Display Antenna Layout With Dummy Electrode for Uniform Screen Appearance

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Solution Overview

Problem

The integration of antennas in display devices with high screen-to-body ratios leads to performance compromise due to blocking and visual differences between radiation and non-radiation areas, affecting the display effect.

Innovation Solution

An antenna design incorporating a radiation electrode, a first dummy electrode, and a feed line on a substrate, with the dummy electrode adjacent but not connected to the radiation electrode, creating a defined interval to minimize visual differences and maintain radiation efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the antenna is integrated into the display screen with metal radiation electrodes, then the wireless communication function is provided, but a significant visual difference appears between the radiation area and non-radiation area, affecting the display effect

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewireless communication functionVSAvoiddisplay uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies homogeneity by making the film layer types and materials consistent across both the radiation area and non-radiation area. Specifically, the same transparent conductive oxide layer (e.g., ITO, IZO, or IGZO) is used in both regions, ensuring uniform optical properties and eliminating visual shadows that would otherwise appear at the boundaries between different material regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating the electrode structures in different regions: the radiation area uses a metal radiation electrode for effective electromagnetic wave emission, while the non-radiation area uses a transparent conductive oxide electrode that provides electrical connection without blocking light. This localized differentiation allows each region to have the specific properties needed for its function while maintaining overall visual uniformity through consistent film layer architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If the radiation electrode uses metal materials to form electrodes in the radiation area, then the radiation efficiency is improved, but a visual shadow appears at the boundary between radiation and non-radiation areas

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveradiation efficiencyVSAvoidvisual shadow
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent eliminates visual shadows by ensuring homogeneity in the film layer composition across the entire display area. The same transparent conductive oxide layers are deposited in both the radiation and non-radiation areas, creating uniform optical characteristics that prevent shadow formation at boundaries, while the metal radiation electrode maintains its radiation efficiency through proper material selection and结构设计.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces transparent conductive oxide materials as intermediary elements that serve dual functions: they provide the necessary electrical connection and electrode functionality while simultaneously maintaining optical transparency. This intermediary material allows the metal radiation electrode to perform its radiation function effectively without creating visual shadows, as the transparent conductive oxide layers uniformize the appearance across different functional regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12374806B2Antenna and its fabrication method, and display device
Publication Date: 2025.07.29 SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An antenna and its fabrication method, and a display device are provided. The antenna includes a substrate, a radiation electrode, a first dummy electrode, and a feed line. The radiation electrode, the first dummy electrode, and the feed line are disposed on the substrate. The feed line is coupled and connected to the radiation electrode. The first dummy electrode and the radiation electrode are adjacent but not connected to each other. Along a first direction, an orthographic projection of the radiation electrode to a plane where the substrate is located is a first projection, and an orthographic projection of the first dummy electrode to the plane where the substrate is located is a second projection. There is a first interval between the first projection and the second projection; and the first direction is perpendicular to the plane where the substrate is located.