Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jeongseob Kim

Yonggil Han

Hyeonho Kim

Siwoo Lee

Kwonseung Shin

Taehoon Kim

Yeunwook Lim

Hyunsuk Choi

Kyungmin Lee

Yongwon Cho

Junhee Han

Pilwon Seo

Haedong Lee

Jebin Lee

Kyeongho Kim

Haewon Sung

Bitna Kim

Gijae Lee

Hyojin Son

Sangjae Jung

Gihyup Lee

Seungchul Son

Hyongrae Cho

Yonghee An

Hyejung Suk

An electronic device includes a housing, an antenna structure disposed in an inner space of the housing, a wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space, and a first bracket. The antenna structure includes a substrate having a first substrate surface facing in a first direction and a second substrate surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first substrate surface, and a plurality of chip antennas sequentially arranged on the first substrate surface in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the plurality of chip antennas includes an antenna element and is separated in the third direction from remaining chip antennas by separation spaces. The first bracket includes first and second protrusions that protrude in the second direction to correspond to the first substrate surface of the substrate. The protrusions are aligned, in the third direction, with the separation spaces.

Electronic device including antenna supporting structure

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a printed circuit board; a connector disposed on one surface of the printed circuit board and including a first contact portion and a second contact portion spaced apart from the first contact portion; and a flexible printed circuit board at least a part of which is connected to the connector. The flexible printed circuit board may include: two first areas formed on one surface of the flexible printed circuit board and each having a length in a width direction from one side or the other side of the one surface; and a second area formed between the first areas. Each of the first area and the second area may include a plurality of first terminals in contact with the first contact portion and disposed at intervals in the width direction of the flexible printed circuit board; and a plurality of second terminals in contact with the second contact portion and spaced apart from the plurality of first terminals in a longitudinal direction of the flexible printed circuit board. In the first area, one end of the plurality of first terminals may be formed at a same position in the longitudinal direction of the flexible printed circuit board, and the plurality of second terminals are spaced apart from the plurality of first terminals by a first length, respectively. In the second area, at least some of the plurality of first terminals may be spaced apart from at least some of the plurality of second terminals by a second length, respectively. The first length may be greater than the second length.

Flexible printed circuit board and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor operatively connected to a connector, a power supply circuit, a discharge circuit, a first switch, and a second switch, and configured to detect a connection of an external electronic device through the connector in a state in which the discharge circuit is activated, perform first discharge of discharging a current of the connected external electronic device using the discharge circuit for a designated time based on the connection of the external electronic device, control the first switch to cut off the electrical connection between the discharge circuit and the ground after performing the first discharge, control the second switch to electrically connect the connector and power supply circuit to supply designated power to the external electronic device through the connector, and perform communication with the external electronic device based on a communication connection with the external electronic device.

Electronic device and method of controlling discharge of external electronic device using the same

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises a fingerprint sensor, a display and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: execute an application comprising a plurality of resources corresponding to a plurality of images to be displayed on the display with respect to the fingerprint sensor; determine a resource among the plurality of resources which corresponds to the fingerprint sensor, on the basis of an attribute of the fingerprint sensor; and display one of the images which corresponds to the determined resource, on the display with respect to the fingerprint sensor.

Electronic device and screen provision method of electronic device

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory storing first authenticated fingerprint information, and a processor configured to obtain first fingerprint information corresponding to a first input, compare the first fingerprint information with the first authenticated fingerprint information during a first user authentication, perform a designated function when the first authenticated fingerprint information belongs to a first reference, temporarily store the first fingerprint information when the first authenticated fingerprint information belongs to a second reference, obtain second fingerprint information corresponding to a second input during a second user authentication, compare the second fingerprint information with the first authenticated fingerprint information during the second user authentication when the second input satisfies a designated reference in relation to the first input, store the temporarily stored first fingerprint information as second authenticated fingerprint information when the second authenticated fingerprint information belongs to the first reference, and perform the designated function.

Electronic device and method for storing fingerprint information

Disclosed herein are an electronic device and method. The electronic device includes a touch screen, at least one fingerprint sensor disposed on the touch screen, and a processor implementing the method, including controlling the touch screen to display one or more graphic objects, detecting attribute information of at least one graphic object associated with a fingerprint sensor disposed on at least a part of the touch screen from among the one or more graphic objects, activating an area of the fingerprint sensor based on the attribute information, the activated area of the fingerprint sensor corresponding to the at least one graphic object, and acquiring fingerprint information through the activated area of the fingerprint sensor.

Apparatus and method for controlling fingerprint sensor

An electronic device includes a connector for connecting to an external device; a battery; and a controller operatively coupled to the connector and the battery. The controller includes a power controller configured to: supply the external device with a first signal having a first voltage level in response to detecting that the external device is connected to the connector. The external device is supplied with a second signal having a second voltage level that differs from the first voltage level, in response to detecting that the external device is connected to an external power supply. The first signal is generated at least in part by the battery.

Method of controlling the supply of power and electronic device and adapted thereto

A method and apparatus for performing calculations in a character input mode of an electronic device. Character input is received in the character input mode, and input characters are displayed in a character input window. If determined that an arithmetic expression is present in the displayed input characters, the arithmetic expression is evaluated, and an evaluation result is displayed. A calculation enabling condition may be satisfied prior to, or after, the arithmetic expression identification. The method may be applied to character input modes of a text messaging or email application, or of a word processing application.

Method and apparatus for performing calculations in character input mode of electronic device

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Daegu, South Korea

Jeongseob Kim