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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woo-Sup Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Gyu-Sub Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yeon-Woo Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jung-Sik Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
In one embodiment, an electronic device including an antenna with a ring-type structure is disclosed. The electronic device includes a metal bracket and the antenna. The antenna includes a first metal ring surrounding the metal bracket, where the first metal ring has at least two sections separated by at least one gap. At least one section may operate as a radiator through radio frequency (RF) feeding at least at one portion thereof. A second metal ring may be electrically connected, at least at one point thereof, to a ground of the electronic device or to the first metal ring. At least one section of the first metal ring may operate as a monopole antenna, as a PIFA antenna, or as a loop antenna, via suitable feeding.