Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Shinho Yoon

Soonho Hwang

Dongjun Oh

Jonghyuck Lee

Taeik Kim

Haeyeon Kim

Jaebong Chun

Himchan Yun

Myeongjun Kong

Sehyun Park

Hyungjoo Lee

Sungkoo Park

Seunghwan Kim

Jiwoo Lee

Byounguk Yoon

Moohyun Baek

Dongryul Shin

Youngsoo Chun

Jinwoo Jung

Myeongsu Oh

Kyungjae Lee

Nakchung Choi

Youngjoon Lim

Taeyoon Seo

Kyungil Seo

Donjun Oh

An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a first housing including a first edge oriented in a first direction and a second edge oriented in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a second housing rotatably connected to the first housing, wherein the second housing includes a third edge corresponding to the first edge and a fourth edge corresponding to the second edge when the first housing and the second housing face each other; a flexible display defining a front surface of the electronic device and disposed over the first housing and the second housing; a dielectric material at least partially disposed between the flexible display and the fourth edge of the second housing and at least partially surrounding a perimeter of the flexible display; a conductive member comprising a conductive material located between the dielectric material and the flexible display; and a wireless communication circuit disposed within the first housing or the second housing, wherein the fourth edge may include a first conductive portion, a first non-conductive portion, a second conductive portion, a second non-conductive portion, and a third conductive portion, the conductive member may include a first split portion and a second split portion corresponding to the first non-conductive portion and the second non-conductive portion of the fourth edge of the second housing, respectively, and the wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal using at least one of the first conductive portion, the second conductive portion, or the third conductive portion of the second housing.

Electronic device comprising antenna

An electronic device includes a frame structure forming at least a part of the side surface of the electronic device, the frame structure including a first insulating portion, a second insulating portion, a third insulating portion, a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion and a third conductive portion, a wireless communication circuit, a first switching circuit configured to connect the wireless communication circuit and at least one of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion, a second switching circuit configured to connect the wireless communication circuit and at least one of the second conductive portion and the third conductive portion, and a proximity sensor configured to detect a proximity of a human body.

Electronic device comprising antenna, and operation method thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first conductive frame, a second conductive frame, a split portion, a conductive structure disposed inside the electronic device, a first conductive member, and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first conductive frame, the second conductive member, a conductive portion, and the first conductive member, and the second conductive member, wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal by using at least a portion of an electric path provided by the first conductive frame, the first conductive member, the second conductive member, the conductive portion, and the conductive structure by feeding power to the first conductive member and/or the second conductive member.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first space and a conductive portion formed through at least a portion of a first side member, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing in a first direction, at least partially overlapped with the first side member in a slide-in state, and including a second side member including a second space, a flexible display disposed to receive support from the first housing and the second housing and in which a display area at least partially varies when the electronic device is changed from the slide-in state to a slide-out state, a wireless communication circuit disposed in the first space and configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in at least one frequency band through the conductive part, and a conductive wall fixed to at least a portion of the first housing and disposed to be electrically connected to a ground between the first side member and the second side member, wherein the conductive wall may be disposed to overlap the conductive portion when the first side member is viewed from the outside.

Antenna and electronic device including the same

An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a first housing structure, a second housing structure, and a foldable housing structure for connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure. The first housing structure and the second housing structure may include a front plate for interconnecting front surfaces with a flexible display, a rear plate which is an opposite surface to the front plate, a side member which surrounds a space between the front plate and the rear plate, and includes at least in part a conductive portion and an insulating portion, a communication circuit and at least one switch electrically connected to the communication circuit. Other various embodiments are possible.

Antenna and electronic device comprising same

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a first housing including a plurality of conductive portions electrically separated from each other and disposed on at least a portion of a side surface of the first housing; a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing; a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing and having a display area that is changable by sliding the second housing; and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the first housing and configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in a plurality of frequency bands via the plurality of conductive portions, wherein the plurality of conductive portions includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion, wherein the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion have a U shape or C shape and are electrically separated from each other, and wherein the first conductive portion is spaced apart from the first housing.

An antenna and an electronic device including the same are provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first conductive portion through a portion of a side surface and including a first space, a second housing slidable along a first direction from the first housing, a flexible display including at least a partially variable display area when transitioning from a slide-in state to a slide-out state, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the first space and configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a frequency band through the first conductive portion. The first conductive portion includes a first portion having a first length along the first direction, a second portion spaced apart from the first portion at a predetermined interval and having a second length in the first direction, and a third portion connecting to a first end of the first portion and a first end of the second portion. The frequency band is determined based on a third length extending from the first portion, through the third portion, to the second portion.

Antenna and electronic device comprising the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first frame, a first opening formed in a first area of the first frame, a first antenna module, a cover that includes a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material and is disposed in the first area of the first frame, and a first wireless communication circuit. The first dielectric material includes an engagement groove, and the second dielectric material includes a protrusion corresponding to the engagement groove. The first dielectric material and the second dielectric material may come into contact as the protrusion of the second dielectric material engages with the engagement groove of the first dielectric material.

Electronic device comprising an antenna

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing including, a hinge structure, a first housing structure including a first surface, a second surface, and a first side member, wherein the first side member encloses at least a portion of a space between the first surface and the second surface and includes a first conductive portion, a first non-conductive portion, and a second conductive portion, and a second housing structure including a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second side member, a printed circuit board, at least one wireless communication circuit including a first electrical path and a second electrical path, a first variable element including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, and a second variable element including a fourth terminal, a fifth terminal, and a sixth terminal.

Antenna having single non-conductive portion and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing structure including a first side surface member, a second housing structure including a second side surface member, a hinge structure configured to rotatably connect the first housing structure and the second housing structure and configured to provide a folding axis on which the first housing structure and the second housing structure rotate, and at least one printed circuit board, wherein the first side surface member or the second side surface member includes a first side surface portion a second side surface portion, a third side surface portion, a fourth side surface portion, a fifth side surface portion, a first slit a second slit a third slit, and a fourth slit, and a fifth slit, and wherein at least part of at least one of the second side surface portion, the third side surface portion, and the fourth side surface portion is formed of a radiation conductor and is electrically connected to the at least one printed circuit board.

Electronic device including antenna device

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing structure, a second housing structure, and a foldable housing structure for connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure. The first housing structure and the second housing structure may include a front plate for interconnecting front surfaces with a flexible display, a rear plate which is an opposite surface to the front plate, a side member which surrounds a space between the front plate and the rear plate, and includes at least in part a conductive portion and an insulating portion, a communication circuit and at least one switch electrically connected to the communication circuit.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing structure including a conductive first side member, a second housing structure including a conductive second side member, a hinge structure rotatably connecting the first housing structure and the second housing structure, and a printed circuit board. The first side member or the second side member may include a first side face, a second side face, a third side face, a fourth side face, a first slit formed in the fourth side face, and a second slit formed in any one of the first side face, the second side face, and the third side face. At least a part of the second side face or the third side face between the first slit and the second slit may be made of a conductive material and electrically connected to the printed circuit board as a radiating conductor.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing, a flexible display, at least one printed circuit board (PCB), and a wireless communication circuit. The foldable housing includes a hinge structure, a first housing structure connected to the hinge structure and including a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first direction, and a first lateral member surrounding a first space between the first surface and the second surface, and a second housing structure connected to the hinge structure and including a third surface facing in a second direction, a fourth surface facing in a direction opposite to the second direction, and a second lateral member surrounding a second space between the third surface and the fourth surface.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Shinho Yoon