Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jun-Hwa Oh

Joon-Ho Byun

Bum-Jin Cho

Sang-Jin Eom

Hoon Mo Park

Jae-Hee Kim

Ho-Saeng Kim

An antenna apparatus for a portable terminal is provided. The portable terminal includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a ground surface and RF components to process a wireless signal received through at least one antenna element. A housing forms an external appearance of the portable terminal, and has a non-conductive member with a plurality of metal fragments attached thereto. At least one of the metal fragments is electrically connected to the ground surface. The metal fragments may enhance the texture and durability of the housing. Preferably, the shapes, sizes and distances separating the metal fragments are designed to minimally impact, or improve, the antenna performance provided by the at least one antenna element.

Antenna apparatus for portable terminal

An antenna device for a portable terminal having a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The antenna device is comprised of first and second antenna elements. The first antenna element includes at least a portion of one or more metal members disposed within the portable terminal; is electrically connected with a ground surface of the PCB; and has a slot. The second antenna element, is disposed in proximity to the slot, spaced from and electromagnetically coupled to the first antenna element. The second antenna element receives RF power from the PCB and is configured to resonate at a frequency of the RF power.

Antenna device for portable terminal

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Seoul, South Korea

Jun-Hwa Oh