Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyungmoon Seol

Seongyong An

Kyihyun Jang

Jaebong Chun

Jiho Kim

Gyubok Park

Kyunggu Kim

Sumin Yun

Jinwoo Jung

Jaewon Choe

Hyeonuk Kang

Hochul Hwang

Hojin Jung

Minkyung Lee

Hyunsuk Kim

Bumjin Cho

Moohyun Roh

Soyoung Lee

Hyungjin Kim

Yongyoun Kim

Minsung Lee

Jinkyu Bang

Yoonjung Kim

Gyusub Kim

Seunghwan Kim

Jaehyung Kim

Jihwan Kim

Donghyun Yeom

Kwangtai Kim

Kyungtae Kim

Dongyeon Kim

Myunghun Jeong

Sehyun Park

Jungkyu Lee

Minuk Kim

Jaehee Kim

Byungduk Yang

Hyoungtak Cho

Haeyeon Kim

Jaemoon Lee

Youngmin Ji

Donguk Choi

Nakchung Choi

Yongjae Song

Hongpyo Bae

Joonho Byun

Sukho Kim

Sangjin Eom

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

An electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing movably coupled to the first housing, the second housing being configured to slide with respect to the first housing along a first direction and a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; a display including a first area and a second area, the first area being disposed on the second housing, the second area extending from the first area, the second area being configured to (i) be exposed to an outside environment as the second housing moves in the first direction and (ii) be rolled into the first housing as the second housing moves in the second direction; and at least one processor configured to communicate with an external electronic device and to receive and/or transmit a communication signal by feeding to a first conductive portion and/or a second conductive portion.

Electronic device including multi-feed 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 at least one hinge device, a plurality of housings that are foldably connected to each other via the at least one hinge device and configured to at least partially define a rolling space in a rolled state, a flexible display supported by the plurality of housings and disposed to be visible from the outside in the rolled state, a cavity defined to have a predetermined spatial volume through a conductive material in a first housing among the plurality of housings, wherein the cavity includes a slit that is at least partially connected to the outside, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in an inner space of at least one housing among the plurality of housings and electrically connected to a first point within the cavity, wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to form a radiation pattern through the cavity structure.

Antenna and electronic device including 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.

An electronic device may include a body having a cylindrical shape as a cylindrical housing. The body may include: a first side surface portion extending from one end; and a second side surface portion extending from the other end of the body and disposed in parallel with the first side surface portion. The body may include a rollable display disposed to be rolled in an inner space of the cylindrical housing, and pulled from the inside of the housing to the outside and pushed into the inside of the housing. The electronic device may include radio frequency (RF) transmission lines disposed to traverse an active area of the rollable display on the rear surface of the rollable display. The electronic device may include a plurality of antennas disposed on one side of the rollable display and electrically connected to a first side of the plurality of RF transmission lines. The electronic device may include a flexible circuit board electrically connected to a second side of the RF transmission lines.

Electronic device comprising rollable display

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

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the first housing may include a first surface and a second surface perpendicular to the first surface at a first edge, and a first conductive area, and the first conductive area may include a first portion of a first slit extending from a point on the first surface to the first edge, a third surface of the second housing may include a second conductive area, and the second conductive area may include a second slit, wherein, in a first state, at least a portion of the first portion of the first slit may overlap the second slit when viewed in a second direction perpendicular to the first surface of the first housing, and wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band based on an electrical path including the first portion.

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 is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing, a flexible display, at least one contact structure, a first processor, and a first ultrawide band (UWB) antenna, a second UWB antenna, a third UWB antenna, and a fourth UWB antenna, and, in a first state, the first processor may transmit and/or receive a signal of a designated frequency band, based on at least two of the first UWB antenna and the second UWB antenna, and the third UWB antenna, and, in a second state, the first processor may transmit and/or receive a signal of a designated frequency band, based on at least two of the first UWB antenna and the second UWB antenna, and the fourth UWB antenna which is disposed in the flexible display.

Electronic device comprising an antenna

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Kyungmoon Seol