Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Pohang University of Science and Technology Foundation

Sumin Yun

Jaehoon Jo

Jehun Jong

Seongjin Park

Myunghun Jeong

Hosaeng Kim

Dongyeon Kim

Woomin Jang

Jaebong Chun

Jinwoo Jung

Sehyun Park

Hochul Hwang

Kookjoo Lee

Minwoo Lee

Kyungmoon Seol

Juseok Lee

Wonhee Choe

Yeonwoo Kim

Chaejun Lee

Kyunggu Kim

Wonbin Hong

Hyungjoo Lee

Kyihyun Jang

Soonheung Kwon

Junho Park

Gyubok Park

Yoonjung Kim

Chongo Yoon

Kyungbin Kim

Hyunseock Roh

Wonpyo Kwon

Sungchul Park

Sungsoo Kim

Woosup Lee

Sukgi Hong

Youngjun Cho

Eunseok Hong

Jae-Bong Chun

Joon Young Heo

Hyunjeong Lee

Inyoung Lee

Seungbum Choi

Yoonjae Lee

Jeongwon Lee

Woosung Chun

Wonjoon Choi

Woosik Cho

Jae Hoon Jo

Seyoon Bae

Byungman Lim

Sewoong Kim

Dongil Seo

Woosuk Kang

Youngsuk Yoo

Ahmed Hussain

Byoungryoul Song

Chaeup Yoo

Taeyoon Seo

Jaehyun Choi

An electronic device may comprise: a display; an antenna module including at least one antenna; a conductive connection member comprising a conductive material; and at least one antenna structure. The display may be arranged in the inner space of a housing to be visible from the outside and may include a curved side surface portion. The antenna module may be arranged in the inner space of the housing. The conductive connection member may be electrically connected to the antenna module. The at least one antenna structure may be arranged on a side surface portion of the display. The conductive connection member may electrically connect the antenna structure to the antenna module. The antenna structure may include at least one first-type antenna and at least one second-type antenna configured to radiate radio waves in different directions.

Electronic apparatus comprising antenna

An electronic device includes a first antenna element, an array antenna including a plurality of second antenna elements spaced apart from each other, a camera, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify a field of view (FoV) of the camera, identify a distance from an external object within the FoV by using the first antenna element and a first set of at least one antenna element of the plurality of second antenna elements, based on the FoV as a first value, identify a distance from the external object by using the first antenna element and a second set of at least one antenna element of the plurality of second antenna elements, based on the FoV as a second value, adjust a focus distance of the camera based on the identified distance, and obtain an image for the external object through the camera having the adjusted focus distance.

Electronic device and method including antenna for adjusting focus of camera

An electronic device includes a display having a plurality of layers; a conductive mesh pattern disposed on a first layer among the plurality of layers and formed adjacent to a first edge of the display; a feeding line connecting from the first edge to the conductive mesh pattern; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the feeding line and feeding electricity to the conductive mesh pattern through the feeding line, wherein the first layer includes the conductive mesh pattern and a dummy pattern in a first area in an area surrounding the conductive mesh pattern, the first area corresponding to an area between the conductive mesh pattern and the first edge, the dummy pattern being spaced apart from the feeding line, and the first layer does not include a conductive pattern in a second area remaining after excluding the first area from the area surrounding the conductive mesh pattern.

Electronic device comprising an antenna

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device comprises: a dielectric sheet disposed between a display panel and at least one portion of a housing and includes a conductive mesh comprising a plurality of conductive lines, the dielectric sheet including at least one first mesh pattern part disposed in a first region of the dielectric sheet, a second mesh pattern part disposed in a second region at least partially surrounding the first region, and at least one dummy pattern part which segments the at least one first mesh pattern part and the second mesh pattern part in a third region between the first region and the second region; and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the at least one first mesh pattern part, wherein the at least one dummy pattern part may include a plurality of segments formed in the third region by partially removing the plurality of conductive lines.

Antenna and electronic device including same

According to an example embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements; a wireless communication circuit configured to perform communication with a signal source outside of the electronic device through the antenna array in an ultra-wideband (UWB); and a processor electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to simultaneously radiate a first linearly polarized wave through a first antenna element among the plurality of antenna elements and a second linearly polarized wave through a second antenna element among the plurality of antenna elements, wherein an electric field of the first linearly polarized wave oscillates in a first direction, and wherein an electric field of the second linearly polarized wave oscillates in a second direction at an acute angle with respect to the first direction, and wherein the processor is configured to perform a positioning function with respect to the signal source based on a difference between arrival times of signals received from the signal source through the first and second antenna elements.

Electronic device including antenna

An electronic device is provided, The electronic device includes a housing, a hinge including a conductive portion, at least one contact electrically connecting the conductive portion and at least one of a first frame and second frame of the housing, and a wireless communication circuit. The first frame includes a first conductive portion. The second frame includes a second conductive portion. In a first state, the wireless communication circuit at least one of transmits or receives a signal of a first frequency band, based on the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion. In a second state, the wireless communication circuit at least one of transmits or receives the signal of the first frequency band, based on the first conductive portion and the conductive portion.

Electronic device using hinge structure as antenna

An example electronic device may include an antenna module including a printed circuit board, a plurality of conductive patches including a first conductive patch and a second conductive patch, an RFIC which is disposed on the second surface of the printed circuit board and includes a first tuning circuit, and a first conductive structure which includes a first portion extending from the first conductive patch, a second portion extending from the second conductive patch and connected to the first portion at a point positioned at one end of the first portion, and a first common portion connected to the first tuning circuit and connecting the first conductive patch and the second conductive patch to the first tuning circuit, a ground, and a wireless communication circuit, and the wireless communication circuit may be configured to feed the plurality of conductive patches to receive a signal in a designated frequency band.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display comprising a display panel which includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, and is disposed to be at least partially visible in a folded state, an array antenna which is formed on a dielectric sheet disposed on the display panel and includes a first mesh pattern portion disposed at a position corresponding to the first portion, a second mesh pattern portion disposed at a position corresponding to the third portion, and at least one third mesh pattern portion formed at a position spaced apart from the first mesh pattern portion, at a position corresponding to the first portion, a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal through the array antenna, and a phase shifting means disposed in an electrical path between the wireless communication circuit and the array antenna.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a plurality of layers, a communication circuit electrically coupled to the PCB, and at least one processor electrically coupled to the communication circuit. The PCB may include a first layer in which a plurality of patch antennas disposed, a first feeding path which feeds a first point of a first patch antenna so that the first patch antenna disposed to the first layer transmits and/or receives a first polarized signal, a second feeding path which feeds a second point of the first patch antenna so that the first patch antenna disposed to the first layer transmits and/or receives a second polarized signal orthogonal to the first polarized signal, a second layer including a ground, a first ground path, and a second ground.

Electronic device comprising antenna

An antenna includes a first radiating layer including a first radiation patch, a slit formed in the first radiation patch, and a first feed point provided in the first radiation patch, a second radiating layer including a second radiation patch provided below the first radiation patch and a second feed point provided in the second radiation patch, a feeding layer including a coupling patch provided below the second radiation patch and at least one ground point provided in the coupling patch, a ground layer provided below the coupling patch, a feed line provided between the second radiation patch and the ground layer and including a third feed point, a signal via connecting the first feed point, the second feed point, and the third feed point, and a ground via connecting the at least one ground point and the ground layer.

Multi-band antenna and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided that includes a first housing including a first conductive region with a first slot structure that extends to a first edge of the first housing. The electronic device also includes a second housing movable with respect to the first housing and including a second conductive region with a second slot structure that extends to a second edge of the second housing. The electronic device also includes a wireless communication circuit that feeds power to a point on the first slot structure. The wireless communication circuit receives a first signal on a first electrical path including the first slot structure while the first edge and the second edge are spaced apart from each other, and receives a second signal on a second electrical path including the first slot structure and the second slot structure while the first edge is in contact with the second edge.

Electronic device including slot antenna

An electronic apparatus having a housing, a flexible display, and a key button which is arranged in a first area on a side of a first part is provided. The key button includes at least one protrusion extending toward the inside of the first part and an antenna structure arranged on the inside of the first part with respect to the first area. The housing includes the first part, a second part, and a connection part arranged between the first part and the second part, the second part being rotatably coupled to the first part through the connection part. The antenna structure includes a dome switch arranged above a substrate at a position corresponding to the at least one protrusion, and a plurality of conductive patches provided on a conductive layer of the substrate. The dome switch may be arranged at the corresponding position between the plurality of conductive patches.

An electronic device is provided that includes a housing, an antenna structure, an electronic component, and a wireless communication circuit. The antenna structure includes a substrate, at least one conductive patch disposed at the substrate, at least one power feeder disposed at a position of the at least one conductive patch, and at least one electrical connection structure. The at least one electrical connection structure includes a first conductive via disposed to pass through the at least one conductive patch and a ground layer of the substrate, and a second conductive via passing through the at least one conductive patch and electrically connected to the ground layer. The electronic component is disposed to overlap at least in part with the at least one conductive patch when the substrate is viewed from above, and is electrically connected to a main board through the at least one electrical connection structure. The wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to the at least one power feeder, and is configured to form a beam pattern in a first direction through the at least one conductive patch.

Antenna and electronic device including the same

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a housing, an antenna structure disposed in the inner space of the housing, wherein the antenna structure includes: a substrate including a first substrate and a second substrate surface oriented in a direction opposite to the first substrate surface, and a first array antenna including a plurality of first chip antennas disposed at a specified interval in a first region of the first substrate surface, and a first wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal of a first frequency band via the first array antenna.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and a display. The display is arranged in the inner space of the housing while being visible from the outside, and includes a curved side portion. The display includes a plurality of conductive mesh patterns that form an antenna. The plurality of conductive mesh patterns includes a first conductive mesh pattern arranged in a first portion of the display and a second conductive mesh pattern arranged on a second portion of the outer periphery of the first portion. The first conductive mesh pattern and the second conductive mesh pattern have different shapes.

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Sumin Yun