Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Wonhyung Heo

Kyungrok Lee

Yongsang Yun

Woosik Cho

Hyeongjoo Oh

Taeho Kim

Dongil Son

Sanghyun Han

Sunghyup Lee

Dowan Kim

Minhwan Jeon

Daeyoung Jo

Jungsik Kim

Choongsun Shim

Kwan Heo

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing structure including a first housing and a second housing connected to first housing, the second housing being connected to the first housing so as to be slidable while being at least partially inserted into or withdrawn from the first housing, a sensor module including at least one sensor, an antenna, an antenna tuner electrically connected to the antenna and configured to match impedance of the antenna, and a processor operatively connected to the sensor module, the antenna, and the antenna tuner, wherein the processor is configured to determine withdrawal information about a withdrawn degree of the second housing by using the sensor module, select an index corresponding to the withdrawal information from among multiple indices in which impedance values of the antenna according to multiple different pieces of withdrawal information are sampled, and control, based on a tuning code corresponding to the selected index, the antenna tuner to activate or deactivate at least some among at least one of one or more capacitors or one or more inductors included in the antenna tuner, so as to match the impedance of the antenna.

Electronic device including antenna and method thereof

An electronic device includes: a housing including a front plate, a rear plate disposed opposite the front plate, and a side bezel enclosing at least a portion of a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a display disposed in the space and visible through at least a portion of the front plate, wherein the display includes a first layer including a plurality of pixels; and a second layer disposed at the first layer and including an opening; and an antenna module disposed in the space, wherein the antenna module includes a printed circuit board including a first surface facing away from the first layer through the opening and a second surface facing opposite the first surface; at least one antenna element disposed on the first surface, or inside the printed circuit board closer to the first surface than the second surface; and a communication circuit disposed at the second surface of the printed circuit board, the communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive signals of a selected or designated frequency band through the at least one antenna element.

Electronic device including antenna module

An electronic device includes a first antenna that transmits/receives a signal in a first frequency band, a second antenna that transmits/receives a signal in a second frequency band, a first wireless communication circuit connected with the first antenna, a second wireless communication circuit connected with the second antenna, at least one processor connected with the first and second wireless communication circuits, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to output a first signal with a first power to control the first wireless communication circuit to output the first signal through the first antenna, and output the first signal with a power, which is obtained by backing off from the first power as much as a first backoff value, to control the second wireless communication circuit to output a second signal through the second antenna while controlling the first wireless communication circuit to output the first signal.

Electronic device comprising antenna and power backoff control method for the electronic device

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna array including a plurality of elements arranged to perform beamforming, wherein a first number corresponds to a total number of the plurality of elements, a processor operatively connected to the antenna array, and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to identify a second number of the plurality of elements that are performing the beamforming, determine a first backoff value stored based on the second number, and perform a power backoff operation according to the first backoff value.

Electronic device having antenna array and power backoff control method for the electronic device

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Wonhyung Heo