Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Namwoo Kim

Seunggil Jeon

Seongbeom Hong

Yunbum Lee

Kyunghoon Moon

Jeongho Kang

Byungin Yoo

Yeun-bae Kim

Jun-Ho Park

Chang-kyu Choi

Kyungwoo Lee

Seong-woon Kim

Hongseok Yang

Kwangil Hwang

Sungi Hong

Sunghoon Moon

Changi Park

Hyunchul Hong

Jaegon Ghim

Junggil Kim

Jongsam Park

JeongHo Kang

Haimin Lee

Yillmyung Yim

Jae-Gon Ghim

Manho Han

Hwi Song

Hogon Park

Sungkwan Park

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a front cover, a rear cover, an array antenna, and a support member. The support member includes a conductive first portion forming a lateral appearance of the electronic device, a second portion adjacent to the array antenna, the front cover, and the conductive first portion, and having at least one opening filled with a non-conductive material, and a third portion including a non-conductive material and disposed adjacent to the array antenna, the rear cover, and the conductive first portion. The conductive first portion is exposed to an outside of the electronic device, and the second and third portions are hidden by the front and rear covers. A beam formed by the array antenna is radiated to the outside through the at least one opening and the third portion.

Antenna and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a conductive part, a device substrate disposed in an inner space of the housing, an antenna structure, disposed in the inner space to form a directional beam and including a substrate, an array antenna including a plurality of antenna elements disposed on the substrate and a support bracket to support the substrate, an electrical connection member connecting the substrate to the device substrate, a conductive contact connecting the electrical connection member to the conductive part, a first wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to transmit or receive a first wireless signal in a first frequency band through the antenna structure, and a second wireless communication circuit disposed on the device substrate and configured to transmit or receive a second wireless signal in a second frequency band through the conductive part.

An electronic device includes: a substrate; a first antenna element disposed on the substrate; a second antenna element disposed on the substrate and disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna element; and a first auxiliary radiator disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna element. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a first distance between the second antenna element and the first auxiliary radiator is longer than a second distance between the first antenna element and the second antenna element, at least a portion of the first auxiliary radiator is overlapped with the first antenna element, when viewed from the first direction, and the first auxiliary radiator is electrically connected to the first antenna element.

Antenna module and electronic device comprising same

Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing including a first plate facing a first direction, a second plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a lateral member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, a first antenna structure disposed to be substantially parallel with the second plate in the space, and including a substrate disposed in the space, and at least one antenna element disposed on the substrate to face at least the second plate, a conductive member disposed in the space and spaced apart from the at least one antenna element by a predetermined interval when the second plate is viewed from above.

Antenna and electronic device including conductive member adjacent to the antenna

An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a housing having a front plate facing a first direction, a rear plate facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a side housing surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a conductive member comprising a conductive material disposed between the front plate and the rear plate; a display viewable through the front plate; at least one antenna module including a plurality of antenna elements configured to form a beam in a third direction facing the conductive member, and disposed to be spaced apart from the conductive member in the space; and a wireless communication circuit electrically coupled to the antenna module and configured to transmit and/or receive at least one signal having a frequency in a range of 3 GHz to 100 GHz, wherein the conductive member has a first surface forming a first acute angle with a virtual line crossing centers of the antenna elements and facing in the third direction, and a second surface forming a second acute angle with the virtual line, wherein a joint of the first surface and the second surface is positioned on the virtual line.

Electronic device including structure for securing coverage of antenna

An electronic device according to various embodiments may include at least one transceiver, and at least one processor, operatively coupled to the at least one transceiver, configured to control to transmit, via a device-to-device (D2D) communication path to at least another electronic device, a signal with a first transmit (Tx) power, and control to re-transmit, via the D2D communication path to the at least another electronic device, the signal with a second Tx power lower than the first Tx power.

Electronic device and method for controlling transmit power in device-to-device communication

A front end module supporting a plurality of frequency bands and an electronic device includes a plurality of duplexers, a first switch configured to connect any one of the plurality of duplexers to an antenna, a second switch configured to connect a first port, to which a Tx signal of a first communication or a Tx signal of a second communication is input, to any one of Tx ports of the plurality of duplexers, and to connect a second port, from which a Rx signal of the second communication is output, to one of the Tx ports of the plurality of duplexers. According to certain embodiments, the number of switches occupying a large space can be minimized, and thus a space occupied by the front end module supporting device to device (D2D) communication can be reduced.

Front end module supporting device to device communication using plural frequency bands and electronic device including the same

A button input apparatus with a display function, which generates a switch signal in response to a user's press, and a portable electronic device having the same. The button input apparatus includes: a plurality of lever buttons each having a transparent window in at least a portion thereof, and one fixed edge on one side of the transparent window, so that the buttons are elastically vertically flexible; a switch substrate, which is disposed below the plurality of lever buttons, including openings respectively corresponding to the transparent windows, and generating a switch signal according to a motion of any of the plurality of lever buttons via a plurality of switches disposed to respectively correspond to elastic parts of the lever buttons; and a display panel, which provides an image in an area corresponding to each of the transparent windows, at least a portion of the display panel being disposed below the plurality of lever buttons.

Button input apparatus with display function and portable electronic device having the same

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Namwoo Kim