Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jaehoon Jo

Sumin Yun

Seongjin Park

Jehun Jong

Myunghun Jeong

Dongyeon Kim

Hosaeng Kim

Woomin Jang

Sehyun Park

Jinwoo Jung

Jaebong Chun

Yoonjung Kim

Gyubok Park

Sungsoo Kim

Eunseok Hong

Seungbum Choi

Chaejun Lee

Seunghwan Kim

Hochul Hwang

Yongyoun Kim

Dongyoung Lee

Joon Young Heo

Jungje Bang

Jeongwon Lee

Woosung Chun

Wonjoon Choi

Bumjin Cho

Jaewon Choe

Kookjoo Lee

Nakchung Choi

Ahmed Hussain

Byoungryoul Song

Dongil Seo

Seyoon Bae

Taeyoon Seo

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

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.

Electronic device including antenna

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

An electronic apparatus having a housing, a flexible display, and a key button which is arranged in a first area on a side of a first part is provided. The key button includes at least one protrusion extending toward the inside of the first part and an antenna structure arranged on the inside of the first part with respect to the first area. The housing includes the first part, a second part, and a connection part arranged between the first part and the second part, the second part being rotatably coupled to the first part through the connection part. The antenna structure includes a dome switch arranged above a substrate at a position corresponding to the at least one protrusion, and a plurality of conductive patches provided on a conductive layer of the substrate. The dome switch may be arranged at the corresponding position between the plurality of conductive patches.

Electronic apparatus comprising antenna

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 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 according to various embodiments includes a mmWave antenna module including a plurality of first antenna elements disposed on a first surface that is oriented in a first direction, a first coupling unit that protrudes in a second direction from a second surface that is perpendicular to the first surface and is oriented in the second direction, and an RFIC disposed on a third surface oriented in a third direction opposite to the first direction. The electronic device also includes an antenna structure including a plurality of second antenna elements and a second coupling unit protruding from one surface of the antenna structure; a connection member electrically connected to at least one of the first coupling unit and the second coupling unit; a main PCB electrically connected to the mmWave antenna module; and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the main PCB.

Electronic device having an antenna

Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing, a wireless communication module, and an antenna module operatively connected to the wireless communication module and disposed inside the housing, wherein the antenna module includes a first substrate comprising at least one feed line, a first surface disposed in a first direction, and a second surface disposed in a second direction opposite the first surface, a second substrate disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and having a first antenna array and a second antenna array disposed on the second substrate, and a third substrate disposed in a portion of the second surface of the first substrate and having a third antenna array and a fourth antenna array disposed on the third substrate, wherein the second substrate and/or the third substrate is formed of a material having a higher permittivity than the first substrate.

Antenna module having a miniaturized size and electronic device including the antenna module

An electronic device is provided, which includes a housing; a first plate placed on the front side of the housing; a second plate placed on the rear side of the housing; and an antenna module arranged between the first plate and the second plate. The antenna module includes a first PCB; a second PCB having a material different from that of the first PCB and at least partially coupled to one surface of the first PCB in an overlap area; a first conductive line included in the first PCB; a second conductive line included in the second PCB; a first conductive pattern arranged on the second PCB and connected to the second conductive line; a first connection member for connecting the first conductive line and the second conductive line in the overlap area; and a second connection member for coupling the first PCB and the second PCB in the overlap area.

Electronic device comprising antenna module

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first frame, a first opening formed in one area of the first frame, a first antenna that includes a first printed circuit board including first conductive patches, a first dielectric material that is disposed in the first opening and has a first dielectric constant, a second dielectric material disposed between the first dielectric material and the first conductive patches, and a wireless communication circuit that is electrically connected to the first antenna, wherein the second dielectric material may have a second dielectric constant that is lower than the first dielectric constant of the first dielectric material, and the wireless communication circuit may be configured to feed power to the first conductive patches to transmit and/or receive a signal in a frequency band of 10 gigahertz (GHz) or higher.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a side surface between the first surface and the second surface, an antenna including a carrier including a first carrier surface facing the side surface, a second carrier surface opposite to the first carrier surface and a plurality of side carrier surfaces between the first carrier surface and the second carrier surface, and a patch positioned on the first carrier surface, a first capacitive sensor positioned between the first carrier surface and the side surface, and a filler positioned between the side surface and the first carrier surface.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jaehoon Jo