Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Donghoo Jang

Seonho Han

Jongah Kim

Yongyi Kim

Heeyoung Kim

Shinhun Moon

Jonggwan Jung

Hyungsoo Park

Wonik Do

Hyuksu Kim

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a housing including a front plate facing forward and a rear plate facing rearward; a display assembly comprising a display visible through at least a portion of the front plate and which includes an upper portion, a lower portion overlapping at least a partial region of the upper assembly and that includes a first opening, and a flexible circuit board overlapping at least a partial region of the lower portion and that includes a second opening corresponding to at least a portion of the first opening; a photosensor module including a sensing unit comprising a sensor corresponding to at least a portion of the second opening, and a plurality of pads arranged to be adjacent to the sensing unit and electrically coupled to the flexible circuit board; and an electrical component and/or mechanical structure arranged between the photosensor module and the rear plate and spaced from the photosensor module at a first distance.

Electronic device including photosensor module

An electronic device, according to various example embodiments of the disclosure, may comprise: a display; a processor operatively connected to the display; a cover facing the display and comprising a light transmitting material; a flexible printed circuit board having a first side facing the cover, and a second side corresponding to the opposite side of the first side; a wireless charging coil disposed to surround the flexible printed circuit board; a first bio-signal sensing unit comprising bio-signal sensing circuitry including a light-emitting unit including light-emitting circuitry and a light-receiving unit including light-receiving circuitry mounted on the first side of the flexible printed circuit board; a second bio-signal sensing unit including an internal electrode formed inside the cover, which is a portion facing the flexible printed circuit board, and an external electrode electrically connected to the internal electrode and formed outside the cover; a contact having one end mounted on the first side of the flexible printed circuit board and extending to the cover such that the opposite end thereof is connected to the internal electrode of the second bio-signal sensing unit; and a signal processing unit mounted on the second side of the flexible printed circuit board comprising circuitry configured to process a first bio-signal sensed by the first bio-signal sensing unit and a second bio-signal sensed by the second bio-signal sensing unit.

Wearable electronic device and assembly method

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Donghoo Jang