Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seongyong An

Kyungmoon Seol

Jiho Kim

Kyihyun Jang

Jaebong Chun

Gyubok Park

Hyungjin Kim

Yoonjung Kim

Hochul Hwang

Hojin Jung

Hyunsuk Kim

Chongo Yoon

Bumjin Cho

Jaewon Choe

Hyeonuk Kang

Moohyun Roh

Jungsik Park

Hyunju Hong

Jinwoo Jung

Minkyung Lee

Sehyun Park

Kwonho Son

Donghun Shin

Mincheol Seo

Sunghyup Lee

Sangyoup Seok

Heeseok Jung

Kyungjae Lee

Gyusub Kim

Huiwon Cho

Seunghwan Kim

Myunghun Jeong

Youngjun Cho

Hyoungtak Cho

Yoonjae Lee

Youngmin Ji

Sangmin Han

Sangha Lee

Nakchung Choi

Kyungbin Kim

Kwangseo Kim

According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a display module comprising a display, a conductive part comprising a conductive material, a wireless communication circuit, and a dielectric. The conductive part may be included in a housing forming the external appearance of the electronic device. The conductive part may include a conductive region which may face and overlap a portion of the front surface of the display module to cover a portion of the front surface of the display module. The wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a signal in a selected or designated frequency band through the conductive part. The dielectric may be disposed between a portion of the front surface of the display module and the conductive region of the conductive part. An air gap may be provided between the dielectric and a portion of the front surface of the display module or between the dielectric and the conductive region.

Electronic device comprising antenna

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a first housing; a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first housing and to guide a sliding motion of the first housing; a flexible display including a first display area connected to the first housing, and a second display area extending from the first display area and capable of bending or rolling; a circuit board disposed in the first housing and movable in response to the sliding motion of the first housing; an antenna structure formed on an outer surface of the second structure, and including a first part and a second part that are symmetrical about a first axis perpendicular to the sliding motion direction; and a feeding structure disposed on the circuit board configured to feed power to the antenna structure. The feeding structure is electrically connected to a first point of the first part in a state in which the flexible display slides in, and the feeding structure is electrically connected to a second point of the second part in a state in which the flexible display slides out. The first point and the second point may be spaced apart from each other by the same distance as the first axis.

Antenna structure and electronic device comprising same

An electronic device may include a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a side member surrounding a space formed by the front plate and the rear plate, a support member disposed in the space, at least one electronic component disposed in the space, a first non-conductive member disposed on at least a portion of the support member and on the side member, a conductive pattern at least partially disposed between the side member and the first non-conductive member, and a second non-conductive member disposed between the side member and a portion of the conductive pattern and a portion of the first non-conductive member, at least a portion of the conductive pattern may be spaced apart from the at least one electronic component by a predetermined distance, and a first inclined surface may be formed on a portion of the first non-conductive member.

Electronic device including antenna and method for manufacturing the same

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

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a first housing including a first area, a second housing coupled to be slidable in a first direction from the first housing and including a second area overlapping the first area in a slide-in state, an antenna structure disposed in the first housing to overlap the first area when the first housing is viewed from the top, a conductive part disposed in the second area and electromagnetically connected to the antenna structure in the slide-in state, and wireless communication circuitry electrically connected to the antenna structure. The wireless communication circuitry may be configured to transmit and/or receive radio signals in at least one designated frequency band through the antenna structure and the conductive part in the slide-in state.

Antenna and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one hinge device, a plurality of housings that are foldably connected to each other via the at least one hinge device and configured to at least partially define a rolling space in a rolled state, a flexible display supported by the plurality of housings and disposed to be visible from the outside in the rolled state, a cavity defined to have a predetermined spatial volume through a conductive material in a first housing among the plurality of housings, wherein the cavity includes a slit that is at least partially connected to the outside, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in an inner space of at least one housing among the plurality of housings and electrically connected to a first point within the cavity, wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to form a radiation pattern through the cavity structure.

Antenna and electronic device including same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a lateral member including a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface, a first conductive portion segmented through a first segmentation portion, a substrate including a ground, and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the substrate, the first conductive portion includes a first power feed unit, a second power feed unit, a first ground part, and a second ground part.

According to an example embodiment, a slidable electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing configured to be slidable with respect to the first housing, a flexible display module comprising a flexible display including a first area configured to be seen in a state in which the second housing is slid-in with respect to the first housing, and a second area configured to be at least partially drawn out to the outside to be seen in a state in which the second housing is slid-out with respect to the first housing, and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the second housing includes a first conductive pattern electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and a second conductive pattern physically separated from the first conductive pattern and configured to operate as an antenna ground.

Slidable electronic device including flexible display and antenna

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a side member including a conductive part and a first non-conductive part, a frame member disposed on at least a portion of the side member to be at least partially visible from an exterior, a second non-conductive part disposed between the frame member and the first non-conductive part, at least one conductive member disposed between the second non-conductive part and the first non-conductive part, at least one conductive structure disposed near the conductive member in an internal space of the electronic device, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the internal space and configured to transmit or receive via the at least one conductive member. The conductive member may include a stepped portion so that at least a portion of the conductive member may be disposed in a direction away from the conductive structure.

Electronic device including antenna

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to be slidable with respect to the first housing, and a flexible display including a first area visible to the outside of the electronic device and a second area configured to extend from the first area such that, based on sliding of the second housing, the second area is moved out of the housing or is moved into an inner space of the housing, wherein the housing comprises a conductive part facing a front surface of the flexible display, and the conductive part is electrically connected to a conductive layer forming a rear surface of the flexible display or is positioned on the rear surface.

Electronic device including flexible display

A printed board assembly (PBA) is provided. The PBA includes first printed circuit board (PCB), a second PCB disposed parallel to the first PCB and including a conductive area, a first interposer surrounding a space between the first PCB and the second PCB, and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the interposer may include a first partition wall structure configured to provide shielding for at least one electronic component disposed in the PBA, and a second partition wall structure connected to the first partition wall structure and including an dielectric material, the second partition wall structure including a conductive via configured to connect the first PCB and the second PCB, and the wireless communication circuit may transmit and/or receive a signal in a specified frequency band by feeding power to the conductive area of the second PCB through the conductive via.

Antenna structure including interposer and electronic device including same

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the first housing may include a first surface and a second surface perpendicular to the first surface at a first edge, and a first conductive area, and the first conductive area may include a first portion of a first slit extending from a point on the first surface to the first edge, a third surface of the second housing may include a second conductive area, and the second conductive area may include a second slit, wherein, in a first state, at least a portion of the first portion of the first slit may overlap the second slit when viewed in a second direction perpendicular to the first surface of the first housing, and wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band based on an electrical path including the first portion.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a conductive member on which at least one power supply point and ground point are positioned, at least one ground member arranged inside the housing, a first ground path connecting the ground point to the ground member, a second ground path connecting the ground point to the ground member, a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged inside the housing and a processor arranged on the PCB. The processor is configured to supply power to the at least one power supply point so that the conductive member transmits and/or receives a signal of a first frequency band.

Antenna and electronic device comprising same

An electronic device includes a housing including an internal space, a display disposed in the internal space, the display being visible from an outside of the electronic device through at least a part of the housing, at least one first antenna disposed in the internal space, a second antenna disposed in the internal space and wound multiple times and including a conductive pattern disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna, a first wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a first frequency band via the at least one first antenna, and a second wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a second frequency band via the second antenna, wherein the at least one first antenna is spaced apart by a distance from the conductive pattern.

An electronic device includes: a side member forming sides of the electronic device, the side member including a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, a first non-conductive portion, and a slit; a printed circuit board including the ground; and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the first conductive portion includes a first electrical path and a second electrical path, the second conductive portion includes a third electrical path and a fourth electrical path, a capacitor is arranged along the third electrical path, and the wireless communication circuit may feed, to the first conductive portion via the first electrical path, an RF signal of a first frequency band and may feed, to the second conductive portion via the third electrical path, an RF signal of a second frequency band which at least partially overlaps the first frequency band.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Seongyong An