A keypad printed circuit board (PCB) assembly for a mobile phone
integrated with a light guide plate providing a light-emitting function
using a light emitting diode (LED) and the light guide plate is provided.
The keypad PCB assembly includes a PCB on which a plurality of light
emitting diodes (LEDs) is surface-mounted such that they are able to emit
light from a side of the PCB, a metal dome section including metal dome
parts attached to positions corresponding to signal contacts of the PCB,
and a dome tape covering a gap between the metal dome parts excluding a
portion overlapped with the LEDs, and a light guide plate coupled to an
upper portion of the metal dome section so that the light guide plate and
the metal dome section are integrated into one piece, leaving the space
therebetween, and having thereunder an uneven pattern reflecting light
incident from the LEDs, an LED cover provided on a position corresponding
to the LEDs, and a circumferential light-shielding part filling the
end-side space between the light guide plate and the metal dome section.