Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd

Line Corporation

Wonjoon Choi

Sungchul Park

Seunggil Jeon

Jungsik Park

Seongbeom Hong

Hyunju Hong

Sungsoo Kim

Sumin Yun

Seongjin Park

Jaehoon Jo

Jaeyoung Huh

Joon Young Heo

Seungbum Choi

Jungho Lee

Kyungwoo Lee

Woongeun Kwak

Woosung Chun

Sanghyun Chang

Hyun Sung Choi

Byoungryoul Song

Sunghoon Moon

Seyoon Bae

Seok Ho Choi

Jongsam Park

Seongju Kim

Su Hyun Hwang

Youngkyun Jang

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing including a hinge structure, a first housing connected to the hinge structure and including a first side wall structure and a first bracket located inside the first side wall structure, and a second housing connected to the hinge structure and including a second side wall structure and a second bracket located inside the second side wall structure, the second housing being folded with the first housing about the hinge structure, a display panel extending from the first housing to the second housing across the hinge structure and configured to output a screen, and a second antenna structure including a second ground and a second feeding portion disposed on the second side wall structure of the second housing, wherein the first side wall structure of the first housing and the second side wall structure of the second housing may include a first metal material, and the first bracket of the first housing includes the first metal material, and the second bracket of the second housing may include a second metal material.

Electronic device including bracket formed of metal material

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.

Electronic apparatus comprising antenna

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes a front cover; a rear cover facing away from the front cover; a side frame surrounding a space between the front cover and the rear cover and at least partially includes a first conductive portion; a first array antenna includes a first substrate disposed in the space and a plurality of first antenna elements disposed on the first substrate and configured to form a beam pattern toward the first conductive portion; and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive, via the first array antenna, a wireless signal in a first frequency range. The first conductive portion includes, in a portion corresponding to the first array antenna, a plurality of first slits provided to be spaced apart from each other and to have a length in a first direction perpendicular to a polarization of the first array antenna.

Antenna and electronic device comprising same

Provided is an electronic device including a conductive housing including a first face facing a first direction, a second face facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a lateral face surrounding at least part of a space constructed between the first face and the second face, a printed circuit board seated inside the housing, and a side key fastened to an edge region of the housing, wherein the side key include a button portion of which one face covers a first through-hole constructed on the lateral face and the other face is exposed to the outside, an actuation portion extending from the face of the button portion covering the first through-hole towards the inside of the housing in such a manner that at least part of the extending portion is inserted to the first through-hole and at least part of the inserted portion moves in a third direction parallel to a normal direction of the lateral face of the housing according to whether the button portion is pressed, a side key circuit board including an outer contact portion pressed by a movement of the actuation portion and an inner contact portion which is in contact with the outer contact portion according to whether the outer contact portion is pressed, and including a switch module which produces an electric signal due to the contact of the outer contact portion and the inner contact portion, a side key bracket on which at least part of the side key circuit board is seated and which fixes and supports the side key circuit board, and an antenna which uses the first through-hole as an antenna aperture for transmitting/receiving radio waves. In addition thereto, various embodiments understood through this document are possible.

Electronic device having side key comprising antenna

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a camera module having first and second cameras having first and second viewing angles, respectively, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: acquiring a first image with a first magnification using the first camera, and displaying the first image on the display, while acquiring the first image, receiving an input requesting changing an image acquisition magnification of the camera module from the first magnification to a second magnification, changing a distance between the first camera and the second camera in response to the input, upon detecting that the changed distance between the first camera and the second camera is less than or equal to a threshold distance, switching from the first camera to the second camera, and acquiring a second image using the second camera, and display the acquired second image on the display.

Electronic device including multiple cameras and method of controlling electronic device

Disclosed is an electronic device including a metal bezel including a bezel patch separated through a bezel slit, a printed circuit board including a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern, which are separated through a substrate slit and a communication module transmitting or receiving an antenna signal, using an antenna element including the bezel patch, the first conductive pattern, and the second conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern is connected to a part of the metal bezel. The bezel patch and the second conductive pattern is arranged to be aligned vertically. A bezel cavity is formed between the bezel patch and the second conductive pattern.

Antenna module using metal bezel and electronic device including thereof

An electronic device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: a first dielectric which forms at least a part of the front surface of the electronic device; a second dielectric which forms at least a part of the rear surface of the electronic device; a side surface member which surrounds a space formed between the front surface and the rear surface and of which a part comprises a third dielectric; a display positioned in the space and visually exposed through the first dielectric; and an antenna module positioned in the space. The antenna module comprises: a printed circuit board comprising a first surface which faces, in the space, the third dielectric, and a second surface which is oriented in a direction opposite to that of the first surface; and at least one antenna element which is disposed on the first surface or inside the printed circuit board so as to be adjacent to the first surface, and which forms a beam pattern toward the side surface member. In addition, other various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device comprising antenna module

An electronic device including a second wireless communication circuit providing second radio access technology (RAT) and a communication processor controlling the second wireless communication circuit are provided. The communication processor may allocate a detection symbol for detecting an external object, may detect the external object from the allocated symbol, and may control the second wireless communication circuit based on the detected external object.

Method for controlling 5G antenna and electronic device therefor

An electronic device is provided that includes a housing; a printed circuit board including a first and second surfaces; an antenna module disposed on the first surface and adjacent to a side surface member, forming a first gap therewith, the antenna module being configured to radiate an antenna beam; a wireless communication circuit electrically connected with the antenna module, and configured to transmit or receive a signal having a frequency between 3 and 100 gigahertz; and a dielectric structure including a seating portion to have the antenna module mounted thereon, and configured to form the antenna beam to be radiated toward an outside of the housing.

Electronic device with antenna

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion configured to be movable such that the second portion is capable of being folded with respect to the first portion, a first array antenna disposed at the first portion and including a first antenna element and a second antenna element, a second array antenna including a third antenna element and a fourth antenna element, and disposed at the second portion such that the third antenna element is aligned with the first antenna element and the fourth antenna element is aligned with the second antenna element when the electronic device is in a folded state in which the second portion of the housing is folded with respect to the first portion by using the third portion, a communication circuit electrically connected to the first array antenna and the second array antenna, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to: determine whether the electronic device is in an unfolded state or a folded state based on the second portion being in the unfolded state or folded state with respect to the first portion by using the third portion, when the electronic device is in the unfolded state, form a first beam through the first antenna element and the second antenna element or a second beam through the third antenna element and the fourth antenna element by using the communication circuit, and when the electronic device is in the folded state, form a third beam through the first antenna element and the third antenna element or a fourth beam through the second antenna element and the fourth antenna element by using the communication circuit.

Apparatus and method for outputting beamforming signal based on state of electronic device

Provided is a method and system for interworking between applications of devices. An inter-device application interworking method may provide a function capable of processing an action associated with a single communication session through interworking between applications installed on a plurality of electronic devices, respectively, in response to a presence of the plurality of electronic devices of a user identified in association with a single account of the user.

Method, apparatus, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for interworking between applications of devices

An electronic device supporting beamforming and a method of operating the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first amplifier configured to amplify a first signal and a second amplifier for amplifying a second signal, a power control module configured to generate first power control information based at least on a first attribute of the first signal and generate second power control information based at least on the first power control information and a second attribute of the second signal, and at least one power supply module configured to control power supplied to the first amplifier based at least on the first power control information and control power supplied to the second amplifier based at least on the second power control information.

Electronic device supporting beamforming and method of operating electronic device

Provided is a capacitive deionization apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same, which capacitive deionization apparatus is enhanced in the removal efficiency for ionic substances and the fluid throughput, hence applicable to water with high salt concentration such as sea water, etc., and easy to manufacture.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Wonjoon Choi