Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Byoung-Il Son

Sung-Chul Park

Han-Min Cho

Chan-Gi Park

Tae-Wook Ham

Yeon-Sang Yun

Hei-Seong Kwak

Tae-Youn Kwon

Kyung-Goo Lee

Myung-Geun Koh

Yi-Kyu Min

Myung-Geun Ko

Disclosed is a portable communication device including a housing; a first PCB; a wireless communication circuitry disposed on the first PCB; and a second PCB having a plurality of layers including a first PCB portion; a second PCB portion extended from the first PCB portion and more flexible than the first PCB portion; a third PCB portion extended from the second PCB portion and less flexible than the second PCB portion; a fourth PCB portion extended from the third PCB portion and more flexible than the third PCB portion; and a plurality of lines formed at a same layer of the plurality of layers as extended from the second PCB portion through the third PCB portion to the fourth PCB portion, the plurality of lines including a first ground line and a second ground line, and a first signal line between the first and second ground lines.

Electronic device including high-frequency transmission circuit

Disclosed is a portable communication device including a housing, a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the housing, a wireless communication circuit mounted on the first PCB, and a second PCB including a connection part connected with the first PCB, a first PCB portion extended from the connection part and having greater flexibility than the connection part, a second PCB portion extended from the first PCB portion and having less flexibility than the first PCB portion, a third PCB portion extended from the second PCB portion and having greater flexibility than the second PCB portion, a fourth PCB portion extended from the third PCB portion and having less flexibility than the first PCB portion, a signal line extended to the connection part along the first, second, third, and fourth PCB portions, and vias arranged in at least a partial area of the second PCB portion or the fourth PCB portion, wherein a portion of the signal line is located between some of the vias.

Disclosed is an electronic device comprising a first component, a second component, and a signal path interface coupled between the first component and the second component, the signal path interface including a printed circuit board (PCB) having a rigid PCB portion and a flexible PCB portion, wherein a first signal line and a second signal line extend through the rigid PCB portion and the flexible PCB portion for transmitting signals from the first component to the second components, and a plurality of ground lines extend through the rigid PCB portion and the flexible PCB portion, and wherein each of the plurality of ground lines extending through the rigid PCB portion is connected to one or more conductive layers through conductive vias.

Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) in the housing, wherein the PCB includes a plurality of layers with one or more conductive and insulation layers, a first electrical component formed as at least a part of or in the housing, a second electrical component above or near the PCB in the housing, wherein the first and second electrical components are separated, and at least one electrical path extending from the first electrical component to the second electrical component, wherein at least a portion of the electrical path runs on or inside the PCB, wherein the PCB includes a region including a pattern of conductive vias, wherein each of the vias extends through at least part of the plurality of layers to contact at least one of the one or more conductive layers, and wherein the electrical path runs through the region without contacting the vias.

An electronic device including a housing; a printed circuit board (PCB) in the housing, wherein the PCB includes a plurality of layers with one or more conductive and insulation layers; a first electrical component formed as at least a part of or in the housing; a second electrical component above or near the PCB in the housing, wherein the first and second electrical components are separated; and at least one electrical path extending from the first electrical component to the second electrical component, wherein at least a portion of the electrical path runs on or inside the PCB, wherein the PCB includes a region including a pattern of conductive vias, wherein each of the vias extends through at least part of the plurality of layers to contact at least one of the one or more conductive layers, and wherein the electrical path runs through the region without contacting the vias.

An apparatus and method for executing a shortcut function in a portable terminal are provided, in which a display is included, a memory stores at least one drag pattern, a hold screen shortcut list, and a volume control menu, and a controller displays a hold screen by executing a hold function, recognizes a drag pattern received from a user, compares the recognized drag pattern with the stored at least one drag pattern, and executes the hold screen shortcut function for executing the shortcut function during executing the hold function when the recognized drag pattern is identical to a first drag pattern among the stored at least one drag pattern.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Byoung-Il Son