MOBILE PHONE HAVING SLIDE TYPE RUNNING KEY

摘要

A mobile communication terminal equipped with a slide movement key is provided to employ a slide panel as the slide movement key so that the slide panel conducts key input operations. A mobile communication terminal employs a slide module including a guide rail(20) and a moving panel provided between an upper panel(1) and a lower panel(2). A key and a moving space are formed between the guide rail and the moving panel. The mobile terminal includes a flexible printed circuit board(FPCB), which is spaced apart from the guide rail by the moving space such that a help key is provided inside a moving panel and used to deliver an operation signal of the help key. At least one of the corners of the upper panel provided on the lower panel is pressed. The moving space is reduced due to the pressing so that one side of a rear surface of the guide rail makes contact with the help key and then a contact signal derived from the key pressing is delivered to the FPCB.