阅读说明：本技术 指纹识别组件、键盘及电子装置 (Fingerprint identification assembly, keyboard and electronic device ) 是由 王波 代启龙 赵刚 金火星 查道园 武岳 于 2021-08-20 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种指纹识别组件、键盘及电子装置。指纹识别组件包括指纹识别模块和支撑件,支撑件包括支撑板体、第一安装板体和第二安装板体,支撑板体具有第一边和第二边,第一安装板体从第一边弯折并朝远离支撑板的方向延伸,第二安装板体从第二边弯折并朝远离支撑板的方向延伸,第一安装板体、第二安装板体及支撑板体三者之间围合形成用于设置指纹识别模块的安装槽,第一安装板体和第二安装板体其中之一上具有连接孔,其中另一上具有开口或凸出部。本发明指纹识别组件在应用至键盘及电子装置上时,能够不受组装地方限制,生产方式灵活,减少库存和资源占用。(The invention provides a fingerprint identification assembly, a keyboard and an electronic device. The fingerprint identification subassembly includes fingerprint identification module and support piece, support piece includes the backup pad body, first installation plate body and second installation plate body, the backup pad body has first limit and second limit, first installation plate body is buckled and is extended towards the direction of keeping away from the backup pad from first limit, the second installation plate body is buckled and is extended towards the direction of keeping away from the backup pad from the second limit, first installation plate body, enclose between second installation plate body and the backup pad body three and close the mounting groove that forms and be used for setting up the fingerprint identification module, first installation plate body and second installation plate body have the connecting hole on one of them, wherein have opening or bulge on another. When the fingerprint identification assembly is applied to a keyboard and an electronic device, the assembly place is not limited, the production mode is flexible, and the inventory and the resource occupation are reduced.)

1. A fingerprint identification assembly comprising a fingerprint identification module (131), characterized by a support member (132), said support member (132) comprising a support plate (1321), a first mounting plate (1322) and a second mounting plate (1323);

said support plate (1321) having a first edge (13211) and a second edge (13212);

the first mounting plate (1322) is bent from the first edge (13211) and extends in a direction away from the support plate (1321);

the second mounting panel (1323) is bent from the second edge (13212) and extends in a direction away from the support panel (1321);

wherein, a mounting groove (1324) for arranging the fingerprint identification module (131) is formed by enclosing the first mounting plate body (1322), the second mounting plate body (1323) and the supporting plate body (1321), one of the first mounting plate body (1322) and the second mounting plate body (1323) is provided with a connecting hole (13221), and the other one is provided with an opening (13231) or a protruding part.

2. The fingerprint identification assembly of claim 1, wherein a flexible circuit board assembly (133) is connected to the fingerprint identification module (131), the flexible circuit board assembly (133) having an outlet end (13301), the outlet end (13301) having a board-to-board connector (1337) disposed thereon.

3. The fingerprint recognition assembly of claim 2, wherein the flexible circuit board assembly (133) comprises a first flexible circuit board (1331), a second flexible circuit board (1332), a third flexible circuit board (1333), a fourth flexible circuit board (1334) and a fifth flexible circuit board (1335), the fourth flexible circuit board (1334) is connected between the second flexible circuit board (1332) and the first flexible circuit board (1331), the fifth flexible circuit board (1335) is connected between the third flexible circuit board (1333) and the first flexible circuit board (1331), and the flexible circuit board assembly (133) is integrally formed in an E shape.

4. The fingerprint recognition assembly of claim 3, wherein the third flexible circuit board (1333) is connected to the fingerprint recognition module (131) at an end thereof remote from the fifth flexible circuit board (1335) by a ZIF connector (1338).

5. The fingerprint recognition assembly of claim 3, wherein the flexible circuit board assembly (133) further comprises a sixth flexible circuit board (1336) connected to the fourth flexible circuit board (1334), the board-to-board connector (1337) being disposed on an end of the sixth flexible circuit board (1336) distal from the fourth flexible circuit board (1334).

6. The fingerprint identification assembly of any one of claims 1-5, wherein the first edge (13211) and the second edge (13212) are two adjacent edges of the support plate body (1321).

7. Fingerprint identification assembly according to claim 6, wherein the support plate body (1321) further has a third edge (13213) opposite to the first edge (13211) or the second edge (13212), the third edge (13213) having a third mounting plate body (1325) attached thereto, the third mounting plate body (1325) being bent from the third edge (13213) and extending in a direction away from the support plate body (1321).

8. A keyboard, comprising a keyboard body (110) and a fingerprint identification component, wherein the keyboard body (110) has a key function area (111) for setting keys (1111), the keyboard body (110) further has a blank area (112), the blank area (112) is provided with a mounting hole (113) capable of setting the fingerprint identification component (130), the fingerprint identification component (130) is the fingerprint identification component (130) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, the keyboard body (110) has a first connecting portion (114) and a second connecting portion (115) at the position of the mounting hole (113), the first connecting portion (114) is connected with the first mounting plate (1322), and the second connecting portion (115) is connected with the second mounting plate (1323).

9. The keyboard of claim 8, wherein the first connecting portion (114) has a docking hole (1141) for docking with the connecting hole (13221), and the second connecting portion (115) has a catching protrusion (1151) for catching the opening (13231); or, the first connecting part (114) is provided with a clamping convex part (1151) clamped with the opening (13231), and the second connecting part (115) is provided with a butt joint hole (1141) butted with the connecting hole (13221).

10. An electronic device comprising a keyboard, characterized in that the keyboard is a keyboard (100) according to claim 8 or 9.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of electronic equipment, in particular to a fingerprint identification assembly, a keyboard and an electronic device.

Background

A keyboard is a command and data entry device used to operate equipment and also refers to a set of function keys arranged to operate a machine or equipment through the system. The keyboard is the most common and main input device, and english letters, numbers, punctuations and the like can be input into the computer through the keyboard, so as to send commands, input data and the like to the computer.

Most of existing notebook computers are provided with a fingerprint identification module and a keyboard with backlight, the keyboard and the fingerprint identification module are independent parts and are independently assembled, and in order to integrate the fingerprint identification module into the keyboard, the fingerprint identification module is mostly assembled in a groove of a key cap of the keyboard. In addition, the output PINs of the keyboard with the backlight are two PINs, one is a function PIN of mean, and the other is a function PIN of the backlight, when the whole machine is assembled, the two PINs are required to be assembled on a connector of the PCBA of the notebook computer respectively, and the assembly efficiency is influenced by two times of assembly; furthermore, the fingerprint identification module is separately assembled on the C-cover (i.e. the panel where the keyboard is located) of the notebook computer, and a single PIN is extracted and then assembled on the connection of the PCBA of the notebook computer.

The above structure causes the notebook computer to have the following problems:

1. the fingerprint identification module can only be shipped to a notebook computer assembly factory after being assembled in a keyboard factory, the assembly place is limited, the production mode is not flexible enough, and the inventory and resources are occupied.

2. The keyboard and the fingerprint identification module are independent parts and are independently assembled, so that the storage and resources are occupied, the keyboard and the fingerprint identification module are respectively assembled at different stations, two persons are required to respectively assemble the keyboard and the fingerprint identification module, and the labor cost is high;

3. the PIN output of the keyboard and the PIN output of the fingerprint identification module are assembled on the notebook computer for three times, so that the labor cost is high;

4. because of going out PIN many, wire rod PIN mouth is soft, can't realize automatic equipment.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a fingerprint identification component, so that when the fingerprint identification component is applied to a notebook computer, the fingerprint identification component is not limited by an assembly place, the production mode is flexible, and the inventory and the resource occupation are reduced.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention first provides a fingerprint identification assembly, which includes a fingerprint identification module and a supporting member, wherein the supporting member includes a supporting plate body, a first mounting plate body and a second mounting plate body; the support plate body has a first edge and a second edge; the first mounting plate body is bent from the first edge and extends in a direction away from the supporting plate body; the second mounting plate body is bent from the second edge and extends in a direction away from the supporting plate body; the first installation plate body, the second installation plate body and the supporting plate body are enclosed to form an installation groove for arranging the fingerprint identification module, one of the first installation plate body and the second installation plate body is provided with a connecting hole, and the other one of the first installation plate body and the second installation plate body is provided with an opening or a protruding part.

Foretell fingerprint identification subassembly, through the setting including the backup pad body, the support piece of first installation plate body and second installation plate body, can enclose the mounting groove that closes formation installation fingerprint identification module, and when using to the keyboard, through the connecting hole, opening or bulge can connect the trompil department on the keyboard body, thereby when using to notebook computer, the fingerprint identification subassembly can shipment to the equipment of keyboard factory equipment shipment to the equipment of notebook computer complete machine factory again, also can directly shipment to the equipment of notebook computer complete machine factory, thereby do not receive the equipment local restriction, the production mode is nimble, reduce stock and resource and occupy.

Illustratively, the fingerprint identification module is connected with a flexible circuit board assembly, the flexible circuit board assembly is provided with a wire outlet end, and a board-to-board connector is arranged on the wire outlet end. Based on the arrangement of the flexible circuit Board assembly, when the flexible circuit Board assembly is applied to a keyboard, the PIN outlet of the keyboard body, the PIN outlet of the backlight module and the PIN outlet of the fingerprint identification module can be fused into one PIN of the flexible circuit Board assembly, and a Board-to-Board connector is arranged at the PIN outlet so as to be connected with a connection on the PCBA of the notebook computer in a Boardto Board mode, so that the backlight PIN of the keyboard, the function PIN and the PIN of the fingerprint identification module are integrated into a whole, when the flexible circuit Board assembly is assembled to the connection of the PCBA of the notebook computer, the PINs can be assembled three times by two previous work stations, and the assembly time is reduced by assembling one PIN at one work station, so that the assembly times can be reduced; more, go out PIN end and adopt the mode (that is, Board to Board connected mode) of Boardto Board to carry out external world and connect, compare current soft wire material PIN mouth, can realize automatic the connection, reduce the human cost.

Exemplarily, the flexible circuit board assembly comprises a first flexible circuit board, a second flexible circuit board, a third flexible circuit board, a fourth flexible circuit board and a fifth flexible circuit board, wherein the fourth flexible circuit board is connected between the second flexible circuit board and the first flexible circuit board, the fifth flexible circuit board is connected between the third flexible circuit board and the first flexible circuit board, and the flexible circuit board assembly is integrally formed and integrally formed into an E shape. So, be the flexible circuit board assembly of E shape through integrated into one piece whole, when using to the keyboard on, first flexible circuit board is as the play PIN of keyboard body, and the play PIN of second flexible circuit board as backlight module, the play PIN of third flexible circuit board as fingerprint identification module to flexible circuit board assembly can realize one play PIN control keyboard button function, backlight function and fingerprint identification module three module function.

Illustratively, one end of the third flexible circuit board far away from the fifth flexible circuit board is connected with the fingerprint identification module through a ZIF connector. Therefore, one end of the flexible circuit board assembly is connected with the normal ZIF of the fingerprint identification module, and the connection mode is simple.

The flexible circuit board assembly further comprises a sixth flexible circuit board connected with the fourth flexible circuit board, and the board-to-board connector is arranged at one end of the sixth flexible circuit board far away from the fourth flexible circuit board. Therefore, the board-to-board connector is arranged at one end of the flexible circuit board assembly, the arrangement mode is simple, and when the flexible circuit board assembly is applied to a keyboard, the three module functions of the keyboard key function, the backlight function and the fingerprint identification module are not influenced.

Illustratively, the first edge and the second edge are two adjacent edges of the support plate body. Therefore, different connection modes are adopted on two adjacent edges, and the connection modes are flexible and reliable.

Illustratively, the supporting plate body further has a third edge opposite to the first edge or the second edge, and a third mounting plate body is connected to the third edge, and the third mounting plate body is bent from the third edge and extends in a direction away from the supporting plate body. Therefore, the fingerprint identification component can be reliably mounted to the mounting hole of the keyboard.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a keyboard is further provided, which includes a keyboard body and a fingerprint identification component, the keyboard body has a key function area for setting keys, the keyboard body further has a blank area, the blank area is provided with a mounting hole capable of setting the fingerprint identification component, the fingerprint identification component is the fingerprint identification component, the keyboard body has a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion at the mounting hole, the first connecting portion is connected with the first mounting plate, and the second connecting portion is connected with the second mounting plate. Since the fingerprint identification assembly has the above-mentioned advantages, the keyboard including the fingerprint identification assembly also has the above-mentioned advantages.

Illustratively, the first connecting part is provided with a butt-joint hole butted with the connecting hole, and the second connecting part is provided with a clamping convex part clamped with the opening; or, the first connecting part is provided with a clamping convex part clamped with the opening, and the second connecting part is provided with a butt joint hole butted with the connecting hole. Therefore, the fingerprint identification assembly can be stably fixed at the position of the mounting hole.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an electronic device, including a keyboard, where the keyboard is the keyboard described above. Since the keyboard has the above-mentioned advantages, the electronic device including the keyboard also has the above-mentioned advantages.

The advantages and features of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The following drawings of the invention are included to provide a further understanding of the invention. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

FIG. 1 is a block diagram (viewed in one direction) of a fingerprint identification assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram (viewed from another direction) of the fingerprint identification assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the support member of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram (viewed in one direction) of a keyboard according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram (viewed from another direction) of a keyboard according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion B in fig. 6.

The reference numbers in the figures illustrate: 100. a keyboard; 110. a keyboard body; 111. a key function area; 1111. pressing a key; 112. a blank area; 113. mounting holes; 114. a first connection portion; 1141. a butt joint hole; 115. a second connecting portion; 1151. a clamping convex part; 120. a backlight module; 130. a fingerprint identification component; 131. a fingerprint identification module; 132. a support member; 1321. a support plate body; 13211. a first side; 13212. a second edge; 13213. a third side; 1322. a first mounting plate; 13221. connecting holes; 1323. a second mounting plate body; 13231. an opening; 1324. mounting grooves; 1325. a third mounting plate body; 133. a flexible circuit board assembly; 13301. a wire outlet end; 1331. a first flexible circuit board; 1332. a second flexible circuit board; 1333. a third flexible circuit board; 1334. a fourth flexible circuit board; 1335. a fifth flexible circuit board; 1336. a sixth flexible circuit board; 1337. a board-to-board connector; 1338. a ZIF connector.

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous details are provided to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. One skilled in the art, however, will understand that the following description merely illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention and that the invention may be practiced without one or more of these details. In other instances, well known features have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the invention.

The electronic device of the embodiment of the invention can be any one of a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant, an intelligent watch and the like. The following embodiments are described by taking only an electronic device as a notebook computer as an example.

The notebook computer has a keyboard 100, as shown in fig. 4 and 6, the keyboard 100 includes a keyboard body 110, a backlight module 120 and a fingerprint identification component 130, the keyboard body 110 has a key function region 111 for setting keys 1111, the keyboard body 110 has a front surface and a back surface, the front surface is provided with a plurality of keys 1111 at the key function region 111 position of the keyboard body 110, the keys 1111 include keys 1111 such as english letters, numbers, punctuation marks, enter, and the like, and the backlight module 120 is arranged on the back surface. The keyboard body 110 further has a blank region 112 (the blank region 112 is relative to the key function region 111, and particularly refers to a region of the keyboard body 110 where the keys 1111 are not disposed), and the blank region 112 is provided with a mounting hole 113 capable of disposing the fingerprint identification component 130. The position of the mounting hole 113 may be the corner position of the keyboard 100 as shown in fig. 4, in an embodiment not shown, the position of the mounting hole 113 may also be any blank area 112 on the keyboard body 110, and the specific position of the mounting hole 113 may be arbitrarily selected according to the arrangement of the keys 1111 on the keyboard body 110. The main inventive point of the keyboard 100 of the present embodiment is the fingerprint identification component 130, and the fingerprint identification component 130 will be described in detail below.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the fingerprint recognition assembly 130 includes a fingerprint recognition module 131 and a support 132. When the user's finger contacts the surface of the fingerprint recognition module 131, the capacitive coupling phenomenon caused by the different depths of the surface of the user's finger can be detected, and the amount of electric charge with different intensities can be sensed, so as to output the corresponding fingerprint image signal. The supporting member 132 is mainly used for mounting the fingerprint recognition module 131, so that the fingerprint recognition module 131 can be mounted on the keyboard 100 or other data input devices requiring fingerprint recognition function, the supporting member 132 includes a supporting plate 1321, a first mounting plate 1322 and a second mounting plate 1323, the supporting plate 1321 has a first edge 13211 and a second edge 13212, the first mounting plate 1322 is bent from the first edge 13211 and extends in a direction away from the supporting plate 1321, the second mounting plate 1323 is bent from the second edge 13212 and extends in a direction away from the supporting plate 1321, a mounting groove 1324 for mounting the fingerprint recognition module 131 is formed by the first mounting plate 1322, the second mounting plate 1323 and the supporting plate 1321, the first mounting plate 1322 has a connecting hole 13221, and the second mounting plate 1323 has an opening 13231.

In an embodiment not shown, the first mounting plate 1322 has a coupling hole 13221 and the second mounting plate 1323 has a projection.

In an embodiment not shown, the first mounting plate 1322 has an opening 13231 and the second mounting plate 1323 has a connecting hole 13221.

In an embodiment not shown, the first mounting plate 1322 has a projection, and the second mounting plate 1323 has a connection hole 13221.

The fingerprint identification module 131 of this embodiment is connected to a flexible circuit board assembly 133, the flexible circuit board assembly 133 has a wire outlet end 13301, and a board-to-board connector 1337 is disposed on the wire outlet end 13301. Based on the setting of the flexible circuit board assembly 133, when the flexible circuit board assembly is applied to the keyboard 100, the PIN output of the keyboard body 110, the PIN output of the backlight module 120 and the PIN output of the fingerprint identification module 131 can be fused into one PIN of the flexible circuit board assembly 133.

As an exemplary embodiment, the flexible circuit board assembly 133 includes a first flexible circuit board 1331, a second flexible circuit board 1332, a third flexible circuit board 1333, a fourth flexible circuit board 1334 and a fifth flexible circuit board 1335, the fourth flexible circuit board 1334 is connected between the second flexible circuit board 1332 and the first flexible circuit board 1331, the fifth flexible circuit board 1335 is connected between the third flexible circuit board 1333 and the first flexible circuit board 1331, and the flexible circuit board assembly 133 is integrally formed in an E shape. Thus, the flexible circuit board assembly 133 integrally formed into an E shape can realize three module functions of a PIN control keyboard key function, a backlight function and a fingerprint identification module when applied to the keyboard 100.

Further, an end of the third flexible circuit board 1333, which is far away from the fifth flexible circuit board 1335, is connected to the fingerprint recognition module 131 through a ZIF connector 1338. Therefore, one end of the flexible circuit board assembly 133 is connected with the normal ZIF of the fingerprint identification module 131, and the connection mode is simple.

Further, the flexible circuit board assembly 133 further includes a sixth flexible circuit board 1336 connected to the fourth flexible circuit board 1334, and the board-to-board connector 1337 is disposed on an end of the sixth flexible circuit board 1336 away from the fourth flexible circuit board 1334. Thus, the board-to-board connector 1337 is disposed at one end of the flexible circuit board assembly 133, and is disposed in a simple manner, and when applied to the keyboard 100, does not affect the functions of the three modules of the keypad 100, the keypad 1111, the backlight function and the fingerprint recognition module 131.

Referring again to fig. 2, the first side 13211 and the second side 13212 are two adjacent sides of the support panel 1321. Therefore, different connection modes are adopted on two adjacent edges, and the connection modes are flexible and reliable. In an embodiment not shown, the first side 13211 and the second side 13212 may also be two opposite sides of the support plate 1321.

In order to further reliably mount the fingerprint recognition device 130 to the mounting hole 113 of the keyboard 100, the supporting plate 1321 further has a third edge 13213 opposite to the first edge 13211, a third mounting plate 1325 is connected to the third edge 13213, and the third mounting plate 1325 is bent from the third edge 13213 and extends in a direction away from the supporting plate 1321. The third side 13213 may also be disposed opposite the second side 13212. The third mounting plate 1325 may be fixed to a case of the notebook computer when in use.

In order to integrate the fingerprint recognition device 130 into the keyboard 100, the keyboard body 110 has a first connection portion 114 and a second connection portion 115 at the position of the installation hole 113, the first connection portion 114 is connected to the first installation plate 1322, and the second connection portion 115 is connected to the second installation plate 1323.

Specifically, the first connecting portion 114 has a mating hole 1141 mating with the connecting hole 13221, and the second connecting portion 115 has a latching protrusion 1151 latching with the opening 13231, so that the fingerprint identification module 130 can be stably fixed at the position of the mounting hole 113. It should be understood that, corresponding to the second mounting plate 1323 having a protrusion, the second connecting portion 115 has an opening for being engaged with the protrusion; correspondingly, when the first mounting plate 1322 has an opening and the second mounting plate 1323 has a connecting hole, the first connecting portion 114 has a latching protrusion for latching with the opening, and the second connecting portion 115 has a butt-joint hole for butt-jointing with the connecting hole; correspondingly, when the first mounting plate 1322 has a protrusion and the second mounting plate 1323 has a connecting hole, the first connecting portion 114 has an opening engaged with the protrusion, and the second connecting portion 115 has a mating hole for mating with the connecting hole.

The fingerprint identification component 130 of the embodiment of the present invention can form the mounting groove 1324 for mounting the fingerprint identification module 131 by the arrangement of the supporting member 132 including the supporting plate 1321, the first mounting plate 1322 and the second mounting plate 1323, and can be connected to the mounting hole on the keyboard body 110 through the connecting hole 13221, the opening 13231 or the protruding portion when being applied to the keyboard 100, so that when being applied to the notebook computer, the fingerprint identification component 130 can be shipped to the keyboard 100 factory for assembly and then shipped to the notebook computer factory for assembly, and also shipped directly to the notebook computer factory for assembly, thereby being not limited by the assembly place, having a flexible production mode, and reducing inventory and resource occupation.

When the fingerprint identification component 130 is applied to the keyboard 100, the first flexible circuit board 1331 serves as the outgoing PIN of the keyboard body 110, the second flexible circuit board 1332 serves as the outgoing PIN of the backlight module 120, and the third flexible circuit board 1333 serves as the outgoing PIN of the fingerprint identification module 131, so that the outgoing PIN of the keyboard body 110, the outgoing PIN of the backlight module 120, and the outgoing PIN of the fingerprint identification module 131 are fused into one PIN of the flexible circuit board assembly 133. The sixth flexible circuit Board 1336 is used as a PIN outlet of the flexible circuit Board assembly 133, and the Board-to-Board connector 1337 is arranged on the sixth flexible circuit Board 1336 so as to be connected with a connection on the PCBA of the notebook computer in a Board-to-Board manner, so that the backlight PIN, the function PIN and the PIN of the fingerprint identification module 131 of the keyboard 100 are integrated, and when the PIN is assembled to the connection of the PCBA of the notebook computer, the PIN can be assembled three times from the previous two work stations, and is reduced to one work station for assembling the PIN once, thereby reducing the assembling times; more, go out the mode (that is, the Board to the Board connected mode) that PIN end adopted Board to Board and carry out the external world and connect, compare current soft wire material PIN mouth, can realize automatic the connection, reduce the human cost.

In addition, a soldering connection or an ACF connection is used between an end of the second flexible circuit board 1332 away from the fourth flexible circuit board 1334 and the connection terminals of the backlight module 120. Thus, one end of the flexible circuit board assembly 133 is connected to the terminals of the backlight module 120 by soldering or by using an ACF (the ACF is not a conventional soldering method generally seen in the art, and the ACF is a special conductive material, is non-conductive at normal temperature, and is conductive after being pressed and heated), and the connection method is simple.

The electronic device according to the embodiment of the invention includes a motherboard and the keyboard 100, the keyboard 100 is the keyboard 100 described above, and the flexible circuit board assembly 133 is connected to the motherboard through the board-to-board connector 1337. Since the keyboard 100 has the above-mentioned advantages, the electronic device including the keyboard 100 also has the above-mentioned advantages.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the orientation words "front" and "back" is generally based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and in the case of not making a reverse explanation, these orientation words do not indicate and imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore, should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present invention; the terms "inner" and "outer" refer to the interior and exterior relative to the contours of the components themselves.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe the spatial relationship of one or more components or features shown in the figures to other components or features. It is to be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass not only the orientation of the component as depicted in the figures, but also different orientations of the component in use or operation. For example, if an element in the drawings is turned over in its entirety, the articles "over" or "on" other elements or features will include the articles "under" or "beneath" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". Further, these components or features may also be positioned at various other angles (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or other angles), all of which are intended to be encompassed herein.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.

The present invention has been illustrated by the above embodiments, but it should be understood that the above embodiments are for illustrative and descriptive purposes only and are not intended to limit the invention to the scope of the described embodiments. Furthermore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that many variations and modifications may be made in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, which variations and modifications are within the scope of the present invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.