Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seon-Ho Han

Jun-Hui Lee

Seung-Hyun Park

Tae-Gyun Kim

An electronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a housing; an optical element unit which may be configured to emit light toward a user's body, receive light reflected from the user's body, and convert the received light into a first signal; an IC element which may be configured to convert the first signal provided from the optical element unit into a second signal, and provide the second signal to a main circuit board disposed in the housing; a first circuit board that may be disposed between the optical element unit and the IC element and may be electrically connected to the optical element unit and the IC element; and a second circuit board that may include at least one first opening in which the IC element is mounted. The housing may include at least one transparent region such that the light generated by the optical element unit is transmitted through the transparent region to an exterior of the housing.

Electronic device including biometric sensor

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing surface that faces a first side, a second housing surface that faces a second side, and a side surface that surrounds at least a portion of a space between the first housing surface and the second housing surface, a display arranged within the housing and including a first display surface including a display screen exposed through the first housing surface and a second display surface that faces the second side, a structure arranged between the second display surface and the second housing surface including a contact surface, the structure including a through-opening, and a sensor, at least a portion of which is arranged within the opening and which is arranged to detect at least a portion of light received from the outside of the housing after passing through the first housing surface and the display.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Seon-Ho Han