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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An antenna device is provided. The antenna device includes a first radiating conductor including a feeding portion and a radiating portion extending from the feeding portion, the feeding portion including a feeding terminal and a shorting pin, a ground electrically connected with the first radiating conductor via the shorting pin and configured to provide a reference potential for the first radiating conductor, and a first switch circuit provided on a side of the radiating portion and configured to selectively connect the radiating portion with the ground. The first radiating conductor is configured to form at least part of an inverted-F antenna structure when the first switch circuit is open and to form at least part of a loop antenna structure when the first switch circuit is closed.