Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyujae Jang

Hyeyong Go

Sungyoul Cho

Yeongseob Lim

Dohun Kim

Jungjoon Kim

Jaeuk Ryu

Sanghyeok Yang

Jaemoon Cha

Kyungrok Lee

Hojong Kim

Juho Van

Daeyoung Jo

Seongju Lee

Hyunkyung Jo

Yeonsang Yun

Youngjune Hong

Youngsik Byun

Hyoungtak Son

Jimin Koo

Minchull Paik

Jihyeon Jang

Minkwon Jeong

Cheonshik Kim

Jonghyeok Im

Daehan Choi

Heecheol Ahn

Taekyoung Jin

Jungsik Min

A wireless communication device may include a processor, a first RF integrated circuit including a first control port for controlling a first RF processing circuit and a RF front end circuit and configured to communicate with the processor, a second RF integrated circuit including a second control port for controlling a second RF processing circuit and the RF front end circuit and configured to communicate with the processor, and the RF front end circuit controlled through the first control port and the second control port and configured to communicate with the first RF integrated circuit to exchange a first RF signal, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether to process a second RF signal in the second RF processing circuit and deactivate at least one component for processing the second RF signal in the second RF processing circuit based on the determining.

Wireless communication device including radio frequency integrated circuit and method of controlling the same

An electronic device may include a wireless communication circuit, a battery, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and the battery and including a regulator, and a processor electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit, the battery, and the PMIC. The processor may, responsive to the electronic device satisfying a specified condition, identify a change in a magnitude of a voltage of an output terminal of the regulator for a first time interval, identify a ratio of a time interval during which the change in the magnitude of the voltage of the output terminal satisfies a threshold value with respect to the first time interval, and adjust the magnitude of the voltage of the output terminal in a step-wise manner based on the ratio.

Electronic device including a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and operating method thereof

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a communication processor, a radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (RFIC) configured to receive a signal output from the communication processor and to modulate the signal into an RF signal, a power management circuit, a first power amplifier configured to amplify an RF signal output from the RFIC based on power supplied from the power management circuit, a second power amplifier configured to amplify the RF signal output from the RFIC based on the power supplied from the power management circuit, at least one capacitor connected in parallel to a power supply terminal of the first power amplifier, and at least one switch connected between the power supply terminal and the at least one capacitor, wherein the communication processor is configured to: identify a power amplification mode based a frequency band of the RF signal, and control the at least one switch by outputting a control signal corresponding to the identified power amplification mode.

Electronic device including power amplifier and front-end module including power amplifier

An electronic device includes a battery, a plurality of capacitors, a converter that receives power from the battery and charges each of the plurality of capacitors to different voltages based on the power, a plurality of switches that switch a first path and a second path of each of the plurality of capacitors, and a controller. The controller selects a first switch among the plurality of switches based on a received signal, and controls the first switch such that a path of a capacitor connected to the first switch is switched from the first path to the second path, and the first path is a path which electrically connects each of the plurality of capacitors to the converter, the second path is a path which electrically connects each of the plurality of capacitors and a power amplifier (PA).

Electronic device including power management integrated circuit and operating method thereof

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a communication processor; at least one RFIC connected to the communication processor; a first RFFE circuit connected to the at least one RFIC and configured to process a first signal corresponding to a first communication network; and a second RFFE circuit connected to the at least one RFIC and configured to process a second signal corresponding to a second communication network, and the communication processor may be configured to: identify a maximum frequency bandwidth that is supportable in the first communication network based on information received from the first communication network, and if the identified maximum frequency bandwidth is identified as a frequency bandwidth that is capable of being processed via the second RFFE circuit, transmit, via the second RFFE circuit, a third signal to the first communication network. Other various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device and method for setting transmission path in electronic device

According to one or more embodiments, an electronic device comprises an antenna, a transceiver configured to generate a first signal which corresponds to a first frequency band and transmit the first signal to the antenna, a coupler electrically connected to the antenna and the transceiver, and a communication processor operatively connected to the transceiver, and the communication processor may be configured to identify whether the first signal is abnormal, at least partially based on at least part of the first signal, wherein the at least part of the first signal is a signal fed back through the coupler, and, based on identifying that the first signal is abnormal, control transmission power of the first signal during a set time interval. Other embodiments may be possible.

Electronic device and method to control communication circuit in electronic device

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Kyujae Jang