Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jongpill Lee

Changwon Jang

Seunghan Seo

An electronic device is provided, which includes a housing; an antenna module accommodated in the housing; a conductive member accommodated in the housing and disposed to support the antenna module; and a thermally conductive member adjacent to the conductive member. Heat generated by the antenna module is transferred to the conductive member via the thermally conductive member.

Electronic device including antenna and heat dissipation structure

Electronic device includes a housing; an antenna module accommodated in the housing, the antenna module including a PCB including a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; one or more antenna elements disposed at the first side of the PCB; and a wireless communication circuit disposed at the second side of the PCB and configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal through an antenna element of the one or more antenna elements; and a conductive member accommodated in the housing and including a supporting portion and a connecting portion extended from the supporting portion and connected to the conductive portion of the housing, the supporting portion configured to support the antenna module such that the first side of the PCB faces in a direction toward the lateral surface of the electronic device, and the connecting portion including a hole through which a fastening member is disposed to fasten the conductive member to the conductive portion of the housing. Heat generated by the antenna module is transferred to the conductive portion of the housing.

Electronic device includes a housing including a conductive portion extended from at least a portion of a lateral surface of the electronic device to an inner space of the electronic device; an antenna module accommodated in the housing, the antenna module including a PCB including a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, one or more antenna elements disposed at the first side of the PCB, and a wireless communication circuit disposed at the second side of the PCB and configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal through at least one antenna element of the one or more antenna elements; and a conductive member accommodated in the housing and including a supporting portion and a connecting portion extended from the supporting portion and connected to the conductive portion of the housing, the supporting portion configured to support the antenna module such that the first side of the PCB faces in a direction toward the lateral surface of the electronic device, and the connecting portion including a hole through which a fastening member is disposed to fasten the conductive member to the conductive portion of the housing. Heat generated by the antenna module is to be transferred to the conductive portion of the housing.

Electronic device includes a housing including a conductive portion, an antenna module disposed in an inner space of the housing and including printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the inner space, including a first surface and a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first surface, at least one antenna element disposed on the first surface of the PCB or near the first surface in the PCB, a wireless communication circuit disposed on the second surface and configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal through the at least one antenna element, a protective member disposed on the second surface of the PCB to surround at least partially the wireless communication circuit, and a conductive shielding layer disposed on the protective layer, and a conductive member connected to the conductive portion of the housing and facing the conductive shielding layer of the antenna module at least in part.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Jongpill Lee