The disclosure relates to a grounding component for electrically grounding an electronic component comprising an electrically conductive part. In some embodiments, the grounding component comprises: a first positioning element adapted to be positioned on an external face of the electronic component, the external face intended to be at least partially accessible from an outside of a device once the electronic component is installed in the device; a second positioning element adapted to be positioned on a face adjacent to the external face of the electronic component; a first contact element, which is electrically conductive and adapted to come into contact with the electrically conductive part of the electronic component; a second contact element, which is electrically conductive and adapted to come into contact with at least one electrically conductive part of another component of the device, when the electronic component is installed in the device; the first contact element and the second contact element being adapted to be in electrical contact, the grounding component being adapted to leave completely free access to the other faces of the electronic component which are adjacent to the external face.

An assembling component includes a frame and a cover. The frame has an opening, a first plane, and a first assembling structure. The first plane surrounds and is adjacent to the opening. An area of the opening is larger than an area of the first plane. The first assembling structure is formed on the first plane. The cover covers the opening and the first plane and has a second assembling structure. A side of the cover has a second plane parallel to the first plane. The second assembling structure is formed on the second plane. An end of the second assembling structure extends from the second plane toward another side of the cover. The second assembling structure is assembled with the first assembling structure to stop the cover from moving relative to the frame.

Provided is an electronic device to which measures for reducing influence by electro-static discharge are applied. A tablet of the present disclosure includes a display module, a first metal frame that holds the display module, a second metal frame disposed on a surface opposite to a surface of the first metal frame where the display module is held, and a printed circuit board having a ground electrically connected to the first metal frame, mounting an electronic circuit, and disposed on a surface opposite to a surface of the second metal frame where the first metal frame is disposed. An electro-static current diverges to the first metal frame and the second metal frame.

A protection contactor includes a contact part coming into contact with a conductor of an electric device and having elasticity and an ESD protection part connected to a portion of the contact part to extend to a circuit board disposed to be spaced apart from the contact part and comprising a conductive material. Thus, in accordance with the exemplary embodiments, current due to an overvoltage or an ESD voltage of a discharge starting voltage concentratedly flows through the protrusion to improve bypassing efficiency to a ground part. Thus, the current due to the overvoltage or the ESD voltage that is above the discharge starting voltage may be effectively bypassed to prevent an internal circuit from being damaged by static electricity.

A plastic keypad with data entry elements and at least one display element is protected from electrostatic discharge by an assembly having an overlay substrate on which an electrically-conductive arrangement is disposed. The overlay substrate has a top side and a back side with a precisely-positioned vias formed through the substrate. A top surface of the top side is a layer of a conductive polymer. The back side is printed with at least one layer of color ink that depict a plurality of alpha-numerical and pictorial elements of the keypad. The electrically-conductive arrangement is disposed on the overlay substrate to collect electrostatic charges on the top side, transfer the electrostatic charges to the back side through the plurality of vias and drain the transferred electrostatic charges to a ground.

System and methods for ESD protection in a touch screen display are disclosed. A touch screen display for an Information Handling System (IHS) include a coverglass, an ESD ground ring on the coverglass; and a touch panel proximate to the coverglass. An information handling system includes a display housing including a bezel adapted to retain a plurality of display components; the plurality of display components including a coverglass, an ESD ground ring on the coverglass; and a touch panel proximate to the coverglass. Methods are also disclosed.

Provided are a guide-connected contactor and a portable electronic device comprising same. A guide-connected contactor, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: an elastic conductor which comes in contact with a circuit board of an electronic device or a bracket connected to the circuit board; a functional element which is connected to the elastic conductor and has a first electrode and a second electrode on the upper surface and the lower surface, respectively; and a guide which is plate-shaped, has the functional element connected thereto, and is connected to a groove portion provided on a conductive case of the electronic device.

A system for limiting or diminishing current to unpowered Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) circuitry is provided. The system comprises receiver input termination circuitry and a cold spare circuitry. The receiver input circuitry comprises a termination resistor and an N-type metal oxide silicon field effect transistor (MOSFET). The cold spare circuitry comprises a first MOSFET and a second MOSFET. When the system is powered on, an input current flows to the receiver input termination circuit to be discharged by the N-type MOSFET which is electrically connected to a ground. When the system is powered off, the input current flows to the cold spare circuitry to discharge the input current. Discharging electrons between the first MOSFET and the second MOSFET depends on the polarity of an accumulated voltage.

An ESD protection device is manufactured such that its ESD characteristics are easily adjusted and stabilized. The ESD protection device includes an insulating substrate, a cavity provided in the insulating substrate, at least one pair of discharge electrodes each including a portion exposed in the cavity, the exposed portions being arranged to face each other, and external electrodes provided on a surface of the insulating substrate and connected to the at least one pair of discharge electrodes. A particulate supporting electrode material having conductivity is dispersed between the exposed portions of the at least one pair of discharge electrodes in the cavity.

Electrostatic charge grounding is achieved by connecting an outer surface touchscreen conductive coating to a grounded conductor in a graphics terminal using an electrostatic charge routing system that provides a path for electrons that accumulate on the conductive coating to pass through one or more non-conductive elements in the graphics terminal. The grounded conductor can be a bezel made of metal or another conductor, a conductive paint layer applied to a bezel or other graphics terminal element, a metal spline pin or a metal screw. The electron path defined by the electrostatic charge routing system can include conductive and dissipative elements such as metal spline pins, metal screws, conductive epoxy, conducting plastic elements providing a short, closed electron bridge.