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    • 专利摘要:
    The invention relates to a flexible printed circuit (10, 200) of longitudinal shape, comprising at least one conductive track (101, 201, 202, 203) extending along the length of the flexible printed circuit, the flexible printed circuit comprising at least one folding zone (105, 205) shaped to allow the passage of said flexible printed circuit from an unfolded state to a folded state in which the conductive track forms at least one antenna loop.
    公开号:FR3037693A1
    申请号:FR1555517
    申请日:2015-06-16
    公开日:2016-12-23
    发明作者:Jerome Andre；Vincent Hernandez
    申请人:Ingenico Group SA；
    IPC主号:
    专利说明:

    [0001] FIELD OF THE INVENTION The invention relates to the field of communication antennas. The invention relates more particularly to the field of antennas of communication antennas for portable devices, such as user terminals or payment terminals. 2. Prior art Today, the user terminals, such as smartphones, tablets and also payment terminals integrate different techniques for receiving and transmitting wireless data: GSM, WIFI, Bluetooth, NFC. These techniques require the implementation of transmitters / receivers and antennas. Transmitters / receivers are often in the form of chips that take place on a printed circuit (also called PCB for printed circuit board). Some transmitter / receiver chips are multistandard. This means that they support multiple data transmission techniques. In order to function properly, a transmitter / receiver chip is connected to an antenna. The antenna is a device for radiating (emitter) or, capturing (receiving), electromagnetic waves. One of the most recently integrated techniques within user terminals is a contactless reading technique. For example, in smartphone user terminals or in payment terminals, a contactless transmission / transmission technology is often used. This is for example a near field communication technique called NFC (English for "near field communication"). Near Field Communication (FPC) is a short-range and high-frequency wireless communication technology. This technology makes it possible to exchange data between two compatible devices at a maximum distance of the order of ten centimeters. This technology is a connection extension of the standard that defines proximity cards using radio frequency identification (RFI D), which combines the interface of a smart card and a reader with within a single device. The implementation of this technique of data transmission within terminals is not without some problems, including integration problems: the space available to achieve this integration is very small. Indeed, the terminals already have many communication functions and many antennas and it is difficult to add such an antenna in a terminal. Other constraints are also present, such as competing wireless communication functions (frequency bands may be close for some of these functions, and the data transmission and reception modules may receive disturbances from other communication modules). For example, a payment terminal incorporates many payment card reader modules: smart cards, track cards and contactless cards. NFC technology and increasingly used to make payments. For the reading of contactless payment card, it is necessary that the payment terminal is equipped with a communication antenna without contact. Given the constraints of integration, compactness and ergonomics, the contactless antenna of the terminal is usually located at the level of the printer housing or around the screen of the payment terminal. Moreover, in the context of a payment terminal, the payment transaction must be carried out within a predetermined period of time. It is therefore necessary that the contactless antenna allows a clear reading (that is to say the least possible) and fast data from a contactless payment card. This is one of the reasons for the realization of the contactless antenna. Thus, in the case of a contactless communication system whose antenna is located around the screen of the payment terminal, when the user wishes to make a payment using his contactless card or his smartphone he approaches this one from the screen. The designers of payment terminals have found that the antenna 25 necessary for contactless payment (contactless antenna), should be placed in front or near the place where the user presents his method of payment. On the other hand, it is important to understand that the mounting of a payment terminal is a complex operation, done for a good part by hand, and that terminal designers must take this into account when designing a new terminal. terminal. The addition of a contactless antenna, which must necessarily be close to the external surface of the terminal (so that the radiation of the antenna is effective), has therefore been achieved in the simplest possible way both in terms of in terms of positioning. To do this, the contactless antenna is made in the form of a flexible printed circuit that goes around the screen. This method of designing the contactless antenna 5 is advantageous from a certain point of view. Indeed, the assembly of this antenna is extremely simple. Simply place the antenna around the screen and connect the hose to a connector previously soldered to the terminal board (FPC connector). This method of designing the contactless antenna, however, poses an economic problem. In fact, the flexible printed circuits are billed during their manufacture as a function of the total area occupied by the flexible printed circuit. In other words, as the non-contact antenna travels around the screen, a substantial part of the surface of this flexible printed circuit is billed (the center, which is empty) even though it is not used. It can easily be understood that when the size of a screen is, for example, 12 cm 2, the fact of having to pay a flexible printed circuit for 12 cm 2 whereas only a small part of this surface is actually used in the manufacture of the terminal. a problem sensitive to the manufacturing cost of the terminal. Furthermore, this positioning of the flexible printed circuit around the screen also poses a problem in terms of interference. Indeed, in the field of the payment terminal, the touch screens that are used have the distinction of incorporating a metal casing whose purpose is to allow the screen to resist electrostatic discharges. However, this metal envelope produces significant interference at the antenna when it is used.
    [0002] Recently, it has been proposed to position the contactless communication antenna around the periphery of the paper roll housing of the printer. This solution is interesting because it significantly reduces the interference received from the screen, in particular. In this case, the antenna consists of a winding of copper wire in a chute arranged for this purpose on an internal plastic part of the payment terminal. The method of mounting the antenna is to wind the copper wire around the plastic part. This solution is also problematic because it requires an important place for the antenna. Indeed, to obtain suitable performance of the antenna, suitable for payment, it is necessary to make at least two loops with a copper wire. These loops cause an overlap of the copper wires and therefore cause the need to provide, on the inner plastic part, sufficient space for this overlap. Since the constraints of compactness are very strong, this solution is particularly unsuitable for payment terminals. It is therefore necessary to have a solution for the manufacture and assembly of an antenna that can solve these problems of the prior art. SUMMARY The present disclosure solves at least some of the problems posed by contactless communication antennas of the prior art. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a flexible printed circuit of longitudinal shape, comprising at least one conductive track extending along the length of the flexible printed circuit, the flexible printed circuit comprising at least one folding zone shaped to allow the passage said flexible printed circuit from an unfolded state to a folded state in which the conductive track forms at least one antenna loop. Thus, it is possible to have a simple and economical antenna to achieve, while allowing to arrange it in a three-dimensional space rather than flat as may be the case traditionally.
    [0003] According to one particular characteristic, such a flexible printed circuit comprises: at least two conductive tracks extending over the length of the flexible printed circuit, said at least two conductive tracks being substantially parallel to each other; at least one overlap zone of a first end of the printed circuit 25 on a second end of said printed circuit. It is thus possible to attach the antenna in a three-dimensional space. According to a particular characteristic, the overlap zone comprises means for connecting said at least two conductive tracks together in order to form a predefined number of antenna loops.
    [0004] It is thus possible to ensure that the printed circuit tracks, once covered over each other, are used to materialize the turns of a multispire antenna. According to a particular embodiment, the flexible printed circuit comprises a connection extension of said flexible printed circuit on a suitable connector. Thus, fixing the antenna on a printed circuit is simple since it is sufficient to connect the connection extension. No welding operation is necessary.
    [0005] According to a particular embodiment, the flexible printed circuit comprises at least one fixing orifice of said flexible printed circuit on at least one antenna support. It is thus possible to fix the antenna on a case or on a support in a simple manner, which greatly facilitates the mounting of the antenna.
    [0006] According to another aspect, the proposed technique also relates to a device comprising wireless communication means implementing a transmitter transmitter and an antenna. Such a device comprises a flexible printed circuit as previously described. According to a particular characteristic, such a device comprises at least one supporting piece which antenna is positioned in. FIGS. Other features and advantages will appear more clearly on reading the following description of a particular embodiment of the disclosure. , given as a simple illustrative and nonlimiting example, and the accompanying drawings, among which: - Figures 1a and 1b illustrate a flex in the unfolded position and in the folded position to provide a receiving antenna / data transmission according to the present technical; Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment in the unfolded position; Figure 3 illustrates more precisely an embodiment of Figure 2 in the unfolded position; Figure 4 illustrates the embodiment of Figure 2 in the folded position; Figures 5 and 6 illustrate more precisely the embodiment of Figure 3 in the folded position. 5. Description As previously explained, the proposed solution consists in producing a flexible printed circuit antenna. To reduce manufacturing costs compared with previous antennas, also made of flexible printed circuit, a first feature of the proposed technique is to define a flexible printed circuit in length in an unfolded position of the antenna. Thus, rather than having to hollow out a flex (and therefore to pay for the central portion, hollowed out), the antenna flex is drawn in length and then folded beforehand or concomitantly with the mounting of the antenna. Figure la illustrates a basic version of the antenna according to the present technique. Such an antenna is in the form of a flexible printed circuit 10 of rectangular shape. The width of the printed circuit is adapted to the number of track of the circuit and therefore to the number of copper turns of the antenna. In the example of Figure 1a, the flexible printed circuit 10 comprises a single copper track 101 and a connection extension 160 for connecting the antenna to a connector provided for this purpose on a motherboard of the terminal. Figure lb shows the antenna of Figure la in its folded form. As can be seen in this example of FIG. 1b, folding is antagonistic. This means that to obtain a one-turn antenna which is located on the periphery of a screen, for example, the printed circuit is bent for example at forty-five degrees, four times, (according to the dashed lines 105 in FIG. la, which define the folding zones) alternately on the right then on the left, so that, during folding, the copper strip is not in contact with itself. The folding according to the present technique can be a flat folding, as previously stated or an intermediate folding, which can then be considered as a deformation more than a real folding. An antenna is thus obtained, the characteristics of which are the same as with a "hollowed out" flexible printed circuit, but with a much lower cost of realization, precisely because it is not necessary to pay for the hollow part of the hose. Furthermore, the waste associated with the manufacture of the antenna is also largely deducted. Thus, this simple example makes it possible to solve the problems related to the manufacture of an antenna which must be positioned on the periphery of a screen. In this example, the flexible printed circuit comprises two superimposed ends 110, 120. These zones are connected together during the binding, to allow the creation of the loops (or loops when there are several tracks). One of these superimposing ends may include fastening means (123), such as weld holes, to allow the antenna to be held in the folded position. Conductive glue dots may also be used.
    [0007] Naturally, other more complex embodiments can be envisaged, such as those described below. However, the general principle consists in having a flexible printed circuit of longitudinal shape, comprising at least one copper track (the number of copper tracks represents the number of 5 turns of the antenna), the flexible printed circuit comprising at least one folding zone shaped to allow the passage of the flexible printed circuit from an unfolded state to a folded state in which the copper track forms at least one antenna loop. Folding the flexible printed circuit can be done either by hand or with the help of a suitable folder. The definition of the plane of the flexible printed circuit (i.e., the unfolded form of the flexible printed circuit) takes into account, where appropriate, the folding zone or the crease loss. It is understood, as previously stated, that the folding is not necessarily a flat folding, but can also be a qualified partial folding or deformation. Figure 2 illustrates an unfolded flex according to one embodiment of the invention. The flex 10 is drawn in length in an unfolded position and comprises two superimposed ends 210, 220, a central zone 250 and two lateral zones 230, 240. The two superposition zones 210, 120 and the central zone each comprise two orifices of 111, 112, 221, 222, 151, 152. One of the two superposition zones 210, 220 includes holes 223 for the soldering of the two superposition zones 210, 220. A connection extension 260, for connecting the antenna to a connector provided for this purpose on a motherboard, is disposed on one of the two lateral zones 130, 140. Figure 3 illustrates a flex according to a specific embodiment of the invention. The flexible printed circuit board 200 comprises three copper tracks 201, 202, 203. Holes 221, 222, 223 are disposed on the copper tracks in the stacking end 220. The holes 221 and 222 are intended to attach the antenna on the receiving part, in spaces provided for this purpose. The holes 223 are intended to allow welding of the two superposing zones 210 and 220. The connection extension 260 comprises two welding points 261, 262 that can be welded or plugged into a connector on the motherboard of the payment terminal.
    [0008] Unlike the solution of the prior art, the flex in length makes it possible to deduce the material cost. Indeed, in the solution of the prior art, the flex is drawn in the form of a loop. The center of the loop is then dug in order to realize the antenna. This excavated part always pays for the manufacturer. Thus, the flex in length in an unfolded position according to the invention makes it possible to avoid paying for the empty part of the solution of the prior art. Figure 4 illustrates a flex 200 in the folded position, which forms a contactless communication antenna in a payment terminal according to one embodiment of the invention. The flex in the folded position (antenna) is achieved by an operation of folding or deformation of the flex in unfolded position 100 illustrated in FIG. 1. This folding operation is carried out on several folding zones 271, 272, 273, 274, 275 The flex in the folded position comprises two superimposed ends 210, 220, a central zone 250 and two lateral zones 230, 240. The two superimposed zones 210, 220 and the central zone each comprise two fixing orifices 211, 212, 221, 222, 251, 252 for fixing the antenna on the support part in the payment terminal. In this folded position, the two fixing orifices 211, 212 on one end of superimposition 210 coincide respectively with the two fixing orifices 221, 222 on the other superimposing end 220. One of the two superposing ends 210, 220 comprises holes (not shown) for the welding of the two superposition zones 210, 220. FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 illustrate the closure of the flex loop during the mounting of the antenna on a support piece, which is in this mode embodiment of a housing 500 of 20 roll of paper. The two superimposed ends 210, 220 are superimposed and are fixed by welding. The welding is performed by positioning the holes 223 on the three copper tracks 201, 202, 203 in the overlapping end 220 which folds over and the beaches on the other overlapping end 210 which is located below. The ends of the copper tracks 201, 203 and 203 in the superimposed end 220 are respectively welded to the other ends of the tracks 203, 201 and 202 on the superimposed end 210, through holes 223. Such a weld allows both to close the flex loop 200, and also to connect the three copper tracks 201, 203, 203 to define the number of loops of the antenna (in this case three in this embodiment). Indeed, the superposition of the two ends is defined so that the track 201 is welded with the track 202, which is itself welded with the track 203: thus, at the end of the welding operation, a single conductive track, forming three turns around the support part (the housing 500). The fixing orifices 221, 222 on the superimposing end 220 are respectively superimposed on the fixing orifices 211, 212 on the superposing end 210, and form two superimposed fixing orifices. The shape of the folded flex 200 adapts to the external shape of the housing 500. During assembly, two fastening means 501, 502 (pads, clips) arranged on the housing 500 pass through the two superposed fixing holes. On the other side of the housing as illustrated in Figure 6, two fastening means 503, 504 through the two fixing holes 251, 252 disposed on the central zone 250 of the flex. The diameter of the fastening means 501, 502, 503, 504 (studs, clips) is greater than or equal to that of the fastening holes 211, 212, 221, 222, 251, 252, and allows the fixing means to maintain the flex while maintaining the ease of mounting the flex. When mounting the payment terminal, the two welding points 261, 262 are soldered to the motherboard of the payment terminal. The antenna thus becomes operational for receiving and transmitting signals. According to another embodiment, the two superposing ends 210, 220 are superimposed and folded in an area on a PCB and fixed thereto with a connector through fixing holes 211, 212, 221, 222. The however, two superimposed ends 210, 220 may be positioned without being superimposed in an area on the PCB and secured thereon with two connectors through attachment holes 211, 212, 221, 222.
    [0009] According to another embodiment, the flex in the folded position comprises two ends which are superimposed on a foldback zone. Closing the loop is achieved by stapling or crimping the two superposed ends.
    权利要求:
    Claims (7)
    [0001]
    REVENDICATIONS1. Flexible printed circuit board (10, 200) of longitudinal shape, comprising at least one conductive track (101, 201, 202, 203) extending along the length of the flexible printed circuit, the flexible printed circuit comprising at least one folding zone ( 105, 205) shaped to allow passage of said flexible printed circuit from an unfolded state to a folded state in which the conductive track forms at least one antenna loop.
    [0002]
    A flexible printed circuit (10, 200) according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises: at least two conductive tracks (201, 202, 203) extending along the length of the flexible printed circuit, said at least two conductive tracks (201, 202, 203) being substantially parallel to each other; at least one overlap region (110, 120, 210, 220) of a first end of the printed circuit on a second end of said printed circuit.
    [0003]
    Flexible printed circuit board (10, 200) according to claim 2, characterized in that the overlap zone comprises means (223) for connecting said at least two conductive tracks together to form a predefined number of loops. antenna.
    [0004]
    4. Flexible printed circuit according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a connection extension (160, 260) of said flexible printed circuit on a suitable connector.
    [0005]
    5. Flexible printed circuit according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises at least one fixing hole (211, 212, 221, 222, 251, 252) of said flexible printed circuit on at least one antenna support.
    [0006]
    6. Device comprising wireless communication means implementing a transmitter transmitter and an antenna, characterized in that said antenna comprises a flexible printed circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 5.
    [0007]
    7. Device according to claim 6, characterized in that it comprises at least one support part (500) on which said antenna is positioned.
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