ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING HOUSING AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING CIRCUIT UNIT

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an electromagnetic shielding housing including a housing body, and a fan unit coupled to the housing body, wherein an electromagnetic shielding layer is provided on an inner surface of the housing body, and the fan unit includes a fan configured to generate an air flow into an internal space of the housing body, and a Peltier element configured to cool air flowing into the internal space of the housing body.

Claims

1. An electromagnetic shielding housing, comprising: a housing body; and a fan unit coupled to the housing body, wherein an electromagnetic shielding layer is provided on an inner surface of the housing body, and the fan unit includes: a fan configured to generate an air flow into an internal space of the housing body; and a Peltier element configured to cool air flowing into the internal space of the housing body.

2. The electromagnetic shielding housing of claim 1, further comprising a controller configured to control driving of the fan unit.

3. The electromagnetic shielding housing of claim 2, further comprising a temperature sensor provided in the internal space of the housing body.

4. The electromagnetic shielding housing of claim 3, wherein the controller controls driving of the fan and the Peltier element on the basis of a detection result of the temperature sensor.

5. The electromagnetic shielding housing of claim 4, wherein the controller increases a rotating speed of the fan when a temperature is high according to a detection result of the temperature sensor, and the controller decreases the rotating speed of the fan when the temperature is low according to the detection result of the temperature sensor.

6. The electromagnetic shielding housing of claim 1, wherein: the fan unit further includes a fan housing provided with an air inlet configured to suction outside air and an air outlet configured to discharge the suctioned air to the internal space of the housing body; and the Peltier element is disposed such that a cooling surface faces an inside of the fan housing and a heat radiating surface faces an outside of the fan housing.

7. The electromagnetic shielding housing of claim 6, wherein the fan housing is integrally formed with the housing body.

8. The electromagnetic shielding housing of claim 6, wherein: the fan housing further includes a guide member configured to form a flow path through which the air suctioned into the air inlet and discharged through the air outlet flows; and the guide member is provided to allow the flow path to come into contact with the cooling surface of the Peltier element.

9. The electromagnetic shielding housing of claim 6, wherein: the Peltier element is positioned on an upper surface of the fan housing; the air inlet is positioned in an upper portion of a side surface of the fan housing; and the air outlet is positioned on a lower surface of the fan housing.

10. The electromagnetic shielding housing of claim 9, wherein the Peltier element is disposed such that the cooling surface faces downward and the heat radiating surface faces upward.

11. An electromagnetic shielding circuit unit, comprising: a substrate; a housing body configured to accommodate the substrate therein; and a fan unit coupled to the housing body, wherein an electromagnetic shielding layer is provided on an inner surface of the housing body, and the fan unit includes: a fan configured to generate an air flow into an internal space of the housing body; and a Peltier element configured to cool air flowing into the internal space of the housing body.

12. The electromagnetic shielding circuit unit of claim 11, further comprising a controller configured to control driving of the fan unit.

13. The electromagnetic shielding circuit unit of claim 12, further comprising a temperature sensor provided in the internal space of the housing body.

14. The electromagnetic shielding circuit unit of claim 13, wherein the controller controls driving of the fan and the Peltier element on the basis of a detection result of the temperature sensor.

15. The electromagnetic shielding circuit unit of claim 14, wherein the controller increases a rotating speed of the fan when a temperature is high according to a detection result of the temperature sensor, and the controller decreases the rotating speed of the fan when the temperature is low according to the detection result of the temperature sensor.

16. The electromagnetic shielding circuit unit of claim 11, wherein: the fan unit further includes a fan housing provided with an air inlet configured to suction outside air and an air outlet configured to discharge the suctioned air to the internal space of the housing body; and the Peltier element is disposed such that a cooling surface faces an inside of the fan housing and a heat radiating surface faces an outside of the fan housing.

17. The electromagnetic shielding circuit unit of claim 16, wherein the fan housing is integrally formed with the housing body.

18. The electromagnetic shielding circuit unit of claim 16, wherein: the fan housing further includes a guide member configured to form a flow path through which the air suctioned into the air inlet and discharged through the air outlet flows; and the guide member is provided to allow the flow path to come into contact with the cooling surface of the Peltier element.

19. The electromagnetic shielding circuit unit of claim 16, wherein: the Peltier element is positioned on an upper surface of the fan housing; the air inlet is positioned in an upper portion of a side surface of the fan housing; and the air outlet is positioned on a lower surface of the fan housing.

20. The electromagnetic shielding circuit unit of claim 11, wherein the fan unit is disposed to direct air cooled by the Peltier element and flowing toward a cooling target element mounted on the substrate.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0033] These and/or other aspects of the present disclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

[0034] FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a circuit unit including a conventional electromagnetic shielding housing;

[0035] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an electromagnetic shielding circuit unit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0036] FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an electromagnetic shielding housing according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0037] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an air flow in a fan unit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;

[0038] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an electromagnetic shielding housing according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; and

[0039] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an air flow in a fan unit according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0040] The same reference numeral refers to the same component throughout the present specification. The present specification does not describe all components of embodiments, with common descriptions in the technical field to which the present disclosure pertains and overlapping descriptions between the embodiments being omitted. The terms “part,” “module,” “member,” and “block” used herein may be implemented in software or hardware, and according to embodiments, a plurality of “parts,” “modules,” “members,” or “blocks” can be implemented in a single component or a single “part,” “module,” “member,” or “block” can include a plurality of components.

[0041] Throughout this specification, when a part is referred to as being “connected” to another part, this includes not only direct connection but also indirect connection, and the indirect connection includes connection through a wireless communication network.

[0042] Further, when a part is referred to as “including” a component, this does not mean that other elements are excluded, and other elements can be included unless specifically stated otherwise.

[0043] The terms “first,” “second,” and the like are used to distinguish one component from another component, and components are not limited by these terms.

[0044] The singular forms include plural forms unless the context clearly notes otherwise.

[0045] In each operation, a reference numeral is used for convenience of description, but this reference numeral does not describe the order of the operations, and the operations may be performed differently from the described order unless clearly specified in the context.

[0046] Hereinafter, an operation principle and embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0047] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an electromagnetic shielding circuit unit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an electromagnetic shielding housing according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an air flow in a fan unit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0048] Referring to FIG. 2, an electromagnetic shielding circuit unit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate 30, a base housing 40 in which the substrate 30 is installed, and an electromagnetic shielding housing 2 accommodating the substrate 30 therein.

[0049] A circuit may be provided on the substrate 30, and various types of elements may be mounted thereon. The substrate 30 may be fixed to the base housing 40, and the base housing 40 may accommodate the substrate 30 in an internal space 250 formed by coupling to an electromagnetic shielding housing 2 which will be described below.

[0050] Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the electromagnetic shielding housing 2 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include a housing body 200 configured to accommodate the substrate 30 therein, a fan unit 100 coupled to the housing body 200, a controller 140 configured to control driving of the fan unit 100, and a temperature sensor 150 provided in the internal space 250 of the housing body 200.

[0051] The housing body 200 accommodates the substrate 30 therein. The housing body 200 is coupled to the base housing 40 and provided to surround the substrate so that electromagnetic shielding may be achieved.

[0052] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the housing body 200 may be made of a plastic material. The housing body 200 may be made of injection molded plastic. Since the housing body 200 is made of a plastic material, a manufacturing process can be simplified and a manufacturing unit cost can be reduced.

[0053] An electromagnetic shielding layer may be provided on an inner surface of the housing body 200. The electromagnetic shielding layer may be provided on the inner surface of the housing body 200 to shield the internal space 250 of the housing body 200.

[0054] The electromagnetic shielding layer 210 may be formed by applying an electromagnetic shielding paste on the inner surface of the housing body 200. The electromagnetic shielding paste may be prepared to include a conductive material such as a metal. For example, the electromagnetic shielding paste may include a metal powder, a conductive polymer, and carbon nanotubes.

[0055] The electromagnetic shielding layer 210 may have a thickness of 1 mm or less. The electromagnetic shielding layer 210 may exhibit sufficient electromagnetic shielding performance even with a thickness of several micrometers according to a material forming the electromagnetic shielding layer 210.

[0056] Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the fan unit 100 may include a fan 110 provided to generate an air flow into the internal space 250 of the housing body 200, a Peltier element 120 provided to cool air flowing into the internal space 250 of the housing body 200, and a fan housing 130 including an air inlet 131 for suctioning outside air and an air outlet 132 for discharging the suctioned outside air into the internal space 250 of the housing body 200.

[0057] The components of the fan unit 100 are provided to be coupled to the fan housing 130. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fan 110 may be accommodated inside the fan housing 130, and the Peltier element 120 may be coupled to pass through the fan housing 130 and may be provided such that one side of the Peltier element 120 faces an outside of the fan housing 130 and the other side thereof faces an inside of the fan housing 130.

[0058] The fan 110 is provided to generate an air flow into the internal space 250 of the housing body 200. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fan 110 is provided inside the fan housing 130 to generate an air flow through the fan housing 130. Preferably, the fan 110 generates an air flow such that air is suctioned through the air inlet 131 provided in the fan housing 130 and discharged through the air outlet 132.

[0059] The air inlet 131 is provided to suction outside air, and the air outlet 132 is provided to discharge the suctioned outside air into the internal space 250 of the housing body 200. To form an air flow from the air inlet 131 toward the air outlet 132 by the driving of the fan 110, the air inlet 131 and the air outlet 132 may be positioned on sides opposite to each other with the fan 110 interposed therebetween. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the air inlet 131 is positioned above the fan 110, and the air outlet 132 is positioned below the fan 110. The fan 110 forms an air flow from an upper side toward a lower side so that outside air is suctioned through the air inlet 131, and the suctioned air is discharged into the internal space 250 of the housing body 200 through the air outlet 132.

[0060] The Peltier element 120 is an element using the Peltier effect that heat is absorbed on one side and heat is generated on the other side according to a direction of a current when a DC voltage is applied to both ends of two different elements. The basic principle of the Peltier effect is that electrons require energy to move between two metals with a potential difference, and energy required for the movement is taken away from energy possessed by the metals. When the direction of a current flow is changed, the flow of electrons and holes also changes, and thus heat emitting/absorbing surfaces are also reversed.

[0061] The fan unit 100 of the present disclosure may absorb heat from the air flowing in the fan housing 130, perform cooling using the Peltier element 120, and radiate the absorbed heat to the outside of the fan housing 130, thereby cooling the cooling target element 35 mounted on the substrate 30.

[0062] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the fan housing 130 may be integrally formed with the housing body 200. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the housing body 200 may be made of a plastic material and integrally formed with the fan housing 130. Therefore, during manufacturing, the manufacturing process may be simplified by directly assembling the fan unit 100 with the fan housing 130 integrally formed with the housing body 200 without coupling the fan housing 130 to the housing body 200 after the fan unit 100 is assembled.

[0063] Meanwhile, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the fan unit 100 may be disposed in the housing body 200 to direct the air cooled by the Peltier element 120 to flow toward the cooling target element 35 mounted on the substrate 30.

[0064] Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 2, the air flowing from the fan unit 100 flows to a lower side of the fan unit 100 due to the fan 110. In this case, the fan unit 100 is positioned above the cooling target element 35 mounted on the substrate 30, and thus the air flows toward the cooling target element 35. In this case, since the air has been cooled by the Peltier element 120, the cooling target element 35 may be efficiently cooled.

[0065] Meanwhile, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the controller 140 controls the driving of the fan unit 100. More specifically, the controller 140 controls driving of the fan 110 and the Peltier element 120. To this end, the controller 140 may be electrically connected to the fan 110 and the Peltier element 120. The controller 140 may be provided in the fan unit 100 or the housing body 200 or may be provided in a separate space to be electrically connected thereto through an electric wire or the like.

[0066] As one example, the controller 140 may be provided on the substrate 30 accommodated inside the housing 2. The controller 140 may be provided on the substrate 30 and electrically connected to the fan 110 and the Peltier element 120 through a connector (not shown) provided in the substrate 30.

[0067] The controller 140 may control the driving of the fan 110 and the Peltier element 120 by controlling a voltage or a current provided to the fan 110 and the Peltier element 120.

[0068] For example, the controller 140 may increase a voltage provided to the motor 115 of the fan 110 to provide a fast rotating speed of the fan 110, control a voltage supplied to the Peltier element 120, or perform on/off control of power provided to the Peltier element 120 to control an output of the Peltier element 120.

[0069] The temperature sensor 150 may be provided in the internal space 250 of the housing body 200 to detect a temperature of the internal space 250. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the controller 140 may control the driving of the fan 110 and the Peltier element 120 on the basis of the detection result of the temperature sensor 150. To this end, the controller 140 may be electrically connected to the temperature sensor 150.

[0070] As one example, the controller 140 and the temperature sensor 150 may be provided on the substrate 30 accommodated inside the housing 2. Both the controller 140 and the temperature sensor 150 are provided on the substrate 30, and the controller 140 and the temperature sensor 150 may be electrically connected through a connection circuit provided in the substrate 30.

[0071] The controller 140 controls the driving of the fan 110 and the Peltier element 120 according to the temperature of the internal space 250 detected by the temperature sensor 150 to efficiently cool the element 35 of the substrate 30.

[0072] For example, the controller 140 may increase a rotating speed of the fan 110 when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 150 is high, and the controller 140 may decrease the rotating speed of the fan 110 when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 150 is low.

[0073] Alternatively, the controller 140 may increase an output of the Peltier element 120 when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 150 is high, and the controller 140 may decrease the output of the Peltier element 120 when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 150 is low.

[0074] In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the controller 140 may simultaneously perform control of the fan 110 and the Peltier element 120 on the basis of the detection result of the temperature sensor 150. For example, the controller 140 may increase the rotating speed of the fan 110 and the output of the Peltier element 120 when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 150 is high, and the controller 140 may decrease the rotating speed of the fan 110 and the output of the Peltier element 120 when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 150 is low.

[0075] Referring to FIG. 4, it can be seen that an air flow is formed by the fan unit 100.

[0076] Referring to FIG. 4, the Peltier element 120 may be disposed such that a cooling surface 122 faces the inside of the fan housing 130 and a heat radiating surface 121 faces the outside of the fan housing 130. The cooling surface 122 may be disposed to face the inside of the fan housing 130 to cool air introduced into the fan housing 130.

[0077] As shown in FIG. 4, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the Peltier element 120 may be positioned on an upper surface of the fan housing 130, the air inlet 131 may be positioned in an upper portion of a side surface of the fan housing 130, and the air outlet 132 may be positioned on a lower surface of the fan housing 130. In this case, the Peltier element 120 is disposed such that the cooling surface 122 faces downward and the heat radiating surface 121 faces upward.

[0078] The fan 110 is positioned below the air inlet 131 and above the air outlet 132 to form a downward air flow.

[0079] Through the above structure, a first air flow AF1 through the air inlet 131 positioned in the upper portion of the side surface of the fan housing 130 is cooled by the cooling surface 122 of the Peltier element 120 positioned on the upper surface of the fan housing 130.

[0080] Meanwhile, a second air flow AF2 formed downward by the fan 110 may allow the air cooled by the Peltier element 120 to be discharged through the air outlet 132.

[0081] When the air cooled by the Peltier element 120 is discharged to the internal space 250 of the housing body 200 through the air outlet 132, the substrate 30 and the element 35 accommodated in the internal space 250 may be cooled. The electromagnetic shielding housing 2 of the present disclosure includes the housing body 200 not made of a metal material and performs cooling through the Peltier element 120, thereby exhibiting high cooling performance.

[0082] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an electromagnetic shielding housing according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an air flow in a fan unit according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0083] The electromagnetic shielding housing 2 according to the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, as in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, may include a housing body 200 configured to accommodate a substrate 30 therein, a fan unit 100 coupled to the housing body 200, a controller 140 configured to control driving of the fan unit 100, and a temperature sensor 150 provided in an internal space 250 of the housing body 200. The fan unit 100 may include a fan 110 provided to generate an air flow into the internal space 250 of the housing body 200, a Peltier element 120 provided to cool air flowing into the internal space 250 of the housing body 200, and a fan housing 130 including an air inlet 131 for suctioning outside air and an air outlet 132 for discharging the suctioned outside air into the internal space 250 of the housing body 200.

[0084] In this case, in the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the fan housing 130 may further include a guide member 133 forming a flow path through which air suctioned into the air inlet 131 and discharged through the air outlet 132 flows.

[0085] As in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, in the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a Peltier element 120 may be positioned on an upper surface of the fan housing 130, the air inlet 131 may be positioned in an upper portion of a side surface of the fan housing 130, and the air outlet 132 may be positioned on a lower surface of the fan housing 130. In this case, the Peltier element 120 may be disposed such that a cooling surface 122 faces downward and a heat radiating surface 121 faces upward.

[0086] In this case, in the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the guide member 133 may be provided to allow the flow path, through which air suctioned into the air inlet 131 and discharged through the air outlet 132 flows, to come into contact with the cooling surface 122 of the Peltier element 120.

[0087] In the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the guide member 133 may be positioned below the air inlet 131 to form a flow path through which air suctioned into the air inlet 131 does not directly flow in a direction of the fan 110 and flows in a horizontal direction along a lower side of the cooling surface 122 of the Peltier element 120, thereby flowing downward in a central portion of the fan 110.

[0088] In this way, the guide member 133 forms the flow path to allow the air suctioned into the air inlet 131 to be in contact with the cooling surface 122 of the Peltier element 120 for a longer period of time so that cooling efficiency of the fan unit 100 can be increased.

[0089] As is apparent from the above description, in accordance with an electromagnetic shielding housing and an electromagnetic shielding circuit unit according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by forming an electromagnetic shielding layer using an electromagnetic shielding paste on an inexpensive plastic housing, a manufacturing unit cost can be reduced.

[0090] In accordance with the electromagnetic shielding housing and the electromagnetic shielding circuit unit according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by integrally forming a housing body accommodating a substrate and a fan housing accommodating a fan, a manufacturing process can be simplified and the manufacturing unit cost can be reduced.

[0091] In accordance with the electromagnetic shielding housing and the electromagnetic shielding circuit unit according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, cooling is performed using a Peltier element so that cooling performance can be improved.

[0092] In accordance with the electromagnetic shielding housing and the electromagnetic shielding circuit unit according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by adjusting the cooling performance according to an internal temperature of the housing, power can be used efficiently.

[0093] The disclosed embodiments have been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. It would be appreciated by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains that other forms different from the disclosed embodiments can be implemented without departing from the technical spirit and essential features of the present disclosure. The disclosed embodiments are illustrative and should not be construed as limitative.