Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yongseung Yi

Hoyeong Lim

Dongil Son

Hyunseok Kim

Dong-Il Son

Junghoon Park

Seunggoo Kang

Jaehwan Lee

Incheol Baek

Dongyup Lee

Du-Hyun Kim

Jung-Hoon Park

Hyun-Seok Kim

Kihyun Park

Seungbo Shim

Yonghwa Kim

Jeonggyu Jo

Jin-Hee Won

Gihoon Lee

Duhyun Kim

Hyangbok Lee

Cheolyoon Chung

Hyun-seok Kim

Moonki Yeo

Disclosed is an electronic device including: a USB connector connected to a USB plug of an external device; a high-speed interface; a voltage source for supplying a voltage to the high-speed interface; a first circuit portion connected to a ground portion, and has a second impedance higher than a first impedance of the high-speed interface; and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor the external device by using the high-speed interface in a first interval of a first frame, form a disconnection sensing path by forming a connection between the first circuit portion and a second circuit portion of the external device, and use the disconnection sensing path to determine whether the connection between the USB connector and the USB plug has been disconnected. The second circuit portion may have a fourth impedance higher than a third impedance of an external high-speed interface. Various other embodiments are also possible.

Electronic device comprising connector and method for sensing disconnection

Disclosed is an electronic device including a sound output module. The sound output module includes a sound output housing and a motor unit positioned in an inner space and communicating with an inner space of the speaker unit to generate a vibration force. The motor unit may include a motor body forming a volume space communicating with the inner space of the speaker unit and a vibration body positioned in the motor body to generate a vibration force. A communication hole may be formed in an outer wall of the motor body for the inner space of the speaker unit and the volume space to communicate with each other.

Electronic device including audio output module

According to an embodiment disclosed in the specification, an electronic device comprises a battery disposed inside the electronic device; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed inside the electronic device; at least one electronic component disposed on the PCB; and a first buck converter having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is routed to the battery; and a second buck converter having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is selectively electrically connected to the second end of the first buck converter, and the second end is routed to the at least one electronic component, and wherein the first buck converter and the second buck converter are configured to boost a voltage provided from the battery through an electrical path formed from the battery by the first end of the first buck converter, and the second end of the first buck converter, the first end of the second buck converter and the second end of the second buck converter to the at least one electronic component.

Electronic device having connection path between buck converters

According to various embodiments, disclosed is an electronic device comprising at least one sensor, a display comprising a touch panel, at least one pressure sensor disposed in the upper or lower layer of the touch panel such that pressure applied to at least a part of a region of the display can be sensed, and at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to: sense whether the electronic device is in a submerged state by using the at least one sensor or the display, receive a user input with respect to the at least a part of a region of the display while the electronic device is sensed to be in the submerged state, acquire the pressure and the position of the user input by using the at least one pressure sensor, and process the user input on the basis of the acquired pressure and the acquired position.

Electronic device acquiring user input when in submerged state by using pressure sensor, and method for controlling electronic device

Disclosed are various embodiments relating to a circuit board included in an electronic device and, according to one embodiment, the circuit board can comprise: at least one wire included on the circuit board, at least one conductive structure arranged on the circuit board in order to reinforce the circuit board, and arranged in order to electrically connect the at least one wire; and at least one conductive member included on the circuit board, and electrically connecting the at least one wire with the at least one conductive structure, and additional other various embodiments are possible.

Circuit board including conductive structure for electrically connecting wires, and electronic device including same

An electronic device is provided including a connector comprising a plurality of terminals, the connector being configured to be connected with an external device; a circuit electrically connected to at least a subset of the plurality of terminals; and a processor electrically connected to the circuit, wherein the processor is configured to detect a connection of the external device through the connector, detect a first impedance of a first electrical path including a first terminal of the plurality of terminals, detect a second impedance of a second electrical path including a second terminal of the plurality of terminals, and determine a connection direction of the external device connected through the connector, based on the first impedance and the second impedance.

Electronic device and method by which electronic device recognizes connection terminal of external device

A method for controlling a plurality of batteries and an electronic device thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a power management circuit configured to supply power to the electronic device; a first battery electrically connected with a power input port of the power management circuit; a second battery electrically connected with the power input port; a first charging circuit configured to charge the first battery; a second charging circuit configured to charge the second battery; a first current control circuit electrically connected between the first charging circuit and the first battery, and configured to control a first charging current supplied from the first charging circuit to the first battery and a leakage current due to a voltage difference between the first battery and the second battery; and a second current control circuit electrically connected between the second charging circuit and the second battery, and configured to control a second charging current supplied from the second charging circuit to the second battery and the leakage current.

Method for controlling a plurality of batteries and electronic device thereof

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device of a metal member and a method therefor. The electronic device includes: a memory; an abnormality detection circuit; and a processor functionally connected with the memory or the abnormality detection circuit, wherein the processor is configured to detect whether there is an abnormality in an electric shock prevention circuit or whether a leakage path is formed from a ground of the electronic device to the metal member by using the abnormality detection circuit, and to control charging a battery of the electronic device according to whether there is the abnormality in the electric shock prevention circuit or whether the leakage path is formed. Other embodiments are possible.

Method for preventing electric shock and electronic device for the same

An electronic device according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention may include one or more switches, one of more sub-systems, and an interface control unit electrically coupled with the one or more sub-systems and the one or more switches. The interface control unit is configured to: detect a coupling of an external device to the electronic device, identify a type of the coupled external device, when the external device is identified as a current detecting device, generate a first control signal for turning off power to the one or more sub-systems, and a second control signal for setting a first path to supply the one or more sub-systems with power from the current detecting device, and transmit the first control signal to the one or more sub-systems and the second control signal to the one or more switches.

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Seoul, South Korea

Yongseung Yi