Patent ID: 8060131

Claim:
A digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver for a portable computer in which a display is folded onto and unfolded with respect to an upper surface of a main body, the digital broadcasting transmitter-receiver comprising: a case configured to be mounted in a bay of the main body; an antenna configured to receive broadcasting signals, at least a portion of which is positioned within the case, wherein the antenna includes an antenna body, wherein a portion of the antenna is configured to reciprocally extend outside of the case, and wherein the portion of the antenna that extends outside of the case is articulated so as to be pivotable; a main substrate installed in the case and having at least one chip mounted thereon configured to process digital broadcasting signals; an antenna substrate installed in the case and having a filtering chip mounted thereon configured to remove noise from the broadcasting signals received from the antenna; and a flexible cable configured to transmit signals and power between the antenna substrate and the main substrate, wherein the antenna body comprises: a support portion having a press fitting step configured to be press fit into a through hole of a terminal and a catching flange at a distal end of the press fitting step configured to regulate an extent the antenna body protrudes out of the case by engaging a mounting member; a connection portion connected to the support portion through an articulation portion that reciprocally extends outside of the case; and a head portion provided at a distal end of the connection portion and exposed outside of the case, wherein at least the connection portion comprises a plurality of hollow sections that have stepwise increased diameters and are telescopically connected to each other and configured to change a length of the connection portion, wherein the bay is configured to receive an optical disk drive, wherein the antenna is installed to communicate with the antenna substrate, wherein the mounting member including the terminal is mounted on a bottom surface of the case adjacent to the antenna substrate, and wherein the antenna body of the antenna is installed to pass through the terminal.