Lg Electronics Inc.

Youngbae Kwon

Dongjin Kim

Byungwoon Jung

Jihun Ha

Yunmo Kang

Kangjae Jung

Sungjung Rho

Changwon Yun

Duckyun Kim

Sungwon Kim

Sungjoon Hong

Jaewoo Lee

Yeomin Youn

Deuksu Choi

Minseok Kim

Hansu Kim

Namyong Kim

Hanphil Rhyu

Hyoungwook Lim

Hayong Kim

Jina Park

Kyoungwon Jeon

Seokjun Lee

Minsoo Kim

Junghyeong Ha

Ansun Hyun

Byungeun Jeon

Gihwan Kim

Cheolwan Park

Sangman Lee

Yunhoon Cho

Provided is a mobile terminal changing in size according to one embodiment. The mobile terminal comprises: a slide metal part; a front metal part formed to be coupled to the slide metal part; and a coupling link formed to couple the slide metal part and the front metal part in a folded state or an extended state. A plurality of antennas are disposed on the left surface, the right surface and the lower surface of the slide metal part, and at least one surface of the slide metal part is ground-connected to a PCB, which is accommodated in the slide metal part, at a plurality of points, and thus a difference in the lengths of ground paths is reduced in accordance with a relative movement to reduce a change in antenna performance of the plurality of antennas due to the relative movement.

Electronic device having antennas

Provided is a mobile terminal comprising: a first frame; a second frame which slidingly moves with respect to the first frame in a first direction to switch to an extended mode and includes a ground metal, a first side metal, and a second side metal; a display part which includes a fixed portion coupled to the front surface of the first frame and a variable portion bent to surround the second frame; a rolling hinge which is coupled to the rear surface of the variable portion and comprises a conductive material; and a ground pin which is coupled to the rolling hinge, wherein the ground pin is brought into contact with the ground metal in the extended mode to electrically connect the rolling hinge to the ground metal.

Mobile terminal

A mobile terminal having an antenna according to one embodiment is provided. The mobile terminal comprises: a first metal housing having a left side surface and a right side surface that define the exterior; and a second metal housing having a left side surface, a right side surface, and a bottom side surface that define the exterior. A first conductive member and a second conductive member of the second metal housing each include a first sub member disposed on a lower side surface and a second sub member disposed on a left side surface or a right side surface; the left side surface of the first metal housing and the second sub member of the second metal housing overlap; the overlapping first metal housing is not exposed to the exterior, while the second sub member may be exposed to the exterior.

Electronic device having antenna

A mobile terminal including an antenna according to an embodiment is provided. The mobile terminal includes a slide metal part and a front metal part, and a contact member configured to contact the slide metal part and the front metal part is provided on a side of the front metal part. In a first state in which a display area of the mobile terminal is contracted, the contact member may remove parasitic resonance caused by a slot area, as the slide metal part and the front metal part contact are contacted by the contact member at a first position which is a lower end of the slot area, and in a second state in which the display area is expanded, the contact member may remove parasitic resonance caused by the slot area, as the slide metal part and the front metal part are contacted by the contact member at a second position which is an upper end of the slot area.

Electronic device including antenna

A mobile terminal includes a housing having a front side, a rear side, and lateral sides, and including a metal rim formed of a metal material and at least one bending portion formed of a non-metal material. The mobile terminal includes a rear cover disposed on the rear side of the housing, a reflection sheet disposed on the cover and formed of a metal material, and an antenna module disposed between the rear cover and a front cover of the housing and configured to radiate a beamforming wireless signal, wherein a bending portion of the cover and a flat portion of the cover are configured to include a first region, a second region, and a third region, and a beamforming wireless signal of the first region may be reflected at the second region and the third region by the reflection sheet.

Electronic device comprising antenna

An electronic device having antennas according to an implementation is provided. The electronic device may include a first antenna disposed on a rim thereof and configured to receive a first signal that is a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) signal or a New Radio (NR) signal of a first band, a second antenna disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna by a predetermined interval, and configured to receive a second signal that is an LTE or NR signal of a second band higher than the first band, and a transceiver circuit operably coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna. In one implementation, the electronic device may include a baseband processor configured to control the transceiver circuit to receive the first signal through the first antenna and the second signal through the second antenna.

Electronic device including antennas

An electronic device having a fifth-generation (5G) antenna according to an embodiment is provided. The electronic device includes a cover glass through which electromagnetic waves are transmitted, a metal frame having a metal rim formed on side surfaces of the electronic device, an antenna module configured to transmit or receive beamformed signals through a plurality of antenna elements, and a frame mold made of a dielectric and disposed between the metal frame and the antenna module, wherein a frame slot is formed in a lower portion of the metal frame so that the signals transmitted or received in the antenna module is radiated through the frame slot.

Electronic device having 5G antenna

An electronic device having antennas according to one implementation is provided. The electronic device may include a display configured to display a screen, a supporting frame coupled to the display to support the display, and having a metal rim disposed on at least one side surface thereof, and a main frame rotatably coupled to the supporting frame and having a metal rim disposed on a side surface thereof, wherein the metal rim of the main frame may have a first antenna and a second antenna operating in different bands. The supporting frame may be provided with a first slot and a second slot formed in regions thereof adjacent to regions where the first antenna and the second antenna are disposed, in a swivel state of the supporting frame with respect to the main frame.

A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a first conductive member forming a part of a lower end of an outer metal frame, and a second conductive member spaced apart from the first conductive member to form parts of the lower end and a side surface of the outer metal frame. The terminal may further include a conductive line connected to one point of each of the first conductive member and the second conductive member and interconnected inside the mobile terminal. At this time, an antenna device, in which the second conductive member is connected adjacent to a ground at a predetermined position from the one point of the second conductive member, so as to fully cover a low frequency band including an LTE, and which has a hand-effect compensation function, and a mobile terminal can be provided.

Antenna device and mobile terminal having the same

A mobile terminal is provided including a display unit; a middle frame including a supporting unit that supports a rear surface of the display unit with a side portion around the supporting portion; a main board at a rear surface of the middle frame including a ground; a first wireless communication unit in the main board to transceive a first signal; a second wireless communication unit in the main board to transceive a second signal; and a rear case covering a rear surface of the main board, where the side portion includes a plurality of conductive members with ends divided into slits and the plurality of the conductive members includes a common antenna electrically connectable with the first and second wireless communication units to receive the first and second signals such that the mobile terminal receives different signals with antennas for LTE and 5G communication arranged in a limited space.

A mobile terminal includes a terminal main body including a circuit substrate configured to process first and second wireless signals; a sidewall portion including slits and an antenna member exposed outside of the main body so as to make up an appearance of the main body, wherein the antenna member is formed between the slits and includes multiple antenna slots; a first power supply unit extending from the circuit substrate and configured to supply power to the antenna member so the first wireless signal is transmitted and received through the antenna member; and a second power supply unit configured to supply power to the multiple antenna slots such that the second wireless signal is transmitted and received through the multiple antenna slots in a different frequency band than the first wireless signal.

A mobile terminal includes a window including a transparent region and an opaque region surrounding the transparent region, a metal case provided below the window to accommodate the window, having a rear surface portion facing the window and a side surface portion formed to extend from the rear surface portion toward a front surface, and exposed outwardly, a non-metal member formed in a region formed by cut away a portion of the case and having a slot formation portion spaced apart from the side surface portion at a predetermined interval and a pair of sectioning portions extending from the slot formation portion and traversing the side surface portion to section the side surface portion into first to third members, and first to third antenna patterns formed in the opaque region and electrically connected to the first to third members to form first and third antennas, respectively.

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Seoul, South Korea

Youngbae Kwon