Abstract:
A terminal and a method for making a touchscreen of the terminal, relate to the field of communications technologies and are invented for improving flexibility for receiving an frequency modulation (FM) broadcast. A terminal includes: a touchscreen; where the touchscreen includes a basal layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a touch layer, an antenna layer, and a separation layer, where the antenna layer is configured to dispose a FM antenna; the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed between the basal layer and the first conductive layer or disposed between the second conductive layer and the touch layer, and the antenna layer is separated from the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer by using the separation layer. The embodiments of the present invention are mainly used in a terminal.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2011/076783, filed on Jul. 1, 2011, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     
    
     STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
       [0002]    Not applicable. 
       REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX 
       [0003]    Not applicable. 
         [0004]    1. Technical Field 
         [0005]    The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a terminal and a method for making a touchscreen of the terminal. 
         [0006]    2. Background 
         [0007]    Currently, with the development of communications technologies, most mobile terminals are disposed with an frequency modulation (FM) antenna. Generally, in order to well receive an FM broadcast on a frequency band from tens of megahertz to hundreds of megahertz, the FM antenna needs to be designed with a relatively large size. Therefore, a mobile terminal with an FM function usually takes earphones as the FM antenna. 
         [0008]    However, when a user uses the mobile terminal to receive an FM broadcast, the user must carry the earphones. In addition, in order to ensure that the mobile terminal provides a good reception effect, the earphones need to be unfolded or stretched, which leads to bad flexibility for the terminal to receive the FM broadcast by using the FM antenna. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0009]    Embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal and a method for making a touchscreen of the terminal, so as to improve flexibility for a terminal to receive an FM broadcast by using a FM antenna. 
         [0010]    The embodiments of the present invention adopt the following technical solutions: 
         [0011]    A terminal includes: a touchscreen; where the touchscreen includes: a basal layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a touch layer; and the touchscreen further includes: an antenna layer and a separation layer, where the antenna layer is configured to dispose a FM antenna; the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed between the basal layer and the first conductive layer or between the second conductive layer and the touch layer; and the antenna layer and the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer are separated by using the separation layer. 
         [0012]    Another terminal includes: a touchscreen; where the touchscreen includes: a basal layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a touch layer; and the touchscreen further includes: an antenna layer and a separation layer, where the antenna layer is configured to dispose a FM antenna; the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer is divided into a first area, a second area, and a third area; the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed in the first area and the second area of the first conductive layer respectively, or the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed in the first area and the second area of the second conductive layer respectively; and the separation layer in the second area separates the antenna layer in the first area from the third area. 
         [0013]    A method for making a touchscreen of a terminal includes: forming a basal layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a touch layer; forming an antenna layer and a separation layer, where the antenna layer is configured to dispose a FM antenna; and disposing the antenna layer and the separation layer between the basal layer and the first conductive layer or between the second conductive layer and the touch layer, and separating the antenna layer from the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer by using the separation layer. 
         [0014]    Another method for making a touchscreen of a terminal includes: forming a basal layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, a touch layer, an antenna layer, and a separation layer; where the antenna layer is configured to dispose a FM antenna; and dividing the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer into a first area, a second area, and a third area, disposing the antenna layer and the separation layer in the first area and the second area of the first conductive layer respectively, or disposing the antenna layer and the separation layer in the first area and the second area of the second conductive layer respectively, and separating, by the separation layer in the second area, the antenna layer in the first area from the third area. 
         [0015]    In the terminal and the method for making a touchscreen of the terminal provided by the embodiments of the present invention, a FM antenna is directly disposed on a touchscreen of a terminal, so that when using the FM antenna to receive an FM broadcast, a user does not need to carry earphones and is not limited by an environmental factor such as time and place, thereby improving flexibility for the terminal to receive an FM broadcast by using the FM antenna. Therefore, by adopting the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, flexibility for a terminal to receive an FM broadcast by using a FM antenna is improved. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         [0016]    To illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments are briefly introduced in the following. The accompanying drawings in the following description merely show some embodiments of the present invention, and persons of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings according to these accompanying drawings without creative efforts. 
           [0017]      FIG. 1  is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal touchscreen according to a first embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0018]      FIG. 2  is another schematic structural diagram of a terminal touchscreen according to the first embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0019]      FIG. 3  is schematic structural diagram of an antenna layer of a terminal touchscreen according to the first embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0020]      FIG. 4  is another schematic structural diagram of a terminal touchscreen according to the first embodiment of the present invention; and 
           [0021]      FIG. 5  is a schematic structural diagram of a first conductive layer of a terminal touchscreen according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
       [0022]    The following clearly describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. The embodiments to be described are merely a part rather than all of the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. 
         [0023]    To improve user experience of using a terminal, a first embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including: a touchscreen. The touchscreen includes a basal layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a touch layer; and the touchscreen further includes an antenna layer and a separation layer, where the antenna layer is configured to dispose a FM antenna. The antenna layer may be made of a material same as that for making a flexible printed circuit (FPC), or may be a metal wire. It should be noted that, when a thickness of the antenna layer is designed, it is necessary to take account of a feature of the touchscreen disposed with the antenna layer. Generally, the antenna layer may be better off by not being designed too thickly. 
         [0024]    The antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed between the basal layer and the first conductive layer; or the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed between the second conductive layer and the touch layer; and the antenna layer is separated from the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer by using the separation layer. 
         [0025]    Or, the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer is divided into a first area, a second area, and a third area, where the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed in the first area and the second area of the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer respectively, and the separation layer in the second area separates the antenna layer in the first area from the third area. 
         [0026]    In this embodiment, the terminal may be a phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a tablet, and so on. 
         [0027]    It may be seen from the foregoing description that, a FM antenna is directly disposed on a touchscreen of a terminal, so that when using the FM antenna to receive an FM broadcast, a user does not need to carry earphones and is not limited by an environmental factor such as time and place, thereby improving flexibility for the terminal to receive an FM broadcast by using the FM antenna, and further enhancing user experience of using the terminal. Therefore, by adopting the terminal in the embodiment of the present invention, flexibility for a terminal to receive an FM broadcast by using a FM antenna is improved. 
         [0028]    Specifically, according to a difference in positions where the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed, the touchscreen of the terminal may include the following several different structures. 
         [0029]    Manner 1: As shown in  FIG. 1 , a touchscreen of a terminal  100  includes: a basal layer  11 , a first conductive layer  12 , a second conductive layer  13 , a touch layer  14 , an antenna layer  15 , and a separation layer  16 . The antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  are disposed between the basal layer  11  and the first conductive layer  12 . In this case, the basal layer  11 , the first conductive layer  12 , the second conductive layer  13 , the touch layer  14 , the antenna layer  15 , and the separation layer  16  are disposed according to a sequence as follows: the basal layer  11 , the antenna layer  15 , the separation layer  16 , the first conductive layer  12 , the second conductive layer  13 , and the touch layer  14 . 
         [0030]    Manner 2: As shown in  FIG. 2 , a touchscreen of a terminal  200  includes: a basal layer  11 , a first conductive layer  12 , a second conductive layer  13 , a touch layer  14 , an antenna layer  15 , and a separation layer  16 . The antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  are disposed between the second conductive layer  13  and the touch layer  14 . In this case, the basal layer  11 , the first conductive layer  12 , the second conductive layer  13 , the touch layer  14 , the antenna layer  15 , and the separation layer  16  are disposed according to a sequence as follows: the basal layer  11 , the first conductive layer  12 , the second conductive layer  13 , the separation layer  16 , the antenna layer  15 , and the touch layer  14 . 
         [0031]    Specifically, as shown in  FIG. 3 , in the manner 1 or the manner 2, the antenna layer  15  may include a visible area  31  and an invisible area  32 . The visible area  31  may be made of glass or plastic with high light transmittance, so that light may transmit through the touchscreen. The invisible area  32  is configured to dispose the FM antenna. Specifically, a groove may be provided in the invisible area  32 , and the FM antenna may be disposed in the groove, so that the antenna layer has a smooth surface to closely attach to other layers. 
         [0032]    Manner 3: The antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  may be disposed in the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer. 
         [0033]    That the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed in the first conductive layer is taken as an example. As shown in  FIG. 4 , a touchscreen of a terminal  400  includes: a basal layer  11 , a first conductive layer  12 , a second conductive layer  13 , a touch layer  14 , an antenna layer  15 , and a separation layer  16 . The antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  are disposed in the first conductive layer  12 . 
         [0034]    Specifically, as shown in  FIG. 5 , the first conductive layer  12  is divided into a first area  41 , a second area  42 , and a third area  43 . The antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  are disposed in the first area  41  and the second area  42  of the first conductive layer  12  respectively, and the separation layer  16  in the second area  42  separates the antenna layer  15  in the first area  41  from the third area  43 . The first area  41 , the second area  42 , and the third area  43  do not specifically refer to a certain area of the first conductive layer  12 . It is only required that an area where a separation layer  16  is disposed can separate an area where an antenna layer  15  is disposed from a remaining area of the first conductive layer  12 . 
         [0035]    In the manner 3, the first conductive layer  12  is still taken as an example for description. Referring to  FIG. 5 , the third area  43  may be set to a visible area  31 , and the first area  41  and the second area  42  are set to an invisible area  32 . Similarly, a groove may be provided in the third area  43  of the invisible area  32  of the first conductive layer  12 , and the FM antenna may be disposed in the groove, so that the first conductive layer  12  has a smooth surface to closely attach to other layers. 
         [0036]    In addition, in the manner  3 , when the antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  are disposed in the first conductive layer  12  or the second conductive layer  13 , the touchscreen is thinner, but an area for sensing a touch operation of a user becomes smaller. For example, in  FIG. 5 , an area of the third area  43  is smaller than that of the first conductive layer  12 . 
         [0037]    A second embodiment of the present invention provides a method for making a touchscreen of a terminal, where the method includes: successively forming a basal layer  11 , a first conductive layer  12 , a second conductive layer  13 , and a touch layer  14 ; forming an antenna layer  15  and a separation layer  16 , where the antenna layer  15  is configured to dispose a FM antenna; and disposing the antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  between the basal layer  11  and the first conductive layer  12  or between the second conductive layer  13  and the touch layer  14 , and separating the antenna layer  15  from the first conductive layer  12  or the second conductive layer  13  by using the separation layer  16 ; or, dividing the first conductive layer  12  or the second conductive layer  13  into a first area  41 , a second area  42 , and a third area  43 , and disposing the antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  in the first area  41  and the second area  42  of the first conductive layer  12  or the second conductive layer  13 , respectively, and separating, by the separation layer  16  in the second area  42 , the antenna layer  15  in the first area  41  from the third area  43 . 
         [0038]    In this embodiment, the antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  may be attached between the basal layer  11  and the first conductive layer  12 , and the separation layer  16  is configured to separate the antenna layer  15  from the first conductive layer  12 . In this case, referring to  FIG. 1 , the basal layer  11 , the first conductive layer  12 , the second conductive layer  13 , the touch layer  14 , the antenna layer  15 , and the separation layer  16  are disposed according to a sequence as follows: the basal layer, the antenna layer, the separation layer, the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the touch layer. 
         [0039]    Or, the antenna layer  15  and the separation layer  16  may be attached between the second conductive layer  13  and the touch layer  14 , and the separation layer  16  is configured to separate the second conductive layer  13  from the antenna layer  15 . In this case, referring to  FIG. 2 , the basal layer  11 , the first conductive layer  12 , the second conductive layer  13 , the touch layer  14 , the antenna layer  15 , and the separation layer  16  are disposed according to a sequence as follows: the basal layer, the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, the separation layer, the antenna layer, and the touch layer. 
         [0040]    Referring to  FIG. 3 , when the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed between the basal layer and the first conductive layer, or disposed between the second conductive layer and the touch layer, the antenna layer  15  may be divided into a visible area  31  and an invisible area  32 . The visible area  31  may be made of glass or plastic with high light transmittance, so that light may transmit through the touchscreen. The invisible area  32  is configured to dispose the FM antenna. Specifically, a groove may be provided in the invisible area  32 , and the FM antenna may be disposed in the groove, so that the antenna layer has a smooth surface to closely attach to other layers. 
         [0041]    Or, the antenna layer and the separation layer may be disposed in the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer. For example, referring to  FIG. 5 , the first conductive layer is divided into a first area, a second area, and a third area. The antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed in the first area and the second area of the first conductive layer respectively, and the separation layer in the second area separates the antenna layer in the first area form the third area. 
         [0042]    When the antenna layer and the separation layer are disposed in the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer, the first conductive layer  12  is still taken as an example for description. Referring to  FIG. 5 , an area where the third area  43  is located may be taken as a visible area, and an area where the first area  41  and the second area  42  are located may be taken as an invisible area. Similarly, a groove may be provided in the third area  43  of the invisible area of the first conductive layer  12 , and the FM antenna may be disposed in the groove, so that the first conductive layer  12  has a smooth surface to closely attach to other layers. 
         [0043]    It may be seen from the foregoing description that, a FM antenna is directly disposed on a touchscreen of a terminal, so that when using the FM antenna to receive an FM broadcast, a user does not need to carry earphones and is not limited by an environmental factor such as time and place, thereby improving flexibility for the terminal to receive an FM broadcast by using the FM antenna, and further enhancing user experience of using the terminal. Therefore, by adopting the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, flexibility for a terminal to receive an FM broadcast by using a FM antenna is improved. 
         [0044]    To sum up, by adopting the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, flexibility for a terminal to receive an FM broadcast by using a FM antenna is improved. 
         [0045]    The foregoing description is merely specific implementation manners of the present invention, but is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by persons skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.