Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Bumjin Cho

Kyungmoon Seol

Seongyong An

Yoonjung Kim

Kyihyun Jang

Hyungjin Kim

Chi-Hyun Cho

Jiho Kim

Donghwan Kim

Han-Jib Kim

Donguk Choi

Yong-Youn Kim

Hyo-Seok Na

Jaehyung Kim

Soyoung Lee

Jaebong Chun

Jinwoo Jung

Chihyun Cho

Hosaeng Kim

Jaehoon Jo

Seongjin Park

Woosup Lee

Soon Ryong Park

Changho Lee

Dong-Uk Choi

Taegyu Kim

Hyunjeong Lee

Inyong Hwang

Jinu Kim

Sangmin Han

GaEun Lee

Hongil Kwon

Wonseok Jeong

Gyusub Kim

Soon Hong Park

Minseok Park

Changha Yu

Jangje Park

Sang-Pil Lee

Jiyeon Yun

Gaeun Lee

Kyu-hyuck Kwak

Kyu-Hyuck Kwak

An electronic device may include a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a side member surrounding a space formed by the front plate and the rear plate, a support member disposed in the space, at least one electronic component disposed in the space, a first non-conductive member disposed on at least a portion of the support member and on the side member, a conductive pattern at least partially disposed between the side member and the first non-conductive member, and a second non-conductive member disposed between the side member and a portion of the conductive pattern and a portion of the first non-conductive member, at least a portion of the conductive pattern may be spaced apart from the at least one electronic component by a predetermined distance, and a first inclined surface may be formed on a portion of the first non-conductive member.

Electronic device including antenna and method for manufacturing the same

According to an example embodiment, a slidable electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing configured to be slidable with respect to the first housing, a flexible display module comprising a flexible display including a first area configured to be seen in a state in which the second housing is slid-in with respect to the first housing, and a second area configured to be at least partially drawn out to the outside to be seen in a state in which the second housing is slid-out with respect to the first housing, and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the second housing includes a first conductive pattern electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and a second conductive pattern physically separated from the first conductive pattern and configured to operate as an antenna ground.

Slidable electronic device including flexible display and antenna

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a side member including a conductive part and a first non-conductive part, a frame member disposed on at least a portion of the side member to be at least partially visible from an exterior, a second non-conductive part disposed between the frame member and the first non-conductive part, at least one conductive member disposed between the second non-conductive part and the first non-conductive part, at least one conductive structure disposed near the conductive member in an internal space of the electronic device, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the internal space and configured to transmit or receive via the at least one conductive member. The conductive member may include a stepped portion so that at least a portion of the conductive member may be disposed in a direction away from the conductive structure.

Electronic device including antenna

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first frame, a first opening formed in one area of the first frame, a first antenna that includes a first printed circuit board including first conductive patches, a first dielectric material that is disposed in the first opening and has a first dielectric constant, a second dielectric material disposed between the first dielectric material and the first conductive patches, and a wireless communication circuit that is electrically connected to the first antenna, wherein the second dielectric material may have a second dielectric constant that is lower than the first dielectric constant of the first dielectric material, and the wireless communication circuit may be configured to feed power to the first conductive patches to transmit and/or receive a signal in a frequency band of 10 gigahertz (GHz) or higher.

Electronic device comprising antenna

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a housing comprising a front plate, a rear plate facing in the opposite direction to the front plate, and a side surface member surrounding the space between the front plate and the rear plate, the side surface member comprising a first side surface extending in a first direction and having a first length, a second side surface extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and having a second length larger than the first length, a third side surface extending in parallel with the first side surface and having the first length, and a fourth side surface extending in parallel with the second side surface and having the second length; a display arranged between the front plate and the rear plate, at least a partial area of the display being exposed through the front plate, the display comprising a conductive plate; a printed circuit board arranged between the display and the rear plate, the printed circuit hoard comprising at least one conductive layer, the conductive plate and the conductive layer being electrically connected to each other; a first conductive pattern arranged between the printed circuit board and the rear plate; a second conductive pattern arranged between the printed circuit board and the front plate and, when seen from above the front plate, between the first side surface of the side surface member and the conductive plate; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal having a designated frequency. Various other embodiments may be possible.

Antenna and electronic device comprising same

An embodiment disclosed herein relate to an electronic device including a support member on which an antenna radiator is formed. The electronic device may include: a housing including a first face facing in a first direction, a second face facing in a second direction opposite the first direction, a side face facing in a third direction that is perpendicular to both the first and second directions and surrounding at least a part of a space between the first and second faces; a display including a first region disposed in at least a part of the first face and at least one second region extending from the first region, the at least one second region disposed in at least a part of the side face of the housing; a support member disposed in a partial region of the space along the side face and configured to support the at least one second region; a bracket disposed on another partial region of the space and configured to support the display; and at least one antenna radiator disposed on the support member.

Electronic device including support member having antenna radiator

Disclosed are an electronic device and a method of controlling wireless communication thereof. The electronic device includes: a first antenna configured to support first short-range wireless communication and second short-range wireless communication; a second antenna; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine information related to occupancy of the first antenna by the first short-range wireless communication or the second short-range wireless communication, to simultaneously or sequentially perform the first short-range wireless communication and the second short-range wireless communication through the first antenna when the information related to the occupancy satisfies a predetermined condition; and to perform one kind of short-range wireless communication selected from the first short-range wireless communication and the second short-range wireless communication through the second antenna and to perform the other kind of short-range wireless communication through the first antenna when the information related to the occupancy satisfies another predetermined condition.

Electronic device and method of controlling wireless communication thereof

An electronic device includes a housing antenna formed from a conductive material. At least parts of a side member and a rear cover that constitute the housing of the electronic device are used as an antenna. Accordingly, radiation patterns generated by this antenna are formed on the rear surface of the electronic device as well as at the upper portion of the electronic device. It is therefore possible to perform wireless communication with higher accuracy.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a window that forms a first side of the electronic device, and a second side that is disposed opposite to the first side, a touch sensor disposed adjacent to the window and configured to generate a capacitance, an input circuit operably connected to the touch sensor and configured to detect an input based on a variation in the capacitance, an antenna radiator at least one of partially disposed inside the housing and a part of the housing, a ground operably disposed between the first side and the second side, a communication circuit operably connected to the antenna radiator and the ground, and an antenna matching circuit operably connected to the touch sensor and the input circuit.

Electronic device including antenna device

A portable electronic device cover, according to the present invention, comprises a conductive plate which is spaced at a predetermined distance from an antenna mounted in a portable electronic device and is arranged at a position overlapped with at least a part of the antenna when the portable electronic device is mounted in the portable electronic device cover.

Portable electronic device cover

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Bumjin Cho