Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jihee Kang

Hyoseok Na

Namjun Cho

Jonghyun Park

Jihoon Kim

Jongin Lee

Dongil Yang

Jiyong Kim

Youngjoon Kim

Junghwan Son

Ilpyo Hong

Youngju Kim

A directional coupler according to various embodiment and an electronic device having the same are provided. The directional coupler includes a first layer having at least one conductive portion, a second layer disposed adjacent to the first layer in a first direction and having at least one conductive plate corresponding to the conductive portion of the first layer, a third layer disposed adjacent to the second layer in the first direction and including an RF signal transmission line, a fourth layer disposed adjacent to the third layer in the first direction and having a conductive line wound with at least one turn, and at least one conductive via electrically connecting the at least one conductive plate of the second layer and the conductive line of the fourth layer which is wound with at least one turn.

Directional coupler and electronic device having the same

An electronic device may include an antenna, a power amplifier (PA) to transmit an output signal to the antenna through a signal path, a coupler to obtain a first signal coupled to the output signal and a second signal coupled to a reflection signal of the output signal reflected from the antenna, an equalizing module to generate a changed signal obtained by changing a strength and/or a phase of one signal of the first signal or the second signal, a differential circuit to generate a differential signal between a remaining one signal of the first signal or the second signal and the changed signal, and a controller to control transmitting of a radio signal, based on the differential signal. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.

Electronic device for controlling wireless transmission and operating method thereof

An electronic device may include a low drop output regulator (LDO); a first DC-to-DC converter; an antenna module including an antenna array IC and an antenna array; a second DC-to-DC converter disposed outside the antenna module and supplying power to the low drop output regulator; a power generation circuit for supplying power to the first DC-to-DC converter and the second DC-to-DC converter; and a processor operatively coupled to the antenna module, the second DC-to-DC converter, and the power generation circuit.

Method and device for sharing DC-to-DC converter between antenna modules

Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device including an antenna. An electronic device may include: a housing, a main substrate s disposed in an inner space of the housing and including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and an antenna module disposed on the main substrate, wherein the antenna module includes a first substrate disposed on the first surface of the main substrate and including at least one antenna, the main substrate including multiple through-holes, multiple antenna structures disposed to penetrate the multiple through-holes, respectively, and include at least one antenna element including at least one antenna spaced at a designated interval, and matching structure comprising impedance matching circuitry disposed on the first substrate and configured to match impedance for the at least one antenna element included in each of the multiple antenna structures.

Antenna and electronic device including the same

An electronic device for identifying a status of a wireless communication device of various embodiments of the present disclosure can include an antenna configured to receive wireless signals outputted from a first antenna and a second antenna included in an external electronic device, a communication circuit electrically connected to the antenna, and a control circuit. The control circuit can be configured to control the external electronic device wherein the external electronic device outputs specified wireless signals at a first specified phase by using the first antenna and at a second specified phase by using the second antenna, receive the specified wireless signals by using the antenna, identify a signal intensity corresponding to the specified wireless signals by using the communication circuit, and determine a status related to the external electronic device at least on the basis of a difference value between the specified signal intensity and a reference signal intensity.

Device and method for identifying status of external electronic device

An electronic device, according to one embodiment disclosed in the present disclosure, may be configured to: form a beam in any one direction of a first direction and directions rotated by a first angle on the basis of the first direction; control a device under test (DUT) so as to emit a designated signal by using the formed beam; and check antenna performance of the DUT at least on the basis of intensity measured from a signal measuring device. In addition, various embodiments inferred from the specification are also possible.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Jihee Kang