificial neural network may be a deep neural network (DNN), a convolutional neural network (CNN), a recurrent neural network (RNN), a restricted Boltzmann machine (RBM), a deep belief network (DBN), a bidirectional recurrent deep neural network (BRDNN), a deep Q-network, or a combination of two or more of the above, but is not limited to the examples described above. In addition to the hardware structure, the artificial intelligence model may include a software structure, either additionally or substantially.

[0024] The memory (130) can store various data used by at least one component of the electronic device (101) (e.g., processor (120) or sensor module (176)). The data may include, for example, input data or output data for software (e.g., program (140)) and related commands. The memory (130) may include volatile memory (132) or non-volatile memory (134).

[0025] The program (140) may be stored as software in memory (130) and may include, for example, an operating system (142), middleware (144), or an application (146).

[0026] The input module (150) can receive commands or data to be used for a component of the electronic device (101) (e.g., processor (120)) from outside the electronic device (101) (e.g., user). The input module (150) may include, for example, a microphone, a mouse, a keyboard, a key (e.g., a button), or a digital pen (e.g., a stylus pen).

[0027] The sound output module (155) can output a sound signal to the outside of the electronic device (101). The sound output module (155) may include, for example, a speaker or a receiver. The speaker may be used for general purposes, such as multimedia playback or recording playback. The receiver may be used to receive incoming calls. According to one embodiment, the receiver may be implemented separately from the speaker or as part thereof.

[0028] The display module (160) can visually provide information to an external (e.g., user) of the electronic device (101). The display module (160) may include, for example, a display, a holographic device, or a projector and a control circuit for controlling said device. According to one embodiment, the display module (160) may include a touch sensor configured to detect a touch, or a pressure sensor configured to measure the intensity of the force generated by said touch.

[0029] The audio module (170) can convert sound into an electrical signal or, conversely, convert an electrical signal into sound. According to one embodiment, the audio module (170) can acquire sound through the input module (150) or output sound through the sound output module (155) or an external electronic device (e.g., electronic device (102)) (e.g., speaker or headphones) connected directly or wirelessly to the electronic device (101).

[0030] The sensor module (176) can detect the operating state of the electronic device (101) (e.g., power or temperature) or the external environmental state (e.g., user state) and generate an electrical signal or data value corresponding to the detected state. According to one embodiment, the sensor module (176) may include, for example, a gesture sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an accelerometer sensor, a grip sensor, a proximity sensor, a color sensor, an IR (infrared) sensor, a biosensor, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, or an illuminance sensor.

[0031] The interface (177) may support one or more specified protocols that can be used for the electronic device (101) to be connected directly or wirelessly to an external electronic device (e.g., electronic device (102)). According to one embodiment, the interface (177) may include, for example, a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a universal serial bus (USB) interface, an SD card interface, or an audio interface.

[0032] The connection terminal (178) may include a connector through which the electronic device (101) can be physically connected to an external electronic device (e.g., electronic device (102)). According to one embodiment, the connection terminal (178) may include, for example, an HDMI connector, a USB connector, an SD card connector, or an audio connector (e.g., a headphone connector).

[0033] The haptic module (179) can convert an electrical signal into a mechanical stimulus (e.g., vibration or movement) or an electrical stimulus that the user can perceive through tactile or kinesthetic senses. According to one embodiment, the haptic module (179) may include, for example, a motor, a piezoelectric element, or an electric stimulation device.

[0034] The camera module (180) can capture still images and video. According to one embodiment, the camera module (180) may include one or more lenses, image sensors, image signal processors, or flashes.

[0035] The power management module (188) can manage power supplied to the electronic device (101). According to one embodiment, the power management module (188) can be implemented, for example, as at least part of a power management integrated circuit (PMIC).

[0036] The battery (189) can supply power to at least one component of the electronic device (101). According to one embodiment, the battery (189) may include, for example, a non-rechargeable primary battery, a rechargeable secondary battery, or a fuel cell.

[0037] The communication module (190) can support the establishment of a direct (e.g., wired) communication channel or a wireless communication channel between an electronic device (101) and an external electronic device (e.g., electronic device (102), electronic device (104), or server (108)), and the performance of communication through the established communication channel. The communication module (190) may include one or more communication processors that operate independently of the processor (120) (e.g., application processor) and support direct (e.g., wired) communication or wireless communication. According to one embodiment, the communication module (190) may include a wireless communication module (192) (e.g., cellular communication module, short-range wireless communication module, or GNSS (global navigation satellite system) communication module) or a wired communication module (194) (e.g., LAN (local area network) communication module, or power line communication module). The corresponding communication module among these communication modules can communicate with an external electronic device (104) through a first network (198) (e.g., a short-range communication network such as Bluetooth, WiFi (wireless fidelity) direct, or IrDA (infrared data association)) or a second network (199) (e.g., a legacy cellular network, a 5G network, a next-generation communication network, the Internet, or a computer network (e.g., a LAN or WAN). These various types of communication modules may be integrated into a single component (e.g., a single chip) or implemented as multiple separate components (e.g., multiple chips). The wireless communication module (192) can identify or authenticate the electronic device (101) within a communication network such as the first network (198) or the second network (199) using subscriber information (e.g., International Mobile Subscriber Identifier (IMSI)) stored in the subscriber identification module (196).

[0038] The wireless communication module (192) can support 5G networks and next-generation communication technologies following 4G networks, for example, new radio access technology. NR access technology can support high-speed transmission of high-capacity data (enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB)), minimization of terminal power and connection of multiple terminals (massive machine type communications (mMTC)), or high reliability and low latency (ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC)). The wireless communication module (192) can support a high-frequency band (e.g., mmWave band) to achieve a high data transmission rate, for example. The wireless communication module (192) can support various technologies for securing performance in the high-frequency band, such as beamforming, massive MIMO (multiple-input and multiple-output), full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO), array antenna, analog beam-forming, or large-scale antenna. The wireless communication module (192) can support various requirements specified in the electronic device (101), external electronic device (e.g., electronic device (104)), or network system (e.g., second network (199)). According to one embodiment, the wireless communication module (192) may support a Peak data rate (e.g., 20 Gbps or more) for eMBB realization, loss coverage (e.g., 164 dB or less) for mMTC realization, or U-plane latency (e.g., downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) each 0.5 ms or less, or round trip 1 ms or less) for URLLC realization.

[0039] An antenna module (197) can transmit a signal or power to or from an external source (e.g., an external electronic device). According to one embodiment, the antenna module (197) may include an antenna comprising a radiator made of a conductor or a conductive pattern formed on a substrate (e.g., a PCB). According to one embodiment, the antenna module (197) may include a plurality of antennas (e.g., an array antenna). In this case, at least one antenna suitable for a communication method used in a communication network, such as a first network (198) or a second network (199), may be selected from the plurality of antennas, for example, by a communication module (190). A signal or power may be transmitted or received between the communication module (190) and an external electronic device through the selected at least one antenna. According to some embodiments, in addition to the radiator, other components (e.g., a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)) may be additionally formed as part of the antenna module (197).

[0040] According to one embodiment, the antenna module (197) may form a mmWave antenna module. According to one embodiment, the mmWave antenna module may include a printed circuit board, an RFIC disposed on or adjacent to a first surface (e.g., bottom surface) of the printed circuit board and capable of supporting a specified high frequency band (e.g., mmWave band), and a plurality of antennas (e.g., array antennas) disposed on or adjacent to a second surface (e.g., top surface or side surface) of the printed circuit board and capable of transmitting or receiving a signal of the specified high frequency band.

[0041] At least some of the above components can be connected to each other via a communication method between peripheral devices (e.g., bus, GPIO (general purpose input and output), SPI (serial peripheral interface), or MIPI (mobile industry processor interface)) and exchange signals (e.g., commands or data) with each other.

[0042] According to one embodiment, commands or data may be transmitted or received between the electronic device (101) and an external electronic device (104) through a server (108) connected to a second network (199). Each of the external electronic devices (102, or 104) may be the same or a different type of device as the electronic device (101). According to one embodiment, all or part of the operations performed on the electronic device (101) may be performed on one or more of the external electronic devices (102, 104, or 108). For example, if the electronic device (101) needs to perform a function or service automatically or in response to a request from a user or another device, the electronic device (101) may request one or more external electronic devices to perform at least part of the function or service instead of performing the function or service itself or additionally. One or more external electronic devices that receive the above request may execute at least part of the requested function or service, or additional function or service related to the request, and transmit the result of the execution to the electronic device (101). The electronic device (101) may provide the result as is or additionally processed as at least part of the response to the request. For this purpose, for example, cloud computing, distributed computing, mobile edge computing (MEC), or client-server computing technology may be used. The electronic device (101) may provide ultra-low latency services using, for example, distributed computing or mobile edge computing. In another embodiment, the external electronic device (104) may include an Internet of Things (IoT) device. The server (108) may be an intelligent server using machine learning and / or neural networks. According to one embodiment, the external electronic device (104) or the server (108) may be included within a second network (199).The electronic device (101) can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart city, smart car, or healthcare) based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.

[0043] In the present disclosure, terms such as 'top', 'bottom', 'front', and 'rear' may be understood as terms used to indicate the relative positional relationships between components. For example, if an electronic device or battery illustrated in the drawings is inverted, 'top' and 'bottom' may be swapped, and 'front' and 'rear' may be swapped.

[0044] Figure 2 illustrates the interior of an electronic device.

[0045] The electronic device (101) illustrated in FIG. 2 is a front view of the rear side (e.g., the side facing the -z direction) of the electronic device (101). The electronic device (101) may include a display (e.g., the display (1610) of FIG. 16) that defines at least a portion of the front side (e.g., the side facing the +z direction) of the electronic device (101). The electronic device (101) may include a rear plate (or back plate) (e.g., the rear plate (1620) of FIG. 16) that defines at least a portion of the rear side of the electronic device (101). FIG. 2 illustrates the electronic device (101) with the rear plate omitted.

[0046] Referring to FIG. 2, the electronic device (101) may include a housing (210). For example, the housing (210) may define at least a portion of the exterior of the electronic device (101) and support components of the electronic device (101). For example, the housing (210) may include a frame (211) defining the side of the electronic device (101) and a bracket (212) surrounded by the frame (211). Components placed inside the housing (210) may be placed on the bracket (212). For example, the bracket (212) may support a vapor chamber (230) disposed on one side of the bracket (212) (e.g., one side of the bracket (212) facing the +z direction) and a first printed circuit board (240), a second printed circuit board (250), and a battery (220) disposed on the other side of the bracket (212) (e.g., the other side of the bracket (212) facing the -z direction). The bracket (212) may be referred to as a support member or a support plate.

[0047] An electronic device (101) according to one embodiment may include a vapor chamber (230). For example, the vapor chamber (230) may be positioned between a display and a bracket (212). The vapor chamber (230) may be positioned on one side of the bracket (212) facing the display. The vapor chamber (230) may be configured to diffuse and / or cool heat generated from electronic components of the electronic device (101).

[0048] For example, the vapor chamber (230) may contain a fluid that is vaporized by heat generated from an electronic component (e.g., the processor (120) of FIG. 1). The heat generated from the electronic component may be transferred to the vapor chamber (230). The liquid fluid contained within the vapor chamber (230) may be vaporized based on the heat. When the fluid is vaporized, the fluid can absorb the heat generated from the electronic component because it absorbs ambient thermal energy. The vapor chamber (230) may include a wick for the flow of the fluid. The vaporized fluid may undergo a phase change to a liquid state inside the vapor chamber (230). The vapor chamber (230) may be configured to suppress the temperature rise of the electronic device (101) caused by the heat by using the fluid to diffuse and cool the heat generated from the electronic component.

[0049] An electronic device (101) according to one embodiment may include a battery (220) (e.g., battery (189) of FIG. 1). The battery (220) may be configured to store power provided to the electronic components of the electronic device (101). The battery (220) may be a rechargeable secondary battery. The battery (220) may be placed on the other side of the bracket (212) opposite to the one side of the bracket (212) and supported by the bracket (212). The battery (220) may have an approximately rectangular shape, but is not limited thereto. For example, the cross-section of the battery (220) may correspond to an L-shaped form. The battery (220) may be attached to the bracket (212) by a second tape (e.g., the second tape (700) of 7).

[0050] According to one embodiment, the vapor chamber (230) and the battery (220) may overlap at least partially. For example, when viewing the electronic device (101) from above (e.g., in the -z direction), a portion of the battery (220) may be placed below a portion of the vapor chamber (230) (e.g., in the -z direction). The portion of the vapor chamber (230) that overlaps with the battery (220) may be attached to and secured to the battery (220). For example, the vapor chamber (230) and the battery (220) may be attached to each other by a third tape (e.g., the third tape (800) of FIG. 8).

[0051] According to one embodiment, the battery (220) may be wrapped at least partially by a first tape (e.g., the first tape (400) of FIG. 4). The first tape (400) may be referred to as a wrapping tape in that it wraps at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220). The first tape (400) may reduce short circuits in the battery (220) by including an insulating material.

[0052] For example, if the battery (220) is degraded, the battery (220) may be detached from the electronic device (101) in order to replace the battery (220) with a new battery. In order to replace the battery (220) contained within the electronic device (101), the first tape (400) may be detached from the battery (220) and the battery (220) may be detached from the electronic device (101). In order to mount the new battery to the electronic device (101), the second tape (700) may be detached from the bracket (212) and the third tape (800) may be detached from the vapor chamber (230).

[0053] An electronic device (101) according to one embodiment may include a first tape (400), a second tape (700), and a third tape (800) described below so that a battery (220) can be easily separated from the electronic device (101).

[0054] The structure and properties of the first tape (400), the second tape (700), and the third tape (800) are described below.

[0055] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a battery of an electronic device according to one embodiment. FIG. 4 is a plan view of a first tape wrapping the battery. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second tape wrapping the battery.

[0056] The battery (220) illustrated in FIG. 3 represents a cell of the battery (220) that is not wrapped by the first tape (e.g., the first tape (400) in FIG. 4).

[0057] Referring to FIG. 3, the battery (220) may have an approximate rectangular shape. For example, the battery (220) may include a first surface (301), a second surface (302) opposite to the first surface (301), and sides between the first surface (301) and the second surface (302). The first surface (301) of the battery (220) may be referred to as the surface of the battery (220) facing the bracket (e.g., bracket (212) of FIG. 2). For example, the first surface (301) may be facing the front side (e.g., +z direction) of the electronic device (e.g., electronic device (101) of FIG. 2). The second surface (302) of the battery (220) may be referred to as the surface of the battery (220) opposite to the first surface (301) of the battery (220). For example, the second side (302) may face the rear side (e.g., -z direction) of the electronic device (101). For example, the sides of the battery (220) may include a first side (303), a second side (304), a third side (305), and a fourth side (306).

[0058] Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the first tape (400) covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220) may have a shape for covering a rectangular battery (e.g., the battery (220) of FIG. 3). For example, the first tape (400) may have an approximate rectangular net shape to cover at least a portion of the surfaces of the battery (220).

[0059] According to one embodiment, the first tape (400) may include a first portion (410). For example, the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) may be referred to as a portion of the first tape (400) that comes into contact with a first surface of the battery (220) (e.g., the first surface (301) of FIG. 3). When the first tape (400) is wrapped around the outer surface of the battery (220), the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) may come into contact with the first surface (301) of the battery (220). The first portion (410) of the first tape (400) may wrap around the first surface (301) of the battery (220).

[0060] According to one embodiment, the first tape (400) may include a second portion (420). For example, the second portion (420) of the first tape (400) may come into contact with a first side (303) of the battery (220) and a portion of the second side (e.g., the second side (302) of FIG. 3) of the battery (220). For example, the second portion (420) may include a first sub-part (421) that comes into contact with the first side (303) of the battery (220) by folding from the first portion (410), and a second sub-part (422) that comes into contact with the second side (302) of the battery (220) by folding from the first sub-part (421). The second portion (420) may at least partially wrap the first side (303) and the second side (302). In the present disclosure, the descriptions of the second part (420) may be applied substantially the same to the third part (430), the fourth part (440), and the fifth part (450).

[0061] To wrap at least a portion of the outer surface of a battery (220) having a rectangular shape, the first tape (400) may include a third portion (430), a fourth portion (440), and a fifth portion (450) connected to the first portion (410). For example, the third portion (430) may face the second portion (420). The third portion (430) may come into contact with a portion of the second side of the battery (220) opposite to the first side (303) (e.g., the second side (304) in FIG. 3) and the second surface (302) of the battery (220). The third portion (430) may wrap at least partially the second side (304) and the second surface (302). For example, the fourth portion (440) and the fifth portion (450) may face each other. The fourth part (440) may be in contact with a third side of the battery (220) (e.g., the third side (305) in FIG. 3) and a portion of the second side (302) of the battery (220). The fourth part (440) may at least partially cover the third side (305) and the second side (302). The fifth part (450) may be in contact with a fourth side of the battery (220) opposite to the third side (305) (e.g., the fourth side (306) in FIG. 3) and a portion of the second side (302) of the battery (220). The fifth part (450) may at least partially cover the fourth side (306) and the second side (302).

[0062] For example, the shape of the first part (410) of the first tape (400) may correspond to the shape of the first surface (301) of the battery (220). The shape of the first part (410) may be a rectangle including four edges. The second part (420) may be connected to the first edge (411) of the first part (410). The third part (430) may be connected to the second edge (412) of the first part (410), which is opposite to the first edge (411). The fourth part (440) may be connected to the third edge (413) extending from one end of the first edge (411) to one end of the second edge (412). The fifth part (450) may be connected to the fourth edge (414) of the first part (410), which is opposite to the third edge (413).

[0063] According to one embodiment, a first portion (410) of the first tape (400) may correspond to a non-adhesive portion. A non-adhesive portion may be a portion that does not contain glue. A non-adhesive portion may only come into contact with a portion corresponding to the non-adhesive portion and may not be attached to that portion. When the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) corresponding to the non-adhesive portion comes into contact with the first surface (301) of the battery (220), the first portion (410) may not be attached to the first surface (301) of the battery (220).

[0064] According to one embodiment, a second portion (420) of the first tape (400) may include a first adhesive portion (461). In the present disclosure, the adhesive portion is a portion containing glue and may be attached to a portion corresponding to the adhesive portion when in contact with that portion. For example, the first adhesive portion (461) may be in contact with a second surface (302) of the battery (220). When the first adhesive portion (461) is in contact with the second surface (302) of the battery (220), the first adhesive portion (461) may be attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220), and a portion of the second portion (420) of the first tape (400) may be attached to the second surface (302) through the first adhesive portion (461). For example, when the first tape (400) wraps the outer surface of the battery (220), the first adhesive portion (461) may be configured to attach a portion of the second portion (420) located on the second surface (302) of the battery (220) to the second surface (302). As described above, the first sub-part (421) may be in contact with one side of the battery (220) (e.g., the first side (303) of FIG. 3), and the second sub-part (422) may be in contact with the second surface (302) of the battery (220). The first adhesive portion (461) may be included in the second sub-part (422) that is in contact with the second surface (302) of the battery (220), among the first sub-part (421) and the second sub-part (422). The first adhesive portion (461) may be configured to attach at least a portion of the second sub-part (422) to the second surface (302) of the battery (220). Since the first adhesive portion (461) is included in the second sub-part (422), the first sub-part (421) of the second portion (420) may correspond to a non-adhesive portion, just like the first portion (410).

[0065] According to one embodiment, each of the third part (430), the fourth part (440), and the fifth part (450) may include an adhesive part. The third part (430) may include a second adhesive part (462). For example, when the first tape (400) wraps the outer surface of the battery (220), a portion of the third part (430) located on the second surface (302) of the battery (220) may be attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220) through the second adhesive part (462). The fourth part (440) may include a third adhesive part (463). For example, when the first tape (400) wraps the outer surface of the battery (220), a portion of the fourth portion (440) located on the second surface (302) of the battery (220) may be attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220) through the third adhesive portion (463). The fifth portion (450) may include the fourth adhesive portion (464). For example, when the first tape (400) wraps the outer surface of the battery (220), a portion of the fifth portion (450) located on the second surface (302) of the battery (220) may be attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220) through the fourth adhesive portion (464).

[0066] According to one embodiment, as the first adhesive portion (461) of the second portion (420), the second adhesive portion (462) of the third portion (430), the third adhesive portion (463) of the fourth portion (440), and the fourth adhesive portion (464) of the fifth portion (450) are attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220), the first tape (400) can wrap the outer surface of the battery (220). The first tape (400) can maintain a state of wrapping at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220) by means of the first adhesive portion (461), the second adhesive portion (462), the third adhesive portion (463), and the fourth adhesive portion (464). When replacing the battery (220) due to deterioration of the battery (220), the battery (220) can be separated from the first tape (400) by removing the adhesive parts (e.g., first adhesive part (461), second adhesive part (462), third adhesive part (463), and fourth adhesive part (464)) from the second surface (302) of the battery (220). For example, when the first adhesive part (461) of the second part (420) is removed from the second surface (302) of the battery (220), the battery (220) is separated from the first tape (400), and the battery (220) separated from the first tape (400) can be separated from the bracket (212). As the first tape (400) covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220) is not attached to the entire outer surface of the battery (220) but is attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220) through adhesive portions, the battery (220) can be easily separated from the first tape (400). Since the separation of the battery (220) is easy, the replacement of the battery (220) can be easily performed. For example, when a user separates the battery (220) from the bracket (212) for self-repair of the battery (220), the replacement of the battery (220) can be easy.

[0067] FIG. 6 illustrates a second side of the battery. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the battery of FIG. 6.

[0068] The battery (220) illustrated in FIG. 6 can be referenced in a state where it is at least partially wrapped by the first tape (400).

[0069] Referring to FIG. 6, a portion of the first tape (400) may come into contact with a portion of the second surface (302) of the battery (220). For example, a second portion (420) of the first tape (400), a third portion (430) of the first tape (400), a fourth portion (440) of the first tape (400), and a fifth portion (450) of the first tape (400) may come into contact with a portion of the second surface (302) of the battery (220). As described above, each of the second part (420), the third part (430), the fourth part (440), and the fifth part (450) can be attached to a portion of the second surface (302) of the battery (220) through the aforementioned adhesive parts (e.g., the first adhesive part (461), the second adhesive part (462), the third adhesive part (463), and the fourth adhesive part (464) of FIG. 4). On the second surface (302), the second part (420), the third part (430), the fourth part (440), and the fifth part (450) can be spaced apart from each other. When the adhesive parts are detached from the second surface (302) of the battery (220), the battery (220) can be separated from the first tape (400). As described above, the sides of the battery (220) and the first surface of the battery (220) (e.g., the first surface (301) of FIG. 3) are in contact with the first tape (400), but may not be attached to the first tape (400).

[0070] Referring to FIG. 7, the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) that contacts the first surface (301) of the battery (220) corresponds to a non-adhesive portion, so the first tape (400) may not be attached to the first surface (301). The portions of the first tape (400) that contact the sides of the battery (220) (e.g., second portion (420), third portion (430), fourth portion (440), and fifth portion (450)) may be attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220) by adhesive portions (e.g., first adhesive portion (461), second adhesive portion (462), third adhesive portion (463), and fourth adhesive portion (464) of FIG. 4). Since the above adhesive portions are attached to the second side (302) of the battery (220), the portions of the first tape (400) that come into contact with the sides of the battery (220) (e.g., the first sub-part (421) of the second portion (420) in FIG. 4) may not be attached to the sides of the battery (220).

[0071] Since the area of ​​the first tape (400) attached to the outer surface of the battery (220) is relatively small, slip and noise caused by weakening of the adhesive strength of the adhesive portion can be reduced. For example, if the adhesive strength of the adhesive portion is weakened, slip may occur between the outer surface of the battery (220) and the adhesive portion of the first tape (400). For example, the slip may occur when the electronic device (101) is twisted. The slip may degrade the usability of the electronic device (101) by causing noise. If the area of ​​the adhesive portion attached to the outer surface of the battery (220) is large, noise caused by the slip may occur frequently. According to one embodiment, the first tape (400) is bonded to the outer surface of the battery (220) through adhesive portions attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220), thereby providing easy separation of the battery (220) and reducing noise caused by slip.

[0072] According to one embodiment, the battery (220) may be attached to the bracket (212) by a second tape (700). For example, a first portion (410) of the first tape (400) may include a third surface (701) in contact with the first surface (301) of the battery (220) and a fourth surface (702) opposite to the third surface (701). The third surface (701) of the first portion (410) may face the rear side (e.g., -z direction) of the electronic device (101). The fourth surface (702) of the first portion (410) may face the front side (e.g., +z direction) of the electronic device (101). A second tape (700) for attaching the battery (220) to the bracket (212) can be positioned between the fourth side (702) of the first part (410) and the front (e.g., bracket (212)) by being attached to the fourth side (702) of the first part (410). Although not shown in FIG. 7, a third tape (800) for attaching the battery (220) to the vapor chamber (230) can be positioned between the fourth side (702) of the first part (410) and the vapor chamber (230) by being attached to the fourth side (702) of the first part (410).

[0073] FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the electronic device of FIG. 2. FIG. 9 illustrates the structure of the substrate tape.

[0074] Referring to FIG. 8, the bracket (212) can support a battery (220) and a vapor chamber (230). For example, the vapor chamber (230) may be placed on one side of the bracket (212) facing the front side (e.g., +z direction), and the battery (220) may be placed on the other side of the bracket (212) facing the rear side (e.g., -z direction). The first side (301) of the battery (220) may face the said side of the bracket (212). The second side (302) of the battery (220) may face the rear side.

[0075] An electronic device (101) according to one embodiment may include a second tape (700). The second tape (700) may be configured to attach a battery (220) to a bracket (212). For example, the battery (220) may be attached to the bracket (212) by the second tape (700) being attached to a first portion (410) of a first tape (400) that wraps a first surface (301) of the battery (220) and to the bracket (212), respectively.

[0076] An electronic device (101) according to one embodiment may include a third tape (800). The third tape (800) may be configured to attach a battery (220) to a vapor chamber (230). For example, the battery (220) may be attached to the vapor chamber (230) by the third tape (800) being attached to a first portion (410) of a first tape (400) that wraps a first surface (301) of the battery (220) and to the vapor chamber (230), respectively.

[0077] In order to provide various functions of the electronic device (101), the electronic device (101) may include various electronic components. As the electronic components included in the electronic device (101) become more diverse and the functions of the electronic device (101) become more advanced, the heat generated from the electronic components may increase. In order to diffuse and cool a large amount of heat, the size of the vapor chamber (230) may be increased. As the size of the vapor chamber (230) increases, the area of ​​the battery (220) overlapping with the vapor chamber (230) may be increased. As the size of the vapor chamber (230) increases, the size of the third tape (800) for attaching the battery (220) to the vapor chamber (230) may be increased.

[0078] According to one embodiment, the flexibility of the second tape (700) (e.g., first flexibility) and the flexibility of the third tape (800) (e.g., second flexibility) may be different.

[0079] For example, the first flexibility of the second tape (700) may be relatively higher than the second flexibility. The second tape (700) for attaching the battery (220) to the bracket (212) may be attached to the first tape (400). When an external impact is applied, a tensile force may be induced between the first tape (400) and the second tape (700). For example, when the electronic device (101) is dropped, the impact force induced when the electronic device (101) collides with the floor may cause the battery (220) to move. When the battery (220) moves, a tensile force may be applied between the first tape (400) covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220) and the second tape (700) attached to the first tape (400). If the first flexibility of the second tape (700) is low, the second tape (700) may be damaged (e.g., torn) by the tensile force. If the second tape (700) is damaged, the stability of the battery (220) may be degraded because the battery (220) cannot be firmly fixed to the bracket (212). According to one embodiment, the second tape (700) may have a first flexibility that is relatively higher than the second flexibility, thereby reducing damage caused by the tensile force. For example, when a tensile force caused by an external impact is applied to the second tape (700), the second tape (700) may be deformed due to the high first flexibility of the second tape (700), thus reducing damage to the second tape (700). For example, the second tape (700) may be referred to as a tape that does not contain a substrate (e.g., adhesive transfer tape). A tape that does not contain a substrate may be referred to as a non-substrate tape.

[0080] Referring to FIG. 9, the substrate tape (900) may be referred to as a tape comprising a substrate (910) interposed between adhesive layers (921, 922). For example, the substrate (910) may comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET), but is not limited thereto. Adhesive layers (921, 922) comprising glue may be disposed on both sides of the substrate (910). The substrate (910) may maintain the shape of the substrate tape (900) by having higher durability than the adhesive layers (921, 922). The substrate tape (900) comprising the substrate (910) may have relatively lower flexibility than a tape that does not comprise the substrate (910). The substrate tape (900) may be relatively thicker than a tape that does not include a substrate (910) because it includes a substrate (910) interposed between adhesive layers (e.g., adhesive transfer tape). The aforementioned second tape (700) may be referred to as a tape that does not include a substrate (910).

[0081] Referring again to FIG. 8, the second flexibility of the third tape (800) may be relatively lower than the first flexibility. The third tape (800) for attaching the battery (220) to the vapor chamber (230) may be detached from the vapor chamber (230) when the battery (220) is separated from the electronic device (101). Since a new battery must be attached to the vapor chamber (230) after the battery (220) is separated from the first tape (400), the third tape (800) may be detached from the vapor chamber (230). If the second flexibility of the third tape (800) is high, the third tape (800) may not be cleanly removed from the vapor chamber (230), and a portion of the third tape (800) may remain in the vapor chamber (230). If a tool (e.g., tweezers) is used to remove a portion of the third tape (800) remaining in the vapor chamber (230), physical damage to the vapor chamber (230) may be caused by the tool. To reduce physical damage to the vapor chamber (230), the third tape (800) must be easily removed from the vapor chamber (230).

[0082] According to one embodiment, the third tape (800) may have a relatively low second flexibility. For example, the third tape (800) may be referred to as a substrate tape including a substrate. The substrate included in the third tape (800) may provide high rigidity and low flexibility of the third tape (800). Due to the substrate included in the third tape (800), the third tape (800) can be detached integrally from the vapor chamber (230). When an external force is applied to detach the third tape (800) having a relatively low second flexibility from the vapor chamber (230), the third tape (800) can be easily detached from the vapor chamber (230). After the third tape (800) is detached from the vapor chamber (230), the battery (220) and the vapor chamber (230) can be attached by a new third tape. The third tape (800), having a relatively low second flexibility, can be easily detached from the vapor chamber (230), thus facilitating the replacement of the battery (220).

[0083] FIG. 10 illustrates a first surface of a battery. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the battery of FIG. 10 taken along the line A-A'.

[0084] Referring to FIG. 10, a second tape (700) and a third tape (800) may be attached to a first portion (410) of a first tape (400) that wraps around a first surface (301) of a battery (220). For example, the second tape (700) may be configured to attach the battery (220) to a bracket (e.g., bracket (212) in FIG. 7) by attaching a first area of ​​the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) to the bracket. The first area may be referred to as an area where the battery (220) is seated on the bracket (212). The second tape (700) may be attached to the first area. For example, the third tape (800) may be configured to attach the battery (220) to the vapor chamber (230) by attaching the second region of the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) to the vapor chamber (230). The second region may be referred to as a region that overlaps at least partially with the vapor chamber (230). The third tape (800) may be attached to a portion of the second region.

[0085] According to one embodiment, the second tape (700) and the third tape (800) may be spaced apart from each other. For example, the third tape (800) may be spaced apart from a first region of the first portion (410) to which the second tape (700) is attached. As the second tape (700) and the third tape (800) are spaced apart from each other, the second tape (700) having a first flexibility and the third tape (800) having a second flexibility may not interfere with each other. For example, the shape of the second tape (700) may correspond to a U-shaped form. At least a portion of the third tape (800) may be surrounded by the U-shaped second tape (700). The third tape (800) may include a tab portion (1010). When peeling off the third tape (800), the user may grasp and pull the tab portion (1010). The tab portion (1010) may be positioned to overlap with a substrate portion (1020) containing a protection circuit (e.g., a PCM (protection circuit module)) of the battery (220).

[0086] Referring to FIG. 11, a portion of the vapor chamber (230) may be bent. For example, the vapor chamber (230) may include a first portion (1110) and a second portion (1120). The second portion (1120) of the vapor chamber (230) may overlap with an electronic component (1101) located above the vapor chamber (230) (e.g., in the +z direction). For example, the electronic component (1101) may include, but is not limited to, a fingerprint sensor. The second portion (1120) of the vapor chamber (230) may be located below (e.g., in the -z direction) the first portion (1110) of the vapor chamber (230) to provide space for the electronic component (1101) to be placed. Because the positions of the first part (1110) of the vapor chamber (230) and the second part (1120) of the vapor chamber (230) are different, the third part (1130) of the vapor chamber (230) between the first part (1110) and the second part (1120) can be bent. For example, the first gap (g1) between the battery (220) and the first part (1110) of the vapor chamber (230) can be larger than the second gap (g2) between the battery (220) and the second part (1120) of the vapor chamber (230).

[0087] According to one embodiment, since the second gap (g2) is smaller than the first gap (g1), the third tape (800) may be interposed between the first part (1110) of the vapor chamber (230) and the battery (220). As described above, the third tape (800) may correspond to a substrate tape (e.g., the substrate (900) of FIG. 9) that includes a substrate (e.g., the substrate (910) of FIG. 9) so that it can be easily detached from the vapor chamber (230). Since the third tape (800) includes a substrate, it may have a relatively thick thickness. If the thickness of the third tape (800) is greater than the second gap (g2) between the second part (1120) of the vapor chamber (230) and the battery (220), the third tape (800) cannot be interposed between the second part (1120) of the vapor chamber (230) and the battery (220). Since the third tape (800) is not interposed between the second part (1120) of the vapor chamber (230) and the battery (220), a void space may be formed between the battery (220) and the second part (1120) of the vapor chamber (230). This void space may cause noise. For example, when an external force is applied to the vapor chamber (230) to press the second part (1120) of the vapor chamber (230) downward (e.g., in the -z direction), the second part (1120) of the vapor chamber (230) may be moved into the empty space by said external force. Noise may be caused by contact between said second part (1120) and the battery (220). For example, said noise may be caused when a fingerprint sensor overlapping with said second part (1120) is pressed. said noise may degrade the usability of the electronic device (101).

[0088] Referring to FIGS. 10 and FIGS. 11, the electronic device (101) may further include a fourth tape (1000). As illustrated in FIG. 10, the fourth tape (1000) may be attached to the fourth side (702) of the first portion (410) of the first tape (400). As illustrated in FIG. 11, the third tape (800) may be configured to attach the battery (220) to a portion of the vapor chamber (230) (e.g., the first portion (1110)). The fourth tape (1000) may be configured to attach the battery (220) to another portion of the vapor chamber (230) (e.g., the second portion (1120)). The fourth tape (1000) may be interposed between the second portion (1120) of the vapor chamber (230) and the battery (220). The fourth tape (1000) can be configured to reduce the noise by filling the empty space between the battery (220) and the second part (1120) of the vapor chamber (230).

[0089] According to one embodiment, the first thickness of the third tape (800) may be thicker than the second thickness of the fourth tape (1000). For example, the first thickness of the third tape (800) may correspond to the first gap (g1) between the battery (220) and the first part (410) of the vapor chamber (230). The second thickness of the fourth tape (1000) may correspond to the second gap (g2) between the battery (220) and the second part (420) of the vapor chamber (230). For example, the fourth tape (1000) may be referred to as a tape that does not contain a substrate. Since the fourth tape (1000) does not contain a substrate, the second thickness of the fourth tape (1000) may be relatively thin. A fourth tape (1000) having a relatively thin thickness can be interposed between the second part (420) of the vapor chamber (230) and the battery (220) to fill the empty space.

[0090] FIGS. 12, FIGS. 13, FIGS. 14, and FIGS. 15 illustrate the processes of separating a battery from an electronic device.

[0091] Referring to FIGS. 12 to 15, the process of separating a battery (220) wrapped by a first tape (400) from an electronic device (101) is described.

[0092] FIG. 12 shows a state in which a battery (220) wrapped by a first tape (400) is attached to a bracket (212) by a second tape (700). In this state, the first tape (400) can be removed from the battery (220) to separate the battery (220). Since the attachment portions of the first tape (400) (e.g., first attachment portion (461), second attachment portion (462), third attachment portion (463), and fourth attachment portion (464)) are attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220), an external force may be applied to the attachment portions attached to the second surface (302) to remove the first tape (400) from the battery (220). For example, the second sub-part (422) of the second portion (420) may be pulled in a direction to separate it from the second surface (302).

[0093] FIG. 13 shows the state in which the attachment portions of the first tape (400) (e.g., first attachment portion (461), second attachment portion (462), third attachment portion (463), and fourth attachment portion (464)) are detached from the second surface (302) of the battery (220). Since the first tape (400), which covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220), is coupled to the battery (220) by the attachment portions attached to the second surface (302), the battery (220) can be separated from the first tape (400) when the attachment portions are detached from the second surface (302). As described above, since the sides of the battery (220) and the first surface (301) of the battery (220) are not attached to the first tape (400), the battery (220) can be easily separated from the first tape (400). The battery (220) separated from the first tape (400) can be separated from the electronic device (101).

[0094] FIG. 14 shows the state in which the battery (220) is separated from the electronic device (101). After separating the battery (220) from the electronic device (101), the first tape (400) can be detached from the second tape (700) attached to the bracket (212). The first tape (400) can be separated from the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) and the second tape (700) attached to the bracket (212), respectively.

[0095] FIG. 15 illustrates the state of separating the second tape (700) from the bracket (212). Since the second tape (700), which does not contain a substrate, has a first flexibility that is relatively higher than the second flexibility, when the second tape (700) is removed from the bracket (212), the second tape (700) may not be separated integrally from the bracket (212). A portion of the second tape (700) remaining attached to the bracket (212) may be removed from the bracket (212) using a tool (e.g., tweezers) (1200). The bracket (212) may have high rigidity because it contains a metal material (e.g., aluminum, and / or titanium). Since the bracket (212) having high rigidity is not physically damaged even if scratched by a tool (1200), the second tape (700) can be removed from the bracket (212) by the tool (1200). After removing the second tape (700), the battery (220) can be replaced with a new battery by attaching a new battery to the bracket (212). According to one embodiment, for repairing or replacing the battery (220), the battery (220) may be easily detached from the electronic device (101).

[0096] FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of an electronic device according to one embodiment.

[0097] Referring to FIG. 16, an electronic device (101) including a first tape (400), a second tape (700), a third tape (800), and / or a fourth tape (1000) is shown.

[0098] According to one embodiment, a first tape (400) covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220) may not be attached to the entire outer surface of the battery (220), but may be attached to a second surface (302) of the battery (220) through attachment portions (e.g., the first adhesive portion (461), the second adhesive portion (462), the third adhesive portion (463), and the fourth adhesive portion (464) of FIG. 4). The first tape (400) may be fixed in place by covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220) through the attachment portions. The first surface (301) of the battery may face the display (1610) of the electronic device (101). The second surface (302) of the battery (220) may face the rear plate (1620) of the electronic device (101). For example, a portion of the first tape (400) attached to the second surface (302) of the battery (220) may come into contact with the rear plate (1620). Since the first tape (400) is not attached to the entire outer surface of the battery (220), the area of ​​the first tape (400) attached to the battery (220) may be relatively small. According to one embodiment, noise resulting from the weakening of the adhesive strength of the first tape (400) may be reduced.

[0099] According to one embodiment, the battery (220) can be attached to the bracket (212) via a second tape (700). For example, the second tape (700) can be attached to the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) and the bracket (212), respectively. The second tape (700) for attaching the battery (220) to the bracket (212) may be referred to as a tape that does not contain a substrate. The second tape (700) that does not contain a substrate may have a relatively high first flexibility. Because the second tape (700) has a relatively high first flexibility, damage (e.g., tearing) of the second tape (700) may be reduced.

[0100] According to one embodiment, the vapor chamber (230) may overlap with the battery (220). For example, when viewing the electronic device (101) from above (e.g., in the -z direction), a portion of the vapor chamber (230) and a portion of the battery (220) may overlap each other. The battery (220) may be attached to a portion of the vapor chamber (230) (e.g., the first portion (1110) of FIG. 11) via a third tape (800). The battery (220) may be attached to another portion of the vapor chamber (230) (e.g., the second portion (1120) of FIG. 11) via a fourth tape (1000).

[0101] As described above, the third tape (800) may correspond to a substrate tape. For example, the third tape (800) may include a substrate (810) interposed between adhesive layers (821, 822). For example, the third tape (800) may include a first adhesive layer (821) attached to the vapor chamber (230) and a second adhesive layer (822) attached to the first tape (400).

[0102] According to one embodiment, the fourth tape (1000) may correspond to a substrate tape. Unlike the third tape (800) which includes a substrate (810) interposed between adhesive layers (821, 822), the fourth tape (1000) may include an adhesive layer (1021) attached to one side of the substrate (1010). For example, the fourth tape (1000) may include an adhesive layer (1021) attached to the substrate (1010) in contact with the vapor chamber (230) and the first tape (400). The adhesive layer (1021) may not be attached to both sides of the substrate (1010), but may be attached only to one side of the substrate (1010) facing the battery (220). The other side of the substrate (1010) opposite to one side of the substrate (1010) to which the adhesive layer (1021) is attached can come into contact with the vapor chamber (230).

[0103] According to one embodiment, the third tape (800) may be referred to as a tape containing a substrate. The third tape (800) containing a substrate may have a relatively low second flexibility. Because the third tape (800) has a relatively low second flexibility, the third tape (800) may be detached integrally from the vapor chamber (230). According to one embodiment, the third tape (800) may include a tab portion (1010) that a user can grasp. The tab portion (1010) may not be attached to the first tape (400). Because the third tape (800) is attached to the first tape (400), when the third tape (800) is peeled off, the third tape (800) may not easily detach from the first tape (400). The user can detach the third tape (800) from the vapor chamber (230) by grasping the tab portion (1010) and pulling the third tape (800). According to one embodiment, the tab portion (1010) may be positioned to overlap with a substrate portion (1020) containing a protection circuit (e.g., a PCM (protection circuit module)) of the battery (220). Since the substrate portion (1020) is thinner than the cell of the battery (220), the substrate portion (1020) may be spaced apart from the vapor chamber (230). As the tab portion (1010) is positioned to overlap with the substrate portion (1020), the tab portion (1010) may be spaced apart from the vapor chamber (230). The user can detach the third tape (800) from the vapor chamber (230) by holding the tab portion (1010) spaced apart from the vapor chamber (230) and pulling the third tape (800).

[0104] Figures 17 and 18 illustrate an example of a battery.

[0105] In the examples described above, the battery (220) is described as having a roughly rectangular shape, but the shape of the battery (220) according to the present disclosure is not limited to a rectangular shape. The shape of the battery (220) may vary depending on the structure of the electronic device (e.g., the electronic device (101) of FIG. 2). As shown in FIG. 17 and FIG. 18, the shape of the battery (220) may substantially correspond to an L-shaped form.

[0106] FIG. 17 is a view of the second side (302) of the battery (220). The first tape (400) may wrap around at least some of the sides of the battery (220) having an L shape and may come into contact with a portion of the second side (302) of the battery (220). For example, the second portion (420) of the first tape (400), the third portion (430) of the first tape (400), the fourth portion (440) of the first tape (400), and the fifth portion (450) of the first tape (400) may come into contact with a portion of the second side (302) of the battery (220). For example, among the sides of the battery (220), some sides (1701, 1702) may not come into contact with the first tape (400). As described above, each of the second part (420), the third part (430), the fourth part (440), and the fifth part (450) can be attached to a portion of the second surface (302) of the battery (220) through the aforementioned adhesive parts (e.g., the first adhesive part, the second adhesive part, the third adhesive part, and the fourth adhesive part of FIG. 4). On the second surface (302), the second part (420), the third part (430), the fourth part (440), and the fifth part (450) can be spaced apart from each other.

[0107] FIG. 18 is a view of the first surface (301) of the battery (220). Referring to FIG. 18, a second tape (700), a third tape (800), and / or a fourth tape (1000) may be attached to a first portion (410) of a first tape (400) that wraps around the first surface (301) of the battery (220). For example, the second tape (700) may be configured to attach the battery (220) to a bracket (e.g., the bracket of FIG. 7) by attaching a portion of the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) to the bracket. The second tape (700) may extend along some of the edges of the battery (220). For example, the second tape (700) may have an approximately inverted 7 shape.

[0108] According to one embodiment, the second tape (700) and the third tape (800) may be spaced apart from each other. As the second tape (700) and the third tape (800) are spaced apart from each other, the second tape (700) and the third tape (800) may not interfere with each other. As described above, the first flexibility of the second tape (700) may be relatively higher than the second flexibility of the third tape (800). For example, the third tape (300) may be attached to the vapor chamber (230).

[0109] According to one embodiment, the fourth tape (1000) may be partially surrounded by the second tape (700). The fourth tape (1000) may be configured to reduce the noise by filling the empty space between the battery (220) and the vapor chamber (e.g., the vapor chamber (230) of FIG. 16). In addition, the shape of the battery (220) may vary.

[0110] The technical problems to be solved in this disclosure are not limited to those mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to which this disclosure pertains.

[0111] An electronic device (101) is disclosed. The electronic device (101) may include a bracket (212). The electronic device (101) may include a battery (220) disposed on the bracket (212). The battery (220) may include a first surface (301) facing the bracket (212), a second surface (302) opposite to the first surface (301), and sides between the first surface (301) and the second surface (302) (e.g., a first side (303), a second side (304), a third side (305), and a fourth side (306)). The electronic device (101) may include a vapor chamber (230) that overlaps at least partially with the battery (220). The electronic device (101) may include a first tape (400) that wraps at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220). The first tape (400) may include a first portion (410) that contacts the first surface (301) of the battery (220). The first portion (410) may correspond to a non-adhesive portion. The first tape (400) may include a second portion (420) that is connected to one edge of the first portion (410) and contacts one side of the battery (220) (e.g., the first side (303)) and the second surface (302) of the battery (220). The second portion (420) may include an adhesive portion (461) that attaches a portion of the second portion (420) on the second surface (302) of the battery (220) to the second surface (302) of the battery (220). The electronic device (101) may include a second tape (700) having a first flexibility, configured to attach the battery (220) to the bracket (212) by attaching a first region of the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) to the bracket (212).The electronic device (101) may be configured to attach the battery (220) to the vapor chamber (230) by attaching at least a portion of the second region of the first part (410) of the first tape (400) that overlaps at least partially with the vapor chamber (230), and may include a third tape (800) having a second flexibility lower than the first flexibility of the second tape (700).

[0112] According to one embodiment, the third tape (800) may include a substrate (910) interposed between adhesive layers (921, 922). For example, the third tape (800) may correspond to a substrate tape.

[0113] According to one embodiment, the second tape (700) may not include a substrate (910). For example, the second tape (700) may correspond to a substrate-free tape that does not include a substrate.

[0114] According to one embodiment, the battery (220) can be separated from the bracket (212) when the adhesive portion (461) is detached from the second surface (302) of the battery (220).

[0115] According to one embodiment, the second portion (420) of the first tape (400) may include a first sub-part (421) that is folded from the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) and contacts the one side (303) of the battery (220). The second portion (420) of the first tape (400) may include a second sub-part (422) that is folded from the first sub-part (421) and contacts the second side (302) of the battery (220). The adhesive portion (461) of the second portion (420) may be configured to attach at least a portion of the second sub-part (422) to the second side (302) of the battery (220).

[0116] According to one embodiment, the first sub-part (421) of the second part (420) may correspond to a non-adhesive part.

[0117] According to one embodiment, the first tape (400) further comprises a third part (430, 440, 450) connected to another edge of the first part (410) and in contact with other sides (304, 305, 306) of the battery (220) and the second side (302) of the battery (220), and the third part (430, 440, 450) may include another adhesive part (462, 463, 464) that attaches a portion of the third part (430, 440, 450) on the second side (302) of the battery (220) to the second side (302) of the battery (220).

[0118] According to one embodiment, the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) may include a third surface (701) in contact with the first surface (301) of the battery (220), and a fourth surface (702) opposite to the third surface (701). The second tape (700) and the third tape (800) may be attached to the fourth surface (702) of the first tape (400).

[0119] According to one embodiment, the third tape (800) may be spaced apart from the first region of the first portion (410) of the first tape (400).

[0120] According to one embodiment, the third tape (800) may be configured to attach the battery (220) to a part of the vapor chamber (230) (e.g., a first part (1110)). The electronic device (101) may further include a fourth tape (1000) interposed between the battery (220) and the other part of the vapor chamber (230) (e.g., a second part (1120)) to attach the battery (220) to another part of the vapor chamber (230). The fourth tape (1000) may fill the empty space between the vapor chamber (230) and the battery (220).

[0121] According to one embodiment, the first thickness of the third tape (800) may be thicker than the second thickness of the fourth tape (1000).

[0122] According to one embodiment, the other part of the vapor chamber (230) may overlap at least partially with the electronic component (1101). For example, the electronic component (1101) may include a fingerprint sensor.

[0123] According to one embodiment, the shape of the second tape (700) may correspond to a U-shaped form.

[0124] According to one embodiment, the third tape (800) may include a tab portion (1010) that is not attached to the first tape (400).

[0125] According to one embodiment, the electronic device (101) may further include a display (1610) defining at least a portion of the front of the electronic device (101). The electronic device (101) may further include a rear plate (1620) defining at least a portion of the rear of the electronic device (101). The first surface (301) of the battery (220) may face the display (1610). The second surface (302) of the battery (220) may face the rear plate (1620). For example, when the rear plate (1620) is removed to replace the battery (220), the second surface (302) of the battery (220) may be exposed. Since the attachment portions of the first tape (400) are attached to the second side (302) of the battery (220), the user can remove the attachment portions attached to the second side (302).

[0126] An electronic device (101) is disclosed. The electronic device (101) may include a bracket (212). The electronic device (101) may include a battery (220) disposed on the bracket (212). The battery (220) may include a first surface (301) facing the bracket (212), a second surface (302) opposite to the first surface (301), and sides between the first surface (301) and the second surface (302). The electronic device (101) may include a vapor chamber (230) that overlaps at least partially with the battery (220). The electronic device (101) may include a first tape (400) that wraps at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery (220). The first tape (400) may include a first portion (410) that contacts the first surface (301) of the battery (220). The first tape (400) may include a second portion (420) that contacts one side (303) of the battery (220) and the second surface (302) of the battery (220). The first tape (400) may include an adhesive portion (461) containing glue to attach a portion of the second portion (420) to the second surface (302) of the battery (220). The electronic device (101) may include a second tape (700) that does not include a substrate (910), configured to attach the battery (220) to the bracket (212) by attaching a first region of the first part (410) of the first tape (400) to the bracket (212). The electronic device (101) may include a third tape (800) that includes a substrate (910), configured to attach the battery (220) to the vapor chamber (230) by attaching at least a portion of the second region of the first part (410) of the first tape (400) that overlaps with the vapor chamber (230) to the vapor chamber (230).

[0127] According to one embodiment, the battery (220) can be separated from the bracket (212) when the adhesive portion (461) is detached from the second surface (302) of the battery (220).

[0128] According to one embodiment, when the third tape (800) is removed from the vapor chamber (230), it can be removed integrally from the substrate (910) by means of the substrate (910).

[0129] According to one embodiment, the second tape (700) may have higher flexibility than the third tape (800) as it does not include the above material.

[0130] According to one embodiment, the third tape (800) may be configured to attach a portion of the second region of the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) that overlaps with the vapor chamber (230) to the vapor chamber (230). The electronic device (101) may further include a fourth tape (1000) interposed between the vapor chamber (230) and another portion of the second region of the first portion (410) of the first tape (400) that overlaps with the vapor chamber (230).

[0131] The effects obtainable from the present disclosure are not limited to those mentioned above, and other unmentioned effects will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure belongs.

[0132] The electronic devices according to the various embodiments disclosed in this document may be of various forms. The electronic devices may include, for example, portable communication devices (e.g., smartphones), computer devices, portable multimedia devices, portable medical devices, cameras, electronic devices, or consumer electronics. The electronic devices according to the embodiments of this document are not limited to the devices described above.

[0133] The various embodiments of this document and the terms used therein are not intended to limit the technical features described in this document to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include various modifications, equivalents, or substitutions of said embodiments. In connection with the description of the drawings, similar reference numerals may be used for similar or related components. The singular form of a noun corresponding to an item may include one or more of said items unless the relevant context clearly indicates otherwise. In this document, phrases such as "A or B," "at least one of A and B," "at least one of A or B," "A, B or C," "at least one of A, B and C," and "at least one of A, B, or C" may each include any one of the items listed together in the corresponding phrase, or all possible combinations thereof. Terms such as "first," "second," or "first" or "second" may be used simply to distinguish said components from other said components and do not limit said components in any other aspect (e.g., importance or order). Where any (e.g., 1st) component is referred to as "coupled" or "connected" to another (e.g., 2nd) component, with or without the terms "functionally" or "communicationly," it means that said any component may be connected to said other component directly (e.g., via a wire), wirelessly, or through a third component.

[0134] The term “module” as used in the various embodiments of this document may include a unit implemented in hardware, software, or firmware, and may be used interchangeably with terms such as logic, logic block, component, or circuit, for example. A module may be a component formed integrally, or a minimum unit of said component or a part thereof that performs one or more functions. For example, according to one embodiment, a module may be implemented in the form of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

[0135] Various embodiments of the present document may be implemented as software (e.g., program (140)) comprising one or more instructions stored in a storage medium (e.g., internal memory (136) or external memory (138)) readable by a machine (e.g., electronic device (101)). For example, a processor (120) of the machine (e.g., electronic device (101)) may call at least one of the one or more instructions stored from the storage medium and execute it. This enables the machine to operate to perform at least one function according to the at least one called instruction. The one or more instructions may include code generated by a compiler or code that can be executed by an interpreter. The storage medium readable by the machine may be provided in the form of a non-transitory storage medium. Here, 'non-temporary' simply means that the storage medium is a tangible device and does not contain a signal (e.g., electromagnetic waves), and the term does not distinguish between cases where data is stored semi-permanently and cases where it is stored temporarily.

[0136] According to one embodiment, the method according to the various embodiments disclosed herein may be provided as included in a computer program product. The computer program product may be traded between a seller and a buyer as a product. The computer program product may be distributed in the form of a device-readable storage medium (e.g., compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM)), or distributed online (e.g., download or upload) through an application store (e.g., Play Store™) or directly between two user devices (e.g., smartphones). In the case of online distribution, at least a portion of the computer program product may be temporarily stored or temporarily created in a device-readable storage medium such as a manufacturer's server, an application store's server, or a relay server's memory (130).

[0137] According to various embodiments, each component (e.g., module or program) of the components described above may include a singular or multiple entities, and some of the multiple entities may be separated and placed in other components. According to various embodiments, one or more of the components or operations of the aforementioned components may be omitted, or one or more other components or operations may be added. Generally or additionally, multiple components (e.g., module or program) may be integrated into a single component. In this case, the integrated component may perform one or more functions of each of the multiple components in the same or similar manner as those performed by the corresponding component among the multiple components prior to integration. According to various embodiments, operations performed by the module, program, or other components may be executed sequentially, in parallel, iteratively, or heuristically, or one or more of the operations may be executed in a different order, omitted, or one or more other operations may be added.

Claims

1. In an electronic device, Bracket; A battery disposed on the bracket, the battery comprises a first surface facing the bracket, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and sides between the first surface and the second surface; A vapor chamber that overlaps at least partially with the above-mentioned battery; A first tape covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the battery, the first tape, A first portion in contact with the first surface of the battery, the first portion corresponds to a non-adhesive portion, and The first part is connected to one edge of the first part and includes a second part that contacts one side of the battery and the second surface of the battery, wherein the second part includes an adhesive portion that attaches a portion of the second part on the second surface of the battery to the second surface of the battery; A second tape having a first flexibility, configured to attach the battery to the bracket by attaching a first region of the first portion of the first tape to the bracket; and A battery configured to be attached to the vapor chamber by attaching at least a portion of a second region of the first portion of the first tape, which overlaps at least partially with the vapor chamber, to the vapor chamber, and comprising a third tape having a second flexibility lower than the first flexibility of the second tape. Electronic device.

2. In Paragraph 1, The above third tape is, A substrate interposed between adhesive layers, comprising Electronic device.

3. In Paragraph 2, The second tape is, Not including the entry Electronic device.

4. In any one of paragraphs 1 through 3, The above battery is, When the above adhesive portion is detached from the second surface of the battery, it is separated from the bracket, Electronic device.

5. In any one of paragraphs 1 through 4, The second portion of the first tape is, A first sub-part that is folded from the first portion of the first tape and contacts the one side of the battery, and It includes a second sub-part that is folded from the first sub-part and contacts the second surface of the battery, and The adhesive portion of the second part above is, Configured to attach at least a portion of the second sub-part to the second surface of the battery, Electronic device.

6. In Paragraph 5, The first sub-part of the second part above is, Corresponding to the non-adhesive part, Electronic device.

7. In any one of paragraphs 1 through 6, The above first tape is, It further includes a third part connected to the other edge of the first part and in contact with the other side of the sides of the battery and the second side of the battery, The above third part is, A different adhesive portion comprising a portion of the third portion on the second surface of the battery, which attaches to the second surface of the battery. Electronic device.

8. In any one of paragraphs 1 through 7, The first portion of the first tape is, A third surface in contact with the first surface of the battery, and It includes a fourth surface opposite to the third surface mentioned above, and The above second tape and the above third tape are, Attached to the fourth side of the first tape, Electronic device.

9. In any one of paragraphs 1 through 8, The above third tape is, spaced apart from the first region of the first portion of the first tape, Electronic device.

10. In any one of paragraphs 1 through 9, The above third tape is, The battery is configured to be attached to a part of the vapor chamber, and The above electronic device is, A fourth tape further comprising interposed between the battery and the other part of the vapor chamber to attach the battery to the other part of the vapor chamber, Electronic device.

11. In Paragraph 10, The first thickness of the third tape above is, Thicker than the second thickness of the above fourth tape, Electronic device.

12. In Paragraph 10 or 11, The other part of the above vapor chamber, at least partially overlapping with electronic components, Electronic device.

13. In any one of paragraphs 1 through 12, The shape of the second tape above is, Corresponding to the U shape, Electronic device.

14. In any one of paragraphs 1 through 13, The above third tape is, including a tab portion not attached to the first tape, Electronic device.

15. In any one of paragraphs 1 through 14, A display defining at least a portion of the front of the electronic device; and It further includes a rear plate defining at least a portion of the rear surface of the electronic device, and The first surface of the above battery is, Facing the above display, The second surface of the above battery is, Facing the above rear plate, Electronic device.

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