Patent ID: 7336795

Claim:
A card-type sound apparatus comprising: a sound signal input portion to which a sound signal is input from outside and a sound generation portion that generates sound according to the sound signal input to the sound signal input portion, wherein the sound signal input portion and the sound generation portion are provided on a card-shaped substrate, the card-shaped substrate generating the sound as a result of the card-shaped substrate itself vibrating, the card-shaped substrate comprising a display portion, wherein the sound generation portion comprises a vibrator portion and an exciter portion that makes the vibrator portion vibrate according to the sound signal input to the sound signal input portion, and the card-shaped substrate serves as the vibrator; wherein the exciter portion is provided in a frame portion of the card-shaped substrate in which no display is performed; and a display-related circuit block which comprises an image signal input portion to which an image signal is input from outside and a display driver portion that drives the display portion according to the image signal input to the image signal input portion, wherein part or a whole of the display-related circuit block is formed directly on a thin-film substrate on which circuit elements of the display portion are formed.