Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yeongseob Lim

Sungyoul Cho

Kyujae Jang

Hyeyong Go

Jaeuk Ryu

Hyunkyung Jo

Sanghyeok Yang

Dohun Kim

Hojong Kim

Jungjoon Kim

Minhwan Jeon

Juho Van

Daeyoung Jo

Youngjune Hong

Minkwon Jeong

Cheonshik Kim

Jonghyeok Im

Daehan Choi

Taekyoung Jin

Jimin Koo

Minchull Paik

Jihyeon Jang

A wireless communication device may include a processor, a first RF integrated circuit including a first control port for controlling a first RF processing circuit and a RF front end circuit and configured to communicate with the processor, a second RF integrated circuit including a second control port for controlling a second RF processing circuit and the RF front end circuit and configured to communicate with the processor, and the RF front end circuit controlled through the first control port and the second control port and configured to communicate with the first RF integrated circuit to exchange a first RF signal, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether to process a second RF signal in the second RF processing circuit and deactivate at least one component for processing the second RF signal in the second RF processing circuit based on the determining.

Wireless communication device including radio frequency integrated circuit and method of controlling the same

An electronic device may include a wireless communication circuit, a battery, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit and the battery and including a regulator, and a processor electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit, the battery, and the PMIC. The processor may, responsive to the electronic device satisfying a specified condition, identify a change in a magnitude of a voltage of an output terminal of the regulator for a first time interval, identify a ratio of a time interval during which the change in the magnitude of the voltage of the output terminal satisfies a threshold value with respect to the first time interval, and adjust the magnitude of the voltage of the output terminal in a step-wise manner based on the ratio.

Electronic device including a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) and operating method thereof

An example electronic device includes a communication processor; at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) connected to the communication processor; at least one radio frequency front-end (RFFE) circuit connected to the at least one RFIC and configured to process a transmission signal; and a plurality of antennas connected through the at least one RFFE circuit. The communication processor may control to transmit, at a first time point when a reference signal is to be transmitted through a first antenna from among the plurality of antennas, the reference signal to a base station through the first antenna; and transmit, at a second time point when the reference signal is to be transmitted through a second antenna from among the plurality of antennas, a reference signal adjusted at least based on a signal received through the second antenna to the base station through the first antenna.

Electronic device and method for transmitting reference signal in electronic device

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a communication processor, a radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (RFIC) configured to receive a signal output from the communication processor and to modulate the signal into an RF signal, a power management circuit, a first power amplifier configured to amplify an RF signal output from the RFIC based on power supplied from the power management circuit, a second power amplifier configured to amplify the RF signal output from the RFIC based on the power supplied from the power management circuit, at least one capacitor connected in parallel to a power supply terminal of the first power amplifier, and at least one switch connected between the power supply terminal and the at least one capacitor, wherein the communication processor is configured to: identify a power amplification mode based a frequency band of the RF signal, and control the at least one switch by outputting a control signal corresponding to the identified power amplification mode.

Electronic device including power amplifier and front-end module including power amplifier

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Yeongseob Lim