Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yongyoun Kim

Myeongsu Oh

Duho Chu

Hojin Jung

Hyunju Hong

Soyoung Lee

Hyoseok Na

Taekyung Lee

Sungsoo Kim

Haeyeon Kim

Taeyun Lee

Seyoon Bae

Jaesung Shim

Dongil Yang

Jungsik Park

Yongsang Yun

Byounguk Yoon

Myunghoon Kwak

Jungchul An

Raetae Kim

Gisoo Lim

Sungkoo Park

Byoungryoul Song

Sanguk Park

Kwonho Song

Chanhee Oh

Jaebong Chun

Jinwoo Jung

Chihyun Cho

Minsung Lee

Seho Park

Dongyoung Lee

Kyungmoon Seol

Sunghyup Lee

Seungbum Choi

Gun Lim

Kyoungho Kim

Kookjoo Lee

Hyunho Shin

Byunghwa Park

Namsu Kim

Seunghoon Lee

Dongyeon Kim

Jaehoon Jo

Woosup Lee

Sangmin Kim

Yongseok Lee

Sehwan Choi

Soon Ryong Park

Soonho Hwang

Joongyeon Cho

Joon Young Heo

Woomin Jang

Minsu Jung

Seungki Choi

Hyungjoo Lee

Kyuyoung Kim

Heeseok Jung

Keumsu Song

Himchan Yun

Jongsung Lee

Oleg Feygenson

Byunghun Cho

Jeongmin Moon

Gyusub Kim

Kyunghoon Moon

Sangha Lee

Hyeonuk Kang

Chankyu An

Sanggon Shin

Byungjoon Kim

Wanchul Seung

Seongho Son

Heejin Park

Kwangyeol Lee

Bonggyo Seo

Kiyoung Jung

Byoungchul Kim

Dongkee Jung

Hyunbum Kim

Youngjune Hong

Youngmi Jang

Eunseong Choi

Sunghoon Song

Sangkyun Lee

Kanghyun Ryoo

An electronic device may include, for example: a first housing, a second housing, a hinge cover, a hinge structure, a display, and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including a rigid portion configured to be disposed on a first cover portion in the folded state, a first flexible portion connected to the rigid portion and configured to be at least partially bent along a second cover portion, and a second flexible portion connected to the rigid portion oppositely to the first flexible portion and configured to be at least partially bent along a third cover portion. The rigid portion is more rigid than the first flexible portion and the second flexible portion.

Foldable electronic device including flexible printed circuit board

An electronic device includes: a hinge structure which is a folding area and includes a hinge housing; a first housing connected to the hinge structure; a second housing connected with the first housing through the hinge structure to be rotatable with respect to the first housing; and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), which has one end connected to a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the first housing, and the other end connected to a second PCB disposed in the second housing. The FPCB includes a first section and a second section, the second section is extended from one side of the first section, and a variance in a curvature of the second section is greater than a variance in a curvature of the first section when the first housing and the second housing rotate with respect to the hinge structure.

Electronic device including flexible printed circuit board

An electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge housing arranged between the first housing and the second housing. A display includes a first area, which extends from the first housing to the second housing across the hinge housing and corresponds to the first housing, a second area corresponding to the second housing, and a folding area corresponding to the hinge housing. A first decorating member is arranged on an edge oriented in a direction opposite to that of an edge adjacent to the folding area from among edges of the first area and a second decorating member is arranged on an edge oriented in a direction opposite to that of an edge adjacent to the folding area from among the edges of the second area.

Foldable electronic device including flexible display with a curved region

An electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, may comprise: a housing, a first circuit board disposed in the housing; flexible circuit boards electrically connected to the first circuit board, coil antennas disposed inside the housing and including a plurality of antennas having conductive patterns provided and configured to generate magnetic fields, a shielding layer disposed below a first antenna from among the plurality of antennas and metal shields disposed about side surfaces of the coil antennas and configured to shield a magnetic field in a first direction from among magnetic fields formed by the coil antennas.

Electronic device including coil antenna

An electronic apparatus includes: a housing including a coupling region; and a printed circuit board (PCB) including: an overlap region that overlaps the coupling region; a non-overlap region that does not overlap the coupling region; a plurality of metal layers including a plurality of lines; and a void portion in which a portion of at least one metal layer, among the plurality of metal layers, is not formed so that the at least one metal layer is discontinuous or terminated in the void portion, the at least one metal layer including a metal layer that is closest to the coupling region among the plurality of metal layers.

Electronic apparatus for stable electrical connection

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first surface, a conductive plate disposed at the first surface of the housing to be slidable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and including a slot, a flexible display arranged to be supported by the conductive plate and including a first area facing the first surface and a second area extending from the first area and bendable according to the sliding of the conductive plate, and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a signal in a selected or designated frequency band through an antenna formed on the basis of at least a part of the conductive plate, which surrounds the slot.

Electronic device comprising flexible display and antenna

An electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing configured to slide from the first housing, a flexible display disposed to the first housing and the second housing and having a screen configured to be reduced/extended according to the sliding of the second housing, a first antenna module including at least one antenna disposed to the first housing and configured to radiate a millimeter wave, and a second antenna module including at least one antenna disposed to the second housing and configured to radiate a millimeter wave. The second antenna module may be located adjacent to one side face of the second housing and may be configured to form a beam in a same direction as the first antenna module.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a first housing comprising a first support member facing in a first direction, a first rear cover facing in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a first side member surrounding a first space between the first support member and the first rear cover; a second housing; a hinge structure connected to the first housing and the second housing and configured to be folded about a folding axis; a first antenna structure disposed in the first space and configured to form a first electric field in the second direction; a second antenna structure disposed near the first antenna structure in the first space; and a conductive member disposed between the first antenna structure and the second antenna structure.

Electronic device including antenna

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing by a hinge structure and providing a motion relative to the first housing, and a flexible display disposed from the first housing through the hinge structure to the second housing, at least a portion of at least one of the first housing or the second housing may include at least two antennas and a segmenter disposed between the antennas, a separation member may be disposed adjacent to a portion of the segmenter in a direction to the flexible display, and at least a portion of the separation member may protrude beyond the antennas toward the flexible display.

Electronic device including flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing foldably connected to the first housing through a hinge device, a flexible display disposed to be supported by the second housing through the hinge device from the first housing, and a protective frame disposed on the second housing with edges of the flexible display interposed, wherein a conductive member is disposed based on at least one pattern between the protective frame and the edges of the flexible display.

Method and electronic device for improving antenna performance

An antenna structure includes a first antenna, a second antenna, at least one processor, a power distribution circuit configured to equally supply power supplied from the processor(s) to the first antenna and the second antenna, and a coupler disposed between the processor(s) and the power distribution circuit, wherein the processor(s) may obtain a first parameter for a first signal received by the first antenna and a second parameter for a second signal received by the second antenna, detect a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal, obtain a matching parameter based on parameters corresponding to a case in which the phase difference satisfies a specified condition among the first parameter and the second parameter, and obtain a third parameter for allowing a reflection coefficient of a signal flowing from the power distribution circuit to the coupler to exist within a specified range among the matching parameters.

Antenna structure and method for signal calibration

An electronic device comprising a flexible display and a method of the electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying, based on a sliding of the flexible display, an object related to a wireless charging function or a payment function, in a first region of the flexible display corresponding to a position of a first antenna included in the electronic device, and when the position of the first antenna is changed by the sliding of the flexible display, changing a display position of the object, based on the changed position of the first antenna.

Electronic device including flexible display and method of operating the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first part, a second part, a connection part disposed and coupled to the first part and the second part such that the first part and the second part are rotatable, a first antenna module disposed in the first part and includes an antenna array, a second antenna module disposed in the second part and includes an antenna array, a processor disposed in the first part, an IFIC disposed in the first part and electrically connected to the first antenna module and the processor, a second IFIC disposed in the second part and electrically connected to the second antenna module and the processor and an FPCB disposed over the first part, the connection part, and the second part, and is configured to transfer a digital signal or a baseband I/Q signal between the processor and the second IFIC.

Electronic device including antenna module

An electronic device includes a display module, and a side housing surrounding a side surface of the display module and formed of a conductive material. A protection member covers a part of the side housing and the display module. The protection member includes a first portion facing the display module and a second portion facing the side housing. A first conductive member is disposed in at least a part of the first portion of the protection member and is formed of a conductive material. A second conductive member is disposed in at least a part of the second portion of the protection member, is connected to the first conductive member, and is formed of a conductive material. A separation space is disposed between the second conductive member and the side housing, and an antenna is electrically connected to the side housing such that the side housing functions as an antenna.

Antenna structure and electronic device including the same

An electronic device may include: a flexible display; and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to: identify the folding angle of the electronic device; identify the displacement of a printed layer of the flexible display according to the identified folding angle; generate a virtual dead space region to substantially abut a portion of the boundary of the printed layer on the basis of the identified displacement; and output at least a portion of the generated virtual dead space region in a specified color on the flexible display.

Electronic device comprising flexible display, and method for controlling same

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Yongyoun Kim