Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Min-Su Jung

Yong-Seok Lee

Hong-Moon Chun

Jin-A Mock

Sang-Hyeon Kim

Jong-Chul Choi

Min-Sung Lee

Sung-Young Lee

Min-Woo Yoo

Tae-Hwan Kang

Ki-Deuk Kim

Hyun-Jun Kwon

Jungwon Lee

Donghyun Yeom

Seung-hoon Lee

Dohyung Ha

Kwang-Tai Kim

Hyun-Ju Hong

Hyungsup Byeon

Seong Hoon Kim

Seung Ah Oh

Jae-Young Kim

Byoung-Uk Yoon

Sung-young Lee

Soon-Woong Yang

Jin-Young Park

Byung-Sun Kim

Young-Sik Choi

Young-Tae Kim

Jaewan Kim

Kun-Chan Seo

Jung Woong Hyun

Sung-Won Hong

Eun-Hwa Lee

Jae-Il Seo

Kwang-Jin Bae

Sung-Joo Cho

Kijae Kim

Cheol-Hee Kim

Hong-Beom Kim

Hyung-Dal Kim

Oh-Hyuck Kwon

Ji-Woong Oh

Dae-young Noh

Jong-Il Kim

Jung-Nam Moon

Jung-Woong Hyun

Chan-Keun Song

Beom-Ju Kim

Seung-Jae Bae

Il-Sung Jeong

Jong-Kyun Im

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first glass plate, a second glass plate facing in the opposite direction to the first glass plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first glass plate and the second glass plate, the second plate comprising an outer surface facing in the opposite direction to the first plate and an inner surface facing the first plate; an inner middle plate positioned between the first plate and the second plate; a touch screen display positioned between the middle plate and the first plate; an opaque layer comprising a first opening and a second opening positioned within 150 mm from the first opening, the opaque layer being directly or indirectly attached to the inner surface of the second plate comprising a hole overlapping with the first opening but comprising no hole overlapping with the second opening; a camera assembly partially positioned inside the hole of the second plate and the first opening; a light-emitting diode (LED) positioned between first parts of the second opening while facing the second opening and functionally connected to the camera assembly; a heart rate monitor (HRM) assembly positioned between second parts of the second opening while facing the second opening, the second opening having a gap between the heart rate monitor (HRM) assembly and the inner surface of the second plate, and the heart rate monitor (HRM) assembly comprising a light-discharging element and a light-receiving element; and a light guide structure comprising a first part between the LED and the second plate and a second part between the heart rate monitor (HRM) assembly and the second plate, the light guide structure being configured such that, when seen from above the second plate, the first part surrounds the LED, while the second part surrounds the light-discharging element.

Electronic device comprising biosensor

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that forms a rear surface of the electronic device and at least a portion of a side surface of the electronic device, a display that forms a portion of a front surface of the electronic device, a flexible layer extended from the display, the flexible layer including: a bent portion, and a planar portion extended from the bent portion and disposed between the display and the rear surface of the housing, the planar portion including a first surface facing the display and a second surface facing the rear surface, a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) mounted on the first surface of the planar portion of the flexible layer, the DDIC electrically connected to the display, and a flexible printed circuit board connected with the flexible layer on the second surface of the planar portion of the flexible layer.

Electronic device with display

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise a housing including a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction opposite the first direction, the housing including a transparent cover that comprises at least part of the first surface, a display disposed between the first surface and the second surface of the housing and configured to display information through the transparent cover to an outside, an illumination part comprising light emitting circuitry disposed at an inner side of an end of the first surface of the housing and configured to emit light to the transparent cover, an optical coupler disposed between the illumination part and the transparent cover and configured to reflect light from the illumination part to the transparent cover, and a biometric sensor disposed under the transparent cover and the display. In an electronic device including a biometric sensor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a light source is put to use in sensing the user's fingerprint information using a biometric sensor positioned in a display activation area, thereby providing better performance and an improved outer appearance.

Electronic device including biometric sensor

An electronic device for widening an active area of a display is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate and a second plate facing away from the first plate, a touch screen display including a first glass plate, a second glass plate, and an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) layer interposed between the first plate and the second plate, a flexible layer including a first portion connected to the first surface of the second glass plate and bent around an edge of the second glass plate toward the second plate of the housing, and a second portion extending from the first portion and interposed between the second glass plate and the second plate of the housing, a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) mounted on a first surface of the second portion of the flexible layer, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a portion mounted on a second surface of the second portion of the flexible layer.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a support member including at least a portion formed of a conductive material, an enclosure member configured to receive the support member and including at least a portion of which is formed of a conductive material. The conductive material portion of the enclosure member and the conductive material portion of the support member are insulated from each other.

Electronic device and method for manufacturing the same

Disclosed is an electronic device including a side speaker hole. The disclosed electronic device may include: a housing including a first face facing a first direction, a second face facing a second direction opposite the first direction, a side face facing a third direction perpendicular to each of the first and second directions and surrounding at least a portion of a space between the first and second faces; a first plate disposed on the first face and exposed in the first direction; and a second plate disposed on the second face and exposed in the second direction. The first plate may include a plurality of first edge regions, and at least one of the first edge regions includes, in at least a portion thereof, at least one first curved region that extends in the third direction, and at least one speaker hole may be disposed on a side face between the first curved region and the second plate.

Electronic device with side speaker hole

An apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a first circuit board; a first connector provided on one face of the first circuit board; a second circuit board disposed on the one face of the first circuit board, and electrically connected to the first circuit board; a second connector provided on one face of the second circuit board, and engaged with the first connector to electrically connect the second circuit board to the first circuit board; a sealing member disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board to seal a space between the first connector and the second connector; and a coupling member coupling the first circuit board and the second circuit board to each other.

Sealed circuit board connectors and electronic device including same

A mobile phone is provided, which includes a metal bezel having a left bezel portion and a right bezel portion and covering at least one part of an outer circumferential edge of a main body of the mobile phone, wherein upper and lower corner bezel portions of the left and right bezel portion are formed to be thicker outwardly in comparison with a middle portion of the left and right bezel portions.

Housing, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device including the housing

Provided is an electronic device including a battery and a processor configured to charge the battery at a second charging rate that is lower than a first charging rate set for the battery according to a battery charging condition. Various embodiments of the present disclosure may also include other embodiments.

Electronic device and battery management method for the same

A board assembly includes: a circuit board; a shield member coupled to the circuit board to face the circuit board; and at least one socket for a storage medium which is mounted on the circuit board. The shield member includes an opening that exposes the entirety of the socket to the outside. The board assembly forms an opening in a dual recess structure to accommodate the socket. Thus, the board assembly may contribute to the reduction of the thickness of an electronic device while being stacked with a battery. Further, the entire socket is exposed to the outside of the shield member, the storage medium may be easily removed.

Board assembly

A keypad assembly includes an operation member deformed according to user's manipulation to operate key switches, a binding member disposed on a top surface of the operation member, binding pieces extending and bent from the binding member to enclose sides of the operation member on an edge of the binding member, and a manipulation member disposed on a top surface of the binding member, the manipulation member including at least one key tops, in which the binding members are bound onto inner side walls of a housing of the portable terminal.

Keypad assembly for portable terminal

Provided is a memory card mounting device for a portable terminal, the memory card mounting device including a first socket installed in the terminal in a state where an opening through which a memory card is inserted is positioned on a side surface of the terminal and a second socket installed in a form stacked on the first socket, in which an opening of the second socket through which a memory card is inserted is positioned in parallel to the opening of the first socket on the side surface of the terminal, or the second socket is positioned on a rear surface of the terminal such that the memory card is mounted in the second socket on the rear surface of the terminal. The opening through which the memory card is inserted can be positioned in various areas such as a side surface or a rear surface of the terminal.

Memory card mounting device for portable terminal

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Seoul, South Korea

Min-Su Jung