Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seung-Hun Kim

Hyun-Suk Choi

Ji-Woong Oh

Choel-Hwi Kwon

Jaehyung Seo

Jicheng Zheng

Jiseob Hyun

Beom-Mun Kim

Yongmin Shin

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a housing including a front plate, a back plate disposed to the opposite side of the front plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate, wherein at least a part of the back plate is constructed of a conductive material, and the side member includes an opening, a touch screen display disposed between the front plate and the back plate, a female connector disposed inside the opening, constructed to house a meal connector an external male connector, and including a plurality of pins, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) disposed inside the space and including a ground plane, a circuit electrically coupled to the ground plane and/or mounted thereon to cut off leak current from the PCB, a first conductive path constructed between the circuit and a first point of at least part of the back plate, and a second conductive path constructed between at least one of the pins and a second point of at least part of the back plate. In addition, various other embodiments are also possible.

Electronic device having conductive exterior member and method for detecting leak current regarding same

A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes determining whether a specific event has occurred, when the specific event has occurred, determining whether a battery level is less than a set level, and when the battery level is less than the set level, changing a path of an electric current introduced from a power supply from a first path to a second path.

Method for improving call quality during battery charging and electronic device thereof

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Gumi-si, South Korea

Seung-Hun Kim