Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyihyun Jang

Kyungmoon Seol

Jiho Kim

Seongyong An

Jaebong Chun

Minkyung Lee

Gyubok Park

Sumin Yun

Bumjin Cho

Jaewon Choe

Kyunggu Kim

Hyeonuk Kang

Moohyun Roh

Hyungjin Kim

Donghun Shin

Mincheol Seo

Sunghyup Lee

Yoonjung Kim

Gyusub Kim

Huiwon Cho

Jinwoo Jung

Myunghun Jeong

Sehyun Park

Nakchung Choi

According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a display module comprising a display, a conductive part comprising a conductive material, a wireless communication circuit, and a dielectric. The conductive part may be included in a housing forming the external appearance of the electronic device. The conductive part may include a conductive region which may face and overlap a portion of the front surface of the display module to cover a portion of the front surface of the display module. The wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a signal in a selected or designated frequency band through the conductive part. The dielectric may be disposed between a portion of the front surface of the display module and the conductive region of the conductive part. An air gap may be provided between the dielectric and a portion of the front surface of the display module or between the dielectric and the conductive region.

Electronic device comprising antenna

An electronic device may include a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a side member surrounding a space formed by the front plate and the rear plate, a support member disposed in the space, at least one electronic component disposed in the space, a first non-conductive member disposed on at least a portion of the support member and on the side member, a conductive pattern at least partially disposed between the side member and the first non-conductive member, and a second non-conductive member disposed between the side member and a portion of the conductive pattern and a portion of the first non-conductive member, at least a portion of the conductive pattern may be spaced apart from the at least one electronic component by a predetermined distance, and a first inclined surface may be formed on a portion of the first non-conductive member.

Electronic device including antenna and method for manufacturing the same

An electronic device is provided, The electronic device includes a housing, a hinge including a conductive portion, at least one contact electrically connecting the conductive portion and at least one of a first frame and second frame of the housing, and a wireless communication circuit. The first frame includes a first conductive portion. The second frame includes a second conductive portion. In a first state, the wireless communication circuit at least one of transmits or receives a signal of a first frequency band, based on the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion. In a second state, the wireless communication circuit at least one of transmits or receives the signal of the first frequency band, based on the first conductive portion and the conductive portion.

Electronic device using hinge structure as antenna

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a first housing including a first area, a second housing coupled to be slidable in a first direction from the first housing and including a second area overlapping the first area in a slide-in state, an antenna structure disposed in the first housing to overlap the first area when the first housing is viewed from the top, a conductive part disposed in the second area and electromagnetically connected to the antenna structure in the slide-in state, and wireless communication circuitry electrically connected to the antenna structure. The wireless communication circuitry may be configured to transmit and/or receive radio signals in at least one designated frequency band through the antenna structure and the conductive part in the slide-in state.

Antenna and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a lateral member including a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface, a first conductive portion segmented through a first segmentation portion, a substrate including a ground, and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the substrate, the first conductive portion includes a first power feed unit, a second power feed unit, a first ground part, and a second ground part.

According to an example embodiment, a slidable electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing configured to be slidable with respect to the first housing, a flexible display module comprising a flexible display including a first area configured to be seen in a state in which the second housing is slid-in with respect to the first housing, and a second area configured to be at least partially drawn out to the outside to be seen in a state in which the second housing is slid-out with respect to the first housing, and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the second housing includes a first conductive pattern electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and a second conductive pattern physically separated from the first conductive pattern and configured to operate as an antenna ground.

Slidable electronic device including flexible display and antenna

An electronic device is provided that includes a first housing including a first conductive region with a first slot structure that extends to a first edge of the first housing. The electronic device also includes a second housing movable with respect to the first housing and including a second conductive region with a second slot structure that extends to a second edge of the second housing. The electronic device also includes a wireless communication circuit that feeds power to a point on the first slot structure. The wireless communication circuit receives a first signal on a first electrical path including the first slot structure while the first edge and the second edge are spaced apart from each other, and receives a second signal on a second electrical path including the first slot structure and the second slot structure while the first edge is in contact with the second edge.

Electronic device including slot antenna

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a side member including a conductive part and a first non-conductive part, a frame member disposed on at least a portion of the side member to be at least partially visible from an exterior, a second non-conductive part disposed between the frame member and the first non-conductive part, at least one conductive member disposed between the second non-conductive part and the first non-conductive part, at least one conductive structure disposed near the conductive member in an internal space of the electronic device, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the internal space and configured to transmit or receive via the at least one conductive member. The conductive member may include a stepped portion so that at least a portion of the conductive member may be disposed in a direction away from the conductive structure.

Electronic device including antenna

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to be slidable with respect to the first housing, and a flexible display including a first area visible to the outside of the electronic device and a second area configured to extend from the first area such that, based on sliding of the second housing, the second area is moved out of the housing or is moved into an inner space of the housing, wherein the housing comprises a conductive part facing a front surface of the flexible display, and the conductive part is electrically connected to a conductive layer forming a rear surface of the flexible display or is positioned on the rear surface.

Electronic device including flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a side member, a support member, a display, an antenna module including one or more patch antennas, a printed circuit board (PCB), a wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB, a first conductive member, a first connector, a second connector, and a protrusion extending from the first end of the first conductive member toward an interior of the housing, and electrically connected to the first conductive member. The antenna module is disposed at locations corresponding to a first opening defined by the first conductive member, the support member, the first connector, and the second connector, and a second opening defined by the first conductive member, the support member, the first connector, and the protrusion, and the wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to the protrusion and the antenna module.

Antenna module and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a conductive member on which at least one power supply point and ground point are positioned, at least one ground member arranged inside the housing, a first ground path connecting the ground point to the ground member, a second ground path connecting the ground point to the ground member, a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged inside the housing and a processor arranged on the PCB. The processor is configured to supply power to the at least one power supply point so that the conductive member transmits and/or receives a signal of a first frequency band.

Antenna and electronic device comprising same

An electronic device includes: a side member forming sides of the electronic device, the side member including a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, a first non-conductive portion, and a slit; a printed circuit board including the ground; and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the first conductive portion includes a first electrical path and a second electrical path, the second conductive portion includes a third electrical path and a fourth electrical path, a capacitor is arranged along the third electrical path, and the wireless communication circuit may feed, to the first conductive portion via the first electrical path, an RF signal of a first frequency band and may feed, to the second conductive portion via the third electrical path, an RF signal of a second frequency band which at least partially overlaps the first frequency band.

An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a column-shaped housing including a processor and a communication module comprising communication circuitry disposed therein; a rollable display wound on a column face of the housing, wherein a printed circuit board is disposed on the housing; an array antenna mounted or embedded on the printed circuit board as a module; and a director unit including at least one director comprising a conductive material corresponding to a beam being formed by the array antenna and disposed on at least a part of the rollable display in a state in which the rollable display is wound.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Kyihyun Jang