Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hosaeng Kim

Sumin Yun

Jaehoon Jo

Seongjin Park

Jehun Jong

Woomin Jang

Dongyeon Kim

Myunghun Jeong

Jinwoo Jung

Jaebong Chun

Yoonjae Lee

Kyung-Jong Lee

Donghun Shin

Mincheol Seo

Jae-Ho Lim

Seunghwan Kim

Hyungjoo Lee

Byungman Lim

Soonheung Kwon

Jaehyung Kim

Hochul Hwang

Hoon Mo Park

Jae-Bong Chun

Donghwan Kim

Taegyu Kim

Jinkyu Bang

Yeonwoo Kim

Hanbin Lee

Chaejun Lee

Kookjoo Lee

Kyung-Bae Ko

Jesun Moon

Sungyeul Hong

Dongil Son

Seungnyun Kim

Minwoo Lee

Younghoon Kim

Woosup Lee

Sukgi Hong

Minsoo Kim

Hyunjeong Lee

Hyung Joo Lee

Juseok Lee

Wonhee Choe

Jeongwon Lee

Kuo-Cheng Chen

Yoonjung Kim

Haeyeon Kim

Yoon Jae Lee

Soo-Young Jang

Seongeun Kim

Bumjin Cho

Woosik Cho

Kyung-Jae Lee

Youngsik Choi

Hongil Kwon

Sewoong Kim

Youngsuk Yoo

Sangyoun Lee

Seonil Kim

Gyusub Kim

Ahmed Hussain

Kicheol Sung

Dongil Seo

You-Chieh Chen

Youngjoon Lim

Taeyoon Seo

Young-Min Joo

An electronic device includes a first antenna element, an array antenna including a plurality of second antenna elements spaced apart from each other, a camera, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify a field of view (FoV) of the camera, identify a distance from an external object within the FoV by using the first antenna element and a first set of at least one antenna element of the plurality of second antenna elements, based on the FoV as a first value, identify a distance from the external object by using the first antenna element and a second set of at least one antenna element of the plurality of second antenna elements, based on the FoV as a second value, adjust a focus distance of the camera based on the identified distance, and obtain an image for the external object through the camera having the adjusted focus distance.

Electronic device and method including antenna for adjusting focus of camera

An electronic device includes a display having a plurality of layers; a conductive mesh pattern disposed on a first layer among the plurality of layers and formed adjacent to a first edge of the display; a feeding line connecting from the first edge to the conductive mesh pattern; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the feeding line and feeding electricity to the conductive mesh pattern through the feeding line, wherein the first layer includes the conductive mesh pattern and a dummy pattern in a first area in an area surrounding the conductive mesh pattern, the first area corresponding to an area between the conductive mesh pattern and the first edge, the dummy pattern being spaced apart from the feeding line, and the first layer does not include a conductive pattern in a second area remaining after excluding the first area from the area surrounding the conductive mesh pattern.

Electronic device comprising an antenna

According to an example embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements; a wireless communication circuit configured to perform communication with a signal source outside of the electronic device through the antenna array in an ultra-wideband (UWB); and a processor electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to simultaneously radiate a first linearly polarized wave through a first antenna element among the plurality of antenna elements and a second linearly polarized wave through a second antenna element among the plurality of antenna elements, wherein an electric field of the first linearly polarized wave oscillates in a first direction, and wherein an electric field of the second linearly polarized wave oscillates in a second direction at an acute angle with respect to the first direction, and wherein the processor is configured to perform a positioning function with respect to the signal source based on a difference between arrival times of signals received from the signal source through the first and second antenna elements.

Electronic device including antenna

An example electronic device may include an antenna module including a printed circuit board, a plurality of conductive patches including a first conductive patch and a second conductive patch, an RFIC which is disposed on the second surface of the printed circuit board and includes a first tuning circuit, and a first conductive structure which includes a first portion extending from the first conductive patch, a second portion extending from the second conductive patch and connected to the first portion at a point positioned at one end of the first portion, and a first common portion connected to the first tuning circuit and connecting the first conductive patch and the second conductive patch to the first tuning circuit, a ground, and a wireless communication circuit, and the wireless communication circuit may be configured to feed the plurality of conductive patches to receive a signal in a designated frequency band.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a plurality of layers, a communication circuit electrically coupled to the PCB, and at least one processor electrically coupled to the communication circuit. The PCB may include a first layer in which a plurality of patch antennas disposed, a first feeding path which feeds a first point of a first patch antenna so that the first patch antenna disposed to the first layer transmits and/or receives a first polarized signal, a second feeding path which feeds a second point of the first patch antenna so that the first patch antenna disposed to the first layer transmits and/or receives a second polarized signal orthogonal to the first polarized signal, a second layer including a ground, a first ground path, and a second ground.

Electronic device comprising antenna

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing; an antenna structure positioned in the housing and including a printed circuit board, multiple first antenna elements, multiple second antenna elements, and multiple electrical paths; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the multiple first antenna elements through the electrical paths. The antenna structure may include antenna elements arranged for enhancing a communication performance and/or may be capable of securing the quality and the accuracy of the positioning for the signal source even though there are various directions or orientations where the electronic device faces, or various polarization characteristics of a signal transmitted from the signal source.

An ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna including a dielectric substrate, and first and second conductive layers arranged on opposite sides of the dielectric substrate. The first conductive layer includes a first, second and third patch antennae, each configured to receive a first UWB signal and a second UWB signal, wherein the second and third patch antennae are spaced apart from the first patch antenna in specific directions. The first conductive layer also includes first, second, and third transmission lines connecting, respectively, the first, second, and third patch antennae to a connector. The second conductive layer includes a ground pattern overlapping the first, second, and third patch antennae and the first, second, and third transmission lines, when facing the second conductive layer in a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

UWB antenna and electronic device including same

An electronic device is provided that includes a housing, an antenna structure, an electronic component, and a wireless communication circuit. The antenna structure includes a substrate, at least one conductive patch disposed at the substrate, at least one power feeder disposed at a position of the at least one conductive patch, and at least one electrical connection structure. The at least one electrical connection structure includes a first conductive via disposed to pass through the at least one conductive patch and a ground layer of the substrate, and a second conductive via passing through the at least one conductive patch and electrically connected to the ground layer. The electronic component is disposed to overlap at least in part with the at least one conductive patch when the substrate is viewed from above, and is electrically connected to a main board through the at least one electrical connection structure. The wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to the at least one power feeder, and is configured to form a beam pattern in a first direction through the at least one conductive patch.

Antenna and electronic device including the same

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a housing, an antenna structure disposed in the inner space of the housing, wherein the antenna structure includes: a substrate including a first substrate and a second substrate surface oriented in a direction opposite to the first substrate surface, and a first array antenna including a plurality of first chip antennas disposed at a specified interval in a first region of the first substrate surface, and a first wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal of a first frequency band via the first array antenna.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a support member, a front plate disposed on a front surface of the support member, a back plate disposed on a back surface of the support member, a non-conductive structure interposed between the back plate and an edge of the support member and fixed to the support member, and an antenna structure interposed between the back plate and an edge of the support member. At least a portion of the antenna structure may be disposed to face the non-conductive structure. In a region of the non-conductive structure, which faces the antenna structure, a separated distance from the antenna structure varies depending on a distance from a bottom surface of the support member to which the non-conductive structure is fixed.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic devices includes a housing at least partially including a conductive portion, an antenna structure including a printed circuit board including a plurality of insulating layers, at least one first conductive patch including a first feeding point, and a second feeding point, and at least one second conductive patch including a third feeding point, and a fourth feeding point, and an antenna module including a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a first signal through the at least one first conductive patch and to transmit or receive a second signal of a second frequency band through the at least one second conductive patch.

Dual band antenna and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, an antenna structure disposed in an inner space of the housing and including a substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface facing a direction opposite the first substrate surface, and configured to have a first dielectric constant, a plurality of antenna elements disposed on the substrate at a designated interval and forming a directional beam in a direction toward which the first substrate surface faces, and at least one dielectric disposed on the first substrate surface and configured to have a second dielectric constant, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to at least one of transmit or receive a wireless signal in at least one frequency band through the plurality of antenna elements.

Antenna and electronic device including same

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a housing including a lateral member including a conductive member including an inner surface and an outer surface facing the inner surface, an antenna structure disposed in an inner space of the housing and including a substrate, and a plurality of antenna elements disposed at a first interval at the substrate, a plurality of through-holes penetrating the inner surface to at least a part of the outer surface and corresponding to the plurality of antenna elements, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to transmit or receive a radio signal in a specified frequency band through the antenna structure, wherein first opening portions of the plurality of through-holes formed in the inner surface are disposed at the first interval, and second opening portions of the plurality of through-holes formed in the outer surface are disposed at a second interval greater than the first interval.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first conductive patch, a second conductive patch, a third conductive patch, and a wireless communication circuit. The first conductive patch includes a first edge facing the second conductive patch, a second edge perpendicularly meeting the first edge at a first corner, a third edge parallel to the first edge, and a fourth edge that is parallel to the second edge and perpendicularly meets the third edge at a second corner. The second conductive patch and the third conductive patch each have a shape identical to that of the first conductive patch. The wireless communication circuit feed power to a first point of the first edge, a second point of a fifth edge of the second conductive patch, and a third point of a sixth edge of the third conductive patch.

An electronic device may include a display panel, a conductive pattern panel disposed on the display panel, an antenna pattern formed in a second region of the conductive pattern panel, a first dummy pattern including a plurality of conductive lines, a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the antenna pattern, and at least one processor electrically connected to the display panel, the conductive pattern panel, and the wireless communication circuit, and the at least one processor may be configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal at least by using the antenna pattern and/or the wireless communication circuit.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Hosaeng Kim