Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Doil Ku

Hyoseok Na

Wonsub Lim

Joosung Kim

Dongil Yang

Hanyeop Lee

Yongjun An

Sanguk Kim

Yuseon Lee

Juho Van

Hyunsang Kang

Chulseung Pyo

Sangsoon Kim

Yonghee Yang

Yoonkook Son

Youngsub Lee

Younggil Gi

Younghak Park

Various embodiments disclosed in the present document relate to, an antenna switch for operating in a communication network supporting carrier aggregation (CA), and an electronic device comprising same. According to one embodiment, a method for operating an electronic device having an antenna, the antenna being capable of communicating with an external electronic device via a plurality of frequency bands, may be provided, the method for operating the electronic device comprising the operations of, determining whether a communication mode of the electronic device is a CA mode, searching for a cell supporting a max data throughput speed, checking an antenna mode in a current state, and determining whether the antenna mode in the current state is an antenna mode for satisfying a frequency band assigned to the cell supporting the max data throughput speed. Such electronic device may vary according to the embodiments, and in addition, an antenna and an electronic device comprising same, according to the various embodiments, may be provided.

Method for changing ground unit of antenna on basis of data throughput speed estimation, and electronic device therefor

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a housing including: a first surface, a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first surface, and a side surface at least partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface; a printed circuit board disposed between the first surface and the second surface; a first sensing element including a plurality of conductive vias arranged in parallel to the side surface in at least a portion of an edge of the printed circuit board; and a grip sensor electrically connected with the first sensing element. The grip sensor may be configured to detect a change in capacitance due to an approach or contact state of an external object to the housing, in at least a portion of the side surface of the housing using the first sensing element.

Electronic device including grip sensor

An electronic device includes a housing surrounding an exterior of the electronic device and including at least one opening, a sensor module including at least one sensor, a sound output device including sound output circuitry configured to output an acoustic-signal through the at least one opening, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the sensor module and the sound output device, wherein the processor may be configured to: determine whether the electronic device is in a state where a foreign substance has entered into the electronic device through the at least one opening, determine whether the electronic device is in a first disposition state using the sensor module based at least on determining that the electronic device is in the state where the foreign substance has entered into the electronic device, and control the electronic device to output a specified acoustic-signal having a specified frequency band and a specified waveform through the sound output device based on the electronic device being in the first disposition state.

Method for removing dust using speaker and electronic device supporting the same

Provided are an electronic device for determining failure of a signal path and a component, and a method for operating the electronic device according to various embodiments. The electronic device comprises: at least one connection part for connection to an external device; a first signal path including an amplifier for amplifying a signal transmitted to the outside of the electronic device; a second signal path for obtaining another signal from the outside of the electronic device; an antenna port electrically connected to the first signal path and the second signal path through a filter circuit; and a communication module, wherein the communication module may be configured to transmit a transmission signal through the first signal path to the antenna port, obtain at least a part of the transmission signal through the second signal path, and determine whether the electronic device is defective on the basis of the transmission signal and information associated with at least a part of the transmission signal. Various other embodiments are possible.

Electronic device for determining failure of signal path and component, and method for operating same

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a transceiver; a power amplifier; at least one antenna; a coupler; a memory for storing reference phase information; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: transmit an output signal of a designated frequency band by using the transceiver; amplify the output signal by using the power amplifier, radiate the amplified output signal via the at least one antenna; acquire, via the coupler, the amplified output signal and a reflected signal that is the amplified output signal having been reflected from the at least one antenna; identify a reflection coefficient on the basis of the amplified output signal and the reflected signal; on the basis of phase information corresponding to the reflection coefficient, identify a difference value between the phase information corresponding to the reflection coefficient and reference phase information, among items of reference phase information, corresponding to the designated frequency band; and compensate for another output signal to be transmitted through the transceiver, at least on the basis of the difference value. In addition, various embodiments are possible.

Device and method for improving radiation performance of antenna using impedance tuning

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