Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kukjeong Kim

Woohyuk Jang

Jaemoon Cha

Yeonjoo Lee

Junghwan Yeom

Wonwook Lee

An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: at least one communication processor configured to support a plurality of network communications, a shared antenna configured to transmit at least one communication signal corresponding to the plurality of network communications, an antenna tuning circuit configured to adjust resonance characteristics of the shared antenna, and a memory configured to store a plurality of antenna configurations applied to the antenna tuning circuit, wherein the at least one communication processor is configured to: identify a plurality of target power values corresponding to the plurality of network communication, respectively, identify a first antenna configuration of the antenna tuning circuit to minimize the power consumption among the plurality of antenna configurations stored in the memory based on the at least one communication signal being transmitted through the shared antenna, based on the plurality of target power values, and apply the first antenna configuration to the antenna tuning circuit.

Electronic device for adjusting antenna configuration and method for operating same

An electronic device having a plurality of antennas is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a printed circuit board positioned within the housing, and including a ground, a wireless communication circuit mounted on the printed circuit board, a first antenna configured to transmit or receive a first wireless signal with the wireless communication circuit, and a second antenna configured to transmit or receive a second wireless signal with the wireless communication circuit. The first antenna includes a first short-circuit pattern connected to the ground, and the second antenna includes a second short-circuit pattern connected to the ground. At least part of the first short-circuit pattern and at least part of the second short-circuit pattern are arranged to be adjacently occurred a decoupling resonance.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Kukjeong Kim