Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sohyeon Kim

Yongjoo Shin

Jiwoo Lee

Jaebong Chun

Inyoung Lee

Donguk Choi

Minhwa Hong

Yuri Sin

A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a housing, an input member disposed on a lateral surface of the housing and including an outer lateral surface including a conductive portion and a non-conductive portion, a metal member disposed inside the housing and in contact with the conductive portion of the outer lateral surface, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed on the metal member, a patch antenna including a conductive patch disposed on a surface of the PCB facing the input member at a location corresponding to the non-conductive portion, a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the PCB and the patch antenna, and a processor connected to the metal member. The wireless communication circuit transmits a signal by feeding power to the patch antenna, and the processor acquires user biometric information through the metal member and the conductive portion of the input member.

Wearable device including antenna

Various embodiments relate to an electronic device that supports millimeter wave communication. The electronic device may include: a housing; an antenna structure including at least one antenna comprising a portion of the housing or positioned in the housing, and including an annular conductive structure comprising a conductive material, the annular conductive structure having a first surface facing an outside of the housing, a second surface facing a direction opposite the first surface, an internal space defined by the first surface and the second surface, and a plurality of slots having a repeating pattern and formed through the first surface to the internal space; a conductive member comprising a conductive material disposed in the internal space; a wireless communication circuit electrically connected with the conductive member and configured to form a directional beam using the antenna structure; and a ground electrically connected to the annular conductive structure.

Electronic device and antenna structure thereof

Growing community of inventors

Suwon-si, South Korea

Sohyeon Kim