Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Mincheol Seo

Donghun Shin

Yoonjae Lee

Hosaeng Kim

Minkyung Lee

Huiwon Cho

Kwonho Son

Sunghyup Lee

Chongo Yoon

Yongsang Yun

Sungchul Park

Jaebong Chun

Jiyoon Park

Jaehyuk Lee

Nari Kim

Gyubok Park

Junwhon Uhm

Yoonjung Kim

Byungman Lim

Jungsik Park

Hyunju Hong

Hyungjin Kim

Minwoo Yoo

Heecheul Moon

Jiho Kim

Sangyoup Seok

Seongyong An

Heeseok Jung

Kyihyun Jang

Yunsik Kim

Kyungjae Lee

Woosuk Kang

Yonghyun Yoon

Changha Yu

Bokun Choi

Jinwoo Jung

Dongyeon Kim

Seongjin Park

Myunghun Jeong

Youngjun Cho

Moonsoo Kim

Sungjun Lee

Jinkyu Bang

Seho Kim

Sooyoung Jang

Jeongwan Park

Kyunggu Kim

Nakchung Choi

Jongheon Lee

Chankyu An

Youngkow Lee

Gyusub Kim

Hongpyo Bae

Hojung Nam

Hyuntae Jung

Jaheon Gu

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing comprising a first space and comprising a conductive portion, a second housing comprising a second space and slidably coupled to the first housing, a flexible display disposed to be supported by the first housing and the second housing and having a display area expanding when being transitioned from a slide-in state to a slide-out state, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the first space and configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a designated frequency band via the conductive portion, wherein the electronic device comprises a conductive stub disposed in the second housing and disposed to be connectable through capacitive coupling to at least a part of the conductive portion in the slide-in state.

Electronic device comprising antenna

An electronic device may include: a main substrate; a frame having at least one part exposed outside the electronic device, and formed from a metal material; a flexible printed circuit board having at least one part disposed adjacent to the frame; a first connecting part for electrically connecting the flexible printed circuit board and the main substrate; a second connecting part formed to be bendable to electrically connect the flexible printed circuit board and the frame; and an integrated circuit disposed on, directly or indirectly, the flexible printed circuit board. Various other embodiments are possible.

Antenna power feeding structure comprising flexible printed circuit board, and electronic device comprising same

An electronic device may include a housing including a first side surface and a second side surface; a support member disposed inside the housing and connected to a part of the first and second side surfaces; a first opening formed between the first side surface and the support member, and a second opening formed among a part of the first side surface, the second side surface, and the support member; a printed circuit board disposed on the support member and having a ground; a first conductive portion disposed between a first segmenting portion formed in the first side surface and a second segmenting portion formed in the second side surface, and including a first ground portion, a first feeding point, a first point, and/or a second point; a second conductive portion disposed between the first segmenting portion and a third segmenting portion formed in the first side surface, and including a second feeding point, a second ground portion, a third feeding point, and/or a third ground portion; a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first feeding point, the second feeding point, and/or the third feeding point; a processor electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit; and a first matching circuit electrically connected to the ground and the first point and/or a second matching circuit electrically connected to the ground and the second point, wherein the first conductive portion and at least a part of the second conductive portion may be configured to operate as at least one antenna, depending on an operation of the first matching circuit or the second matching circuit corresponding to control of the processor. Other various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device including antenna

An electronic device includes a camera cover, a wireless communication circuit, a first frame, a second frame and a third frame, extends from a second surface along a part not included in a first surface and the second surface among the periphery of the camera cover, and is connected to the camera cover. The second frame is positioned away from the first frame to form a part of the second surface, and extends from the second surface to form a part of a third surface. The third frame has a gap from the first frame in a specific direction in a first area and is connected to the first frame in a second area. The wireless communication circuit can receive a signal of a specific frequency band by feeding power to a slot structure comprising the gap between the first frame and the third frame.

Apparatus having slot antenna using camera cover in electronic device

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit that supports a first communication method and a second communication circuit configured to support a second communication method, transmit, in at least one first band, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to a first threshold value, and transmit, in at least one second band, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to a second threshold value. The first communication circuit may be configured to form, based on the first communication method, a first connection to an external electronic device, the second communication circuit may be configured to transmit, based on a first function based on the first connection, having been executed, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to the first threshold value, and the first threshold value may be less than the second threshold value.

Electronic device using plurality of communication methods, and method for controlling same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a support member, a front plate disposed on a front surface of the support member, a back plate disposed on a back surface of the support member, a non-conductive structure interposed between the back plate and an edge of the support member and fixed to the support member, and an antenna structure interposed between the back plate and an edge of the support member. At least a portion of the antenna structure may be disposed to face the non-conductive structure. In a region of the non-conductive structure, which faces the antenna structure, a separated distance from the antenna structure varies depending on a distance from a bottom surface of the support member to which the non-conductive structure is fixed.

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 on which at least a part of an external device operating communication in a frequency band of 20 GHz or higher is mounted, support members comprising a first support member connected to an area of the housing so as to support wearing of the electronic device in an area of the user's head while surrounding at least a part of the horizontal circumference of the user's head, and a second member surrounding at least a part of the vertical circumference of the user's head, and an antenna module disposed in an area of the second support member. The antenna module comprises an antenna layer comprising multiple patch antenna elements, a wireless circuit layer laminated on the lower portion of the antenna layer, and a heat-radiating layer laminated on the lower portion of the wireless circuit layer.

Electronic device comprising antenna module

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises: a housing including a front plate, a rear plate positioned on the opposite side from the front plate, and a side bezel surrounding at least part of the space between the front plate and the rear plate, and including a first conduction unit comprising a conductor, a second conduction unit comprising a conductor positioned such that a first segment is between the second conduction unit and one end of the first conduction unit, and a third conduction unit comprising a conductor positioned such that a second segment is between the third conduction unit and an other end of the first conduction unit; a support positioned inside the space and connected to the first conduction unit, the second conduction unit, and the third conduction unit, and which includes a first opening extending from the first segment and positioned within a specified proximity of the first conduction unit; a printed circuit board positioned inside the space between the support and the rear plate, and including first and second terminals electrically connected to at least part of the support surrounding the first opening, a ground plane, a first electrical path electrically connecting the second terminal and a first position of the ground plane, and a second electrical path electrically connecting the second terminal and a second position of the ground plane; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first terminal and configured to transmit and/or receive signals in a selected or designated frequency band, wherein, when viewed from above the rear plate, at least part of the first opening may extend to the first segment by passing between the first terminal and the second terminal.

An electronic device according to a certain embodiments comprises: a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate; an antenna module disposed in the space, and configured to transmit and receive first signals belonging to a first frequency band using at least one antenna element; a nonconductive member disposed to face at least one surface of the antenna module; and a conductive pattern being closer to the rear plate than to the at front plate and disposed between the nonconductive member and the rear plate, wherein the conductive pattern is configured to: change a radiation direction of at least a portion of the first signal and transmit and receive a second signal belonging to a second frequency band.

Antenna and electronic device comprising same

An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a first frame at least partially exposed to an outside of the electronic device and comprising a metal material, a flexible printed circuit board at least a portion of which is disposed adjacent to the first frame, a first connector electrically connecting the flexible printed circuit board and a main board of the electronic device, a bendable second connector electrically connecting the flexible printed circuit board and the first frame, a bolt including a bolt body extending through a groove formed in the second connector to be bolt-coupled to a bolt groove formed in the first frame and a bolt head formed integrally with the bolt body and disposed in a first direction with respect to the first frame, a plate disposed adjacent to the bolt head of the bolt and coupled to the first frame in the first direction to allow the bolt body of the bolt to be maintained in a state of being coupled to the bolt groove formed in the first frame, and an integrated circuit disposed on the flexible printed circuit board.

Electronic device including antenna connecting structure including flexible printed circuit board

An electronic device including an antenna and a conductive pattern formed around the antenna is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, connected to the second plate or integrally formed with the second plate, and including a conductive material, an injection-molding material disposed in the space between the first plate and the second plate in the housing and formed of a non-conductive material, an antenna module including conductive radiators and supported by the injection-molding material, and a conductive pattern disposed on a first surface adjacent to the second plate of the injection-molding material or disposed inside the injection-molding material and disposed adjacent to a part of an edge of the antenna module corresponding to a boundary between the antenna module and the injection-molding material when viewed from the second plate in a direction of the first plate. A partial conductive radiator of the conductive radiators may be disposed to transmit and/or receive a signal through the second plate.

Antenna including conductive pattern and electronic device including antenna

An electronic device includes a housing including a front plate and a rear plate disposed opposite the front plate, and a display disposed in a space between the front plate and the rear plate, and disposed at least partially along the front plate. The electronic device further includes a first antenna structure disposed in the space and configured to transmit or receive a first signal in a first frequency band, wherein the first antenna structure includes at least one first conductive pattern. The electronic device also includes a second antenna structure disposed in the space without being overlapped with the first conductive pattern when viewed from above the rear plate, and configured to transmit or receive a second signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. In addition, the electronic device includes a conductive sheet disposed in the space and on the rear plate. The conductive sheet is physically separated from the first conductive pattern, and at least partially overlapped with the first conductive pattern when viewed from above the rear plate.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Mincheol Seo