Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Electronics Co., Ltd

Soonho Hwang

Shinho Yoon

Sungkoo Park

Himchan Yun

Dongjun Oh

Jaebong Chun

Jonghyuck Lee

Kyungjae Lee

Cheolhong Son

Taeik Kim

Haeyeon Kim

Sangha Lee

Junwoo Kim

Chankyu An

Myeongjun Kong

Seunghwan Kim

Sungjun Lee

Hyunjeong Lee

Hyungjoo Lee

Nakchung Choi

Hojung Nam

Jinwoo Jung

Sewoong Kim

Bomyoung Kim

Youngjoon Lim

Hyunju Hong

Dongyeon Kim

Seongjin Park

Yongyoun Kim

Gun Lim

Oleg Feygenson

Kookjoo Lee

Kyoungmok Kim

Sanggon Shin

Hyeonuk Kang

Jin Pyo Kim

Chaeup Yoo

Jongoh Lim

Taeyoon Seo

Kyungil Seo

Museok Bang

Donjun Oh

An electronic device includes first and second housings, a flexible display, a hinge structure, a hinge cover, and a wireless communication circuit. The first housing includes a first conductive portion, the hinge cover may be positioned opposing the flexible display with respect to the hinge structure when the housings are in a folded state, and the second housing includes a second conductive portion. When the housing are folded, the hinge cover is exposed to the outside of the electronic device by a first width while being disposed between the first edge of the first housing and the second edge of the second housing, and in the folded state, the wireless communication circuit feeds a first point of the hinge cover and transmits and/or receives a signal in a first frequency band, through a first electrical path formed in the first conductive portion and/or the second conductive portion by the feeding.

Electronic device comprising antenna

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member, a metal structure of which a part is connected to the side member, and a printed circuit board. The side member includes a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, a third conductive portion, a first segment formed between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion, and a second segment formed between the first conductive portion and the third conductive portion. The first conductive portion is connected to a first ground part disposed on the printed circuit board through a first path, and is connected to a second ground part disposed on the metal structure through a second path spaced from the first path by a specific distance.

Plurality of antennas and electronic device comprising same

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.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing through a connection member and a wireless communication circuit. A first portion of a first edge of the first housing is formed of a conductive material, an insulating member is disposed on one end of the first portion, and a conductive region of the connection member is connected to another end of the first portion, and a first point of the first portion is connected to a feed point through a capacitor. The second housing includes a second edge having a second length corresponding to the first length, a second portion of the second edge is formed of a conductive material, an opening formed adjacently along the second portion, an insulating member is disposed on one end of the second portion, and the conductive region of the connection member is connected to another end of the second portion, and a switch is disposed between a first point of the second portion and a ground region. The wireless communication circuit may control the switch to electrically open the first point of the second portion and the ground region.

Device for improving antenna radiation performance in electronic device having folded structure, and method therefor

Disclosed is a foldable electronic device including an antenna structure having an adjustable electric length by way of a switch circuit, thereby reducing antenna performance degradation in the foldable electronic device.

Antenna structure for improving radiation performance and electronic device including same

An electronic device includes at least one processor, a first antenna comprises a first conductive patch disposed on a first layer, a first transmission line disposed on the first layer and electrically connected to one point of the first conductive patch, a ground disposed on a second layer and a dielectric disposed on a third layer between the first layer and the second layer, the first conductive patch has a shape of a rectangle in which a first corner portion of the rectangle and a second corner portion of the rectangle are removed, and the at least one processor transmits and/or receives at least one of a first RF signal having a first polarization characteristic and a second RF signal having a second polarization characteristic.

An electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing through a hinge; an antenna module; and at least one processor electrically coupled to the antenna module, wherein the hinge is arranged about a first axis in an area having a first width in a third direction which is perpendicular to each of a first direction and to a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction and is faced by the rear side of the first housing, and the first housing has a first structure, and an arrangement portion is provided in the first structure, and the at least one processor may be configured to transmit and/or receive a signal having a frequency between 3 GHz and 100 GHz in the first direction or in a direction between the second direction and the third direction, by using the antenna module.

Structure having antenna module applied in foldable electronic device

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including first side and second sides facing opposite directions and a first lateral member surrounding a first space between the first and second sides, a second housing foldably connected to the first housing by a hinge, and including a third side facing a same direction as the first side in an unfolded state, a fourth side facing an opposite direction to the third side, and a second lateral member surrounding a second space between the third and fourth sides, a first bendable display extending from the first side to at least a portion of the third side, a second display visible through the fourth side and including a conductive plate on a rear surface thereof, an antenna disposed in the second housing, a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the antenna through a first electrical path at a first point in the second space, and at least one conductive connection member disposed in the second space and connected to the ground. The conductive plate is electrically connected to ground at a second point spaced apart from the first point through the at least one conductive connection member.

Antennas and electronic device comprising same

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.

According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises: a foldable housing comprising a first housing hingably connected to a second housing, a first side member disposed about a side surface of the first housing and comprising a first plurality of conductive parts, and a second side member disposed about a side surface of the second housing and comprising a second plurality of conductive parts; a communication circuit electrically connected to a first conductive part among the first plurality of conductive parts and configured to transmit and receive a signal in a selected or specified frequency band; a first sensor integrated circuit (IC) electrically connected to at least one of the first plurality of conductive parts and configured to measure capacitance; a second sensor IC electrically connected to at least one of the second plurality of conductive parts and configured to measure capacitance; a first switching circuit electrically connected to the first conductive part and a second conductive part among the first plurality of conductive parts; and a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising: controlling the first switching circuit wherein the first conductive part and the second conductive part are electrically connected, based on at least one of the capacitance measured by the first sensor IC and the capacitance measured by the second sensor IC when the foldable housing is in a folded state.

Electronic device including antennas

An electronic device comprising an antenna is provided. The electronic device includes a lateral member forming at least one region of the lateral surface of the electronic device, the lateral member including a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, and a first non-conductive portion, a printed circuit board connected to one end of the second conductive portion, which is adjacent to the first conductive portion, and including a first region and a ground, the first region including a conductive layer, and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the printed circuit board. The conductive layer of the first region may be electrically connected to the ground, the first conductive portion may receive power from the wireless communication circuit at a first point and be grounded via the printed circuit board at a second point, and the second conductive portion may receive power from the wireless communication circuit.

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 is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first surface, a conductive plate disposed at the first surface of the housing to be slidable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and including a slot, a flexible display arranged to be supported by the conductive plate and including a first area facing the first surface and a second area extending from the first area and bendable according to the sliding of the conductive plate, and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a signal in a selected or designated frequency band through an antenna formed on the basis of at least a part of the conductive plate, which surrounds the slot.

Electronic device comprising flexible display and antenna

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.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Soonho Hwang