Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sehwan Choi

Jungsik Park

Hyunchul Kim

Yi Yang

Woosup Lee

Moonseok Kang

Sukgi Hong

Jonghoon Jang

Jaeyoung Shin

Jonghyo Lee

Sejong Yoon

Seongah Jeong

Muyeol Lee

Jungoh Sung

Hyunju Hong

Sungchul Park

Hyun-Ju Hong

Sangyong Kim

Woongeun Kwak

Sungjun Lim

Youngsoo Chun

Jiho Shin

Kwonho Song

Geonwoo Kim

Younju Kim

Taekun Kim

Jinwoo Kim

Soyoung Lee

Hyoseok Na

Jiwoo Lee

Doosuk Kang

Byounguk Yoon

Younghoon Kim

Yongyoun Kim

Soon Ryong Park

Jung-Sik Park

Sunghyup Lee

Youngki Lee

Heeseok Jung

Jeong Woo Woo

Iljong Song

Kyoungwon Kim

Inkuk Yun

Dohun Cha

Jae-Young Shin

Eunsoo Park

Haekwon Lee

Kyungjung Kim

Ga-Jin Song

Young Kyu Seon

Duhyun Kim

Hyounghwan Roh

Jongyeon Kim

Soon-Youl Kwon

Seungwon Oh

Heejun Ryu

Taewook Ham

Jaesuk Lee

Sungnam Kang

Yu-Min Cho

Kwanhoe Ku

Sunyoung Song

Hong-Ik Jin

Jae Il An

An electronic device including an antenna according to various embodiments comprises: a printed circuit board disposed in a first area of the electronic device; a battery disposed in a second area of the electronic device; a heat dissipation member including a thermally conductive material disposed on the upper part of the printed circuit board and the battery; a first antenna disposed in the first area on the heat dissipation member; and a second antenna disposed in the second area on the heat dissipation member, wherein the frequency bands and the dielectric constants of the first antenna and the second antenna may be configured differently.

Electronic device including antenna

An electronic device includes: at least one communication module, a memory, and a processor operably connected to the at least one communication module and the memory. The processor is configured to determine transmission offset information or contention phase information, which is associated with first communication, broadcast a first message including the transmission offset information or contention phase information by using the at least one communication module, receive at least one second message from at least one external electronic device via the at least one communication module, in response to the first message, and change the transmission offset information or contention phase information, on the basis of the at least one second message.

Method and apparatus for performing communication

According to various example embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise: a sensor module; a first communication circuit supporting a first communication scheme; a low-power processor; and a processor operatively connected to the sensor module, the first communication circuit, and the low-power processor, wherein the first communication circuit transmits a request signal related to a state of the electronic device to the low-power processor on the basis of distance measurement-related information provided from the processor, receives information related to the state of the electronic device from the low-power processor in response to the request signal, and measures a distance to an external electronic device on the basis of the information related to the state of the electronic device. Other embodiments may also be possible.

Electronic device for reducing power consumption related to distance measurement and operating method thereof

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure comprises: at least one wireless communication module; and a processor, wherein the processor can control the wireless communication module to respectively receive a plurality of pieces of data from a plurality of external electronic devices, identify a time when each of the plurality of pieces of data has been received, and, when location information regarding the plurality of external electronic devices is included in the plurality of pieces of data, calculate the location of the electronic device by using a time difference in reception of the plurality of pieces of data and the location information regarding the plurality of external electronic devices. Various other embodiments are also possible.

Method for calculating location and electronic device therefor

Disclosed are a method for controlling an electronic device by forming a zone, and a device therefor. A method for providing a service related to an electronic device by using a master device in a zone, according to the present disclosure, may include the operations of: checking whether a user exists in the zone by using radar; tracking the movement of the user in the zone if the existence of the user is confirmed; and providing a service related to the electronic device to the user, where the electronic device is included in the determined zone so as to be controlled by the master device.

Method for providing service related to electronic device by forming zone, and device therefor

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna and an ultra wide band (UWB) communication circuit connected with the antenna. The UWB communication circuit is configured to filter a positioning signal received from the antenna into a specified band to be converted into a digital signal, generate a UWB packet including a first field associated with synchronization and a second field associated with security, obtain a first channel impulse response corresponding to the first field and a second channel impulse response corresponding to the second field, when the UWB packet is valid based on the second field, obtain a third channel impulse response, when there is a correlation between the first channel impulse response and the second channel impulse response, and measure a distance to the external electronic device based on the third channel impulse response.

Method for performing positioning operation on basis of ultra-wideband signal and electronic device supporting same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit for performing first communication and second communication, an entry-exit management circuit for controlling a door locking device, and a processor operatively connected to the communication circuit and the entry-exit management circuit. The processor establishes a connection to an external electronic device by using the first communication, transmit or receive a parameter for the second communication by using the first communication, establish a connection to the external electronic device by using the second communication, measure the distance from the external electronic device by using a first mode of the second communication, identify a key stored in the external electronic device when the measured distance is within a designated distance, activate or deactivate the door locking device by using the entry-exit management circuit on the basis of the key, and determine whether a first distance from a user of the external electronic device or a second distance from the external device is measured, on the basis of at least one of a state of the external electronic device, the first distance, and the second distance when the door locking device is deactivated, wherein the first distance may be measured using a second mode of the second communication.

Electronic device for controlling entry or exit by using wireless communication, and method therefor

Various embodiments relate to an apparatus and a method for managing coexistence of multiple communication schemes by an electronic device. The electronic device may include: a first communication circuit configured to support a first frequency band; a second communication circuit configured to support at least a part of the first frequency band and a second frequency band; a first switch connected to the first communication circuit; a second switch connected to the second communication circuit and the first switch; a first antenna connected to the first switch and configured to support the first frequency band; and a second antenna connected to the second switch and configured to support the second frequency band, wherein based on the second communication circuit using the first frequency band, the second communication circuit is configured to control the first switch and the second switch to selectively connect the first antenna to one of the first communication circuit or the second communication circuit.

Electronic device for managing coexistence of multiple communication schemes and operating method thereof

A portable electronic device is disclosed that includes a communication circuit electrically connected to a first antenna or a third antenna and electrically connected to a second antenna, at least one processor, and a memory. The memory may store one or more instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to receive a first signal including first data from an external electronic device using the first antenna and the second antenna, receive a second signal including second data from the external electronic device using the third antenna, and determine a position of the external electronic device based on a phase difference of the first signal, time information of the first data, and time information of the second data. In addition to the above, various embodiments understood through the present disclosure are possible.

Electronic device for determining position of external electronic device and method thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first antenna and a second antenna which are disposed near at least one edge of the housing inside the housing and a first distance away from each other, wherein the first antenna and second antenna are positioned different distances away from an edge vertical to the one edge, a communication circuit operatively connected to the first antenna and second antenna, at least one sensor, a processor, and a memory. The memory can store instructions which, when executed, enable the processor to identify the posture of the electronic device by means of at least one sensor, if the identified posture of the electronic device is a landscape state, determine the position of at least one external electronic device on the basis of at least one signal received from the at least one external electronic device, and, if the identified posture of the electronic device is a portrait state, determine the position of an external electronic device on the basis of a signal received from the external electronic device positioned in a direction which is determined on the basis of the placements of the first antenna and second antenna among the at least one external electronic device.

Electronic device comprising antennas

An electronic device including an antenna is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front surface plate, a rear surface plate, and a side surface member, a printed circuit board positioned within the housing, a first support structure, a second support structure, a patch antenna including a flexible printed circuit board disposed on one surface of the first support structure that faces the rear surface plate, a first conductive patch, and a second conductive patch disposed to be spaced apart from the first conductive patch, a conductive pattern disposed on one surface of the second support structure, and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected with the patch antenna and the conductive pattern, and the first conductive patch, the second conductive patch and the conductive pattern are fed from the wireless communication circuit.

Electronic device including antennas for angle of arrival measurement

An electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device for transceiving data through ultra-wideband (UWB) in a wireless communication system are provided. The operation method includes broadcasting or multicasting, by the electronic device, a ranging start message including first data; receiving, by the electronic device from another electronic device, a ranging response message including second data; and broadcasting or multicasting, by the electronic device, a ranging final message including third data.

Method and apparatus for controlling ranging in wireless communication system

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a near-field communication (NFC) communication circuit, an ultra-wideband (UWB) communication circuit connected with the NFC communication circuit, at least one secure element operatively connected with the NFC communication circuit and configured to store security information, and a processor disposed in the NFC communication circuit and operatively connected with the UWB communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to receive a data request from an external electronic device via the UWB communication circuit, access at least part of the security information stored in the at least one secure element, based on a routing table matching the data request with the at least one secure element, and transmit the at least part of the security information to the external electronic device via the UWB communication circuit.

Electronic device for transmitting/receiving data and method thereof

An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a housing including a first surface and a second surface disposed to face the first surface and defining an internal space; a battery disposed adjacent to the second surface of the housing; and an antenna module comprising at least one coil disposed to face the first surface on the battery, wherein the antenna module includes: a base; a first wireless charging coil disposed on a surface of the base; a first NFC coil spaced apart from the first wireless charging coil disposed on a surface of the base and disposed outside the first wireless charging coil; a second wireless charging coil disposed at a position corresponding to the first wireless charging coil on an other surface of the base; a second NFC coil disposed at a position corresponding to the first NFC coil on the other surface of the base and surrounding a partial region of the second wireless charging coil; and a shield sheet disposed under the second wireless charging coil and the second NFC coil, and the antenna module includes a first region in which the second NFC coil and the second wireless charging coil are disposed and a second region corresponding to an other region, and the shield sheet has different thicknesses in the first region and the second region.

Electronic device including flexible printed circuit board laminated wireless charging coil and near field communication antenna pattern

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Sehwan Choi