Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inkuk Yun

Hyunju Hong

Yangwook Kim

Junyoung Choi

Yeonggyu Yoon

Sunghyup Lee

Heeseok Jung

Byounguk Yoon

Joungmin Cho

Jungsik Park

Chongo Yoon

Hyoseok Na

Yongsang Yun

Jooyoung Kang

Wonho Lee

Jongchul Choi

Heecheul Moon

Kwonho Son

Sangyoup Seok

Myunghoon Kwak

Jookwan Lee

Jihyung Jung

Daehyun Kim

Younghoon Kim

Minwoo Yoo

Sungho Ahn

Younho Choi

Woongeun Kwak

Seungjoon Lee

Soyoung Kim

Hojin Jung

Woosup Lee

Sehwan Choi

Youngmin Kang

Moonchul Shin

Jungjin Kim

Joongyeon Cho

Hyunsuk Kim

Shiyun Cho

Jae-Young Huh

Hongki Moon

Raetae Kim

Nakhyun Choi

Dohun Cha

Hoseong Seo

Taewook Ham

Daemyung Kim

Eunhwa Lee

According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a first housing including a first space formed through a first side member comprising a first side, a second side extending in a direction perpendicular to the first side, and a third side extending from the second side in parallel with the first side; a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing along a first direction and comprising a second space formed through a second side member; a bendable support connected to the first housing, is, in a slide-in state, at least partially accommodated into the second space, and in a slide-out state, forms a side at least partially coplanar with the first housing; a flexible display supported through the first housing and the bendable support; at least one electronic component disposed in the second space and in communication with an external environment through a first opening formed in at least a portion of the second side member in the slide-in state; and a bendable electrical connection member configured to connect the electronic component to the first space, wherein in the slide-in state, at least a portion of the first side and the third side are accommodated in the second space so as not to be visible from the outside, and the at least one electronic component may be disposed at a position not interfered with by the first side and/or the second side in the slide-in state.

Electronic device comprising electronic component arrangement structure

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first space formed by a first side member including a first side, a second side extending in a direction perpendicular to the first side, and a third side extending from the second side in parallel with the first side, a second housing which is slidably coupled to the first housing in a first direction and includes a second space, a bendable member which is connected to the first housing, is at least partially accommodated into the second space in a slide-in state, and forms a plane that is at least partially identical to the first housing in a slide-out state, a flexible display including a first portion disposed to be viewable from an outside in the slide-in state and a second portion which extends from the first portion and is accommodated into the second space through the bendable member so as not to be at least partially viewable from the outside, and a component assembly which is disposed in the first space to correspond to the outside through an opening formed in at least a portion of the first housing and comprises at least two electronic components, wherein the opening may be covered by at least a portion of the second housing in the slide-in state, and in the slide-in state, the first side and the third side may be accommodated into the second space so as not to be viewable from the outside.

An electronic device including a reinforcing structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing movable relative to the first housing, a flexible display supported by at least one of the first housing or the second housing, and a reinforcing structure disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, wherein the flexible display may include a rolling portion that is at least partially bent in a process of changing from the first state to the second state, and the reinforcing structure may include a support coupled to the flexible display so as to cover a rear surface of the rolling portion.

Electronic device including reinforcing structure

An electronic device may include a plurality of housings including a first housing and a second housing, wherein the first housing movably connects to the second housing in a moving direction, a display panel in which a screen display area visually exposed to an outside changes depending on a movement of the second housing relative to the first housing, and a lattice plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to support the display panel. The display panel may include a flat portion forming the screen display area and comprising a surface substantially forming a flat surface, an edge portion connected to one end portion of the flat portion and comprising at least a partial region which is curved, and a bending portion connected to the other end portion of the flat portion opposite to the edge portion and comprising at least a partial region which bends according to a movement of the first housing relative to the second housing. The lattice plate may include a first lattice portion disposed on a rear surface of the edge portion and including a first lattice pattern, and a second lattice portion disposed on a rear surface of the bending portion and including a second lattice pattern that is different from the first lattice pattern so as to have a relatively higher modulus than the first lattice portion.

Electronic device including display panel

An electronic device includes a first housing including a first space and including a first support member. The device includes a second housing including a second space, including a second support member, and slidably combined with the first housing. The device includes a bendable member connected to the first housing, being at least partly accommodated in a second space in a slide-in state, and at least partly forming the same plane with the first housing in a slide-out state. The device includes a flexible display including a first part disposed to be seen from an outside in the slide-in state, and a second part not seen from the outside. The device includes at least one first antenna and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal. The first support member includes a non-overlapping part not overlapping the second support member in the slide-in state.

Electronic device including antenna arrangement

An electronic device in accordance with an example embodiment of the disclosure includes a first non-conductive cover defining a first surface of the electronic device, a second non-conductive cover including a first portion defining a second surface of the electronic device, and a second portion defining one portion of a lateral surface of the electronic device, a conductive frame defining an other portion of the lateral surface of the electronic device, and an antenna module, wherein the antenna module is positioned so that the one surface is substantially perpendicular to the second surface at a position within a specified proximity to the lateral surface of the electronic device and is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal through the lateral surface.

Electronic device including antenna

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a first housing, a flexible display including a first area disposed on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area and deformable into a curved shape, and a multi-bar structure comprising a plurality of bars and having an end coupled to the first housing and deformably supporting the second area. The multi-bar structure may include a support having a surface disposed to support the second area, and at least one rail disposed on another surface of the support when viewed from outside of the flexible display, wherein the rail is at least partially disposed in an area overlapping the second area.

Electronic device including flexible display

An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a housing including a first surface and a second surface disposed to face the first surface and defining an internal space; a battery disposed adjacent to the second surface of the housing; and an antenna module comprising at least one coil disposed to face the first surface on the battery, wherein the antenna module includes: a base; a first wireless charging coil disposed on a surface of the base; a first NFC coil spaced apart from the first wireless charging coil disposed on a surface of the base and disposed outside the first wireless charging coil; a second wireless charging coil disposed at a position corresponding to the first wireless charging coil on an other surface of the base; a second NFC coil disposed at a position corresponding to the first NFC coil on the other surface of the base and surrounding a partial region of the second wireless charging coil; and a shield sheet disposed under the second wireless charging coil and the second NFC coil, and the antenna module includes a first region in which the second NFC coil and the second wireless charging coil are disposed and a second region corresponding to an other region, and the shield sheet has different thicknesses in the first region and the second region.

Electronic device including flexible printed circuit board laminated wireless charging coil and near field communication antenna pattern

An electronic device is disclosed, including: a first support member including at least one screw-fastening portion; a first printed circuit board (PCB) stacked on the first support member and including at least one screw-fixing portion facing the at least one screw-fastening portion; a second PCB spaced apart from the first PCB, including a first screw guide groove; an interposer disposed between the first PCB and the second PCB electrically connecting them and including a second screw guide groove facing the first screw guide groove; and a second support member stacked on the second PCB and including a screw inlet portion facing the first screw guide groove. The second support member, the first PCB, and the first support member are fixed to each other via a screw inserted through the screw inlet portion.

Stack structure of printed circuit boards using interposer and electronic device including the same

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include a housing including a front plate and a rear plate facing the front plate, a display exposed through at least part of the front plate, an intermediate plate interposed between the display and the rear plate, and including a first face facing the display and a second face facing the rear plate, a first printed circuit board interposed between the display and the intermediate plate, a first electronic component attached to a first portion of the second face, a second electronic component attached to a second portion, away from the first portion, of the second face, and a first heat-dissipating structure extended between the first portion and the second portion along the second face.

Electronic device comprising heat-dissipating structure

Provided are foldable electronic device and a control method of the foldable electronic device. For example, disclosed are a foldable electronic device including a support sheet that supports a display in a common curved region and a control method of the foldable electronic device. According to disclosed embodiments, provided are a foldable electronic device including a support sheet that supports a display under the display folded in a common curved region of the folded electronic device, and a control method of the foldable electronic device.

Foldable electronic device and control method thereof

Growing community of inventors

Suwon-si, South Korea

Inkuk Yun