IP Library Granted Patent US 12,519,216
Granted Patent B2
US 12,519,216 · App. 17/879,549 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Electronic device including antenna and printed circuit board

Inventors: Hyungjoo Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Gyusub Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hosaeng Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jinwoo Jung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01Q1/38H01Q1/2283H01Q1/48H01Q21/0006H04M1/0277H05K1/144H05K1/147H05K1/18H05K2201/09027H05K2201/10098H05K2201/10189H05K2201/10378H05K2201/2018
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Patent No.
US 12,519,216
App. No.
17/879,549
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device of various embodiments of the present disclosure may include: a display, a side bezel including at least one conductive portion, and a printed circuit board disposed inside the side bezel. The printed circuit board may include an interposer, and a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board electrically connected through the interposer. The first printed circuit board may include a first fill-cut area, and the second printed circuit board may include a second fill-cut area corresponding to the first fill-cut area, and a ground or feeding unit comprising a conductive feed of an antenna using the conductive portion may be disposed in the first fill-cut area or the second fill-cut area.

Claims (46)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a side member including a first conductive portion corresponding to an antenna; and

a first printed circuit board disposed adjacent to the first conductive portion;

a second printed circuit board disposed adjacent to the first conductive portion;

an interposer electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board; and

a connection member electrically connected with the first conductive portion,

wherein the first printed circuit board includes a first fill-cut area,

wherein the second printed circuit board includes a second fill-cut area at least partially overlapping the first fill-cut area,

wherein the connection member for connecting the first conductive portion to a ground of the antenna or for transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals to the first conductive portion is disposed at the first fill-cut area or the second fill-cut area, and

wherein the first fill-cut area and the second fill-cut area are disposed adjacent to the first conductive portion.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the connection member includes a first connection member comprising a conductive material disposed at the first fill-cut area, and

wherein the first connection member is electrically connected to the first conductive portion and configured for transmitting the RF signals to the first conductive portion.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the connection member includes a second connection member comprising a conductive material disposed at the second fill-cut area, and

wherein the second connection member is electrically connected to the first conductive portion for transmitting the RF signals to the first conductive portion.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first interposer disposed between the first fill-cut area and the second fill-cut area and electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , further comprising:

an antenna pattern separate from the antenna and disposed on the first fill-cut area; and

a third connection member comprising a conductive material and disposed at the first fill-cut area,

wherein the antenna pattern comprises the first interposer and is electrically connected to the side member through the third connection member.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the ground is included in the first printed circuit board, and

wherein a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) configured for transmitting the RF signals to the first conducive portion is disposed on the first printed circuit board.

7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) configured for transmitting the RF signals to the first conductive portion is disposed on the first printed circuit board, and

wherein the ground is included in the second printed circuit board.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the ground is included in the first printed circuit board, and

wherein a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) for transmitting the RF signals to the first conductive portion is disposed on the second printed circuit board.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the ground is included in the second printed circuit board, and

wherein a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) configured for transmitting the RF signals to the first conductive portion is disposed on the second printed circuit board.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first printed circuit board is disposed on a first side of the interposer and is electrically connected to the interposer, and

wherein the second printed circuit board is disposed on a second side of the interposer opposite to the first side of the interposer and is electrically connected to the interposer.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a flexible printed circuit board,

wherein the first printed circuit board includes a first cable connector to which a first terminal of the flexible printed circuit board is connected, and

wherein the second printed circuit board includes a second cable connector to which a second terminal of the flexible printed circuit board is connected.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the interposer is formed in a form of a closed curve or in a curve form which is open at one side or two sides.

13 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the connection member includes a third connection member comprising a conductive material, disposed at the first fill-cut area, and electrically connected to the first conductive portion for connecting the first conductive portion to the ground.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the connection member includes a fourth connection member comprising a conductive material, disposed at the second fill-cut area, and electrically connected to the first conductive portion for connecting the first conductive portion to the ground.

15 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first fill-cut area is disposed between the first conductive portion and the RFIC disposed on the first printed circuit board.

16 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the first fill-cut area is disposed between the first conductive portion and the RFIC, and

wherein the second fill-cut area is disposed between the first conductive portion and the ground of the second printed circuit board.

17 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first fill-cut area is disposed between the first conductive portion and the ground of the first printed circuit board, and

wherein the second fill-cut area is disposed between the first conductive portion and the RFIC disposed on the second printed circuit board.

18 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the second fill-cut area is disposed between the first conductive portion and the RFIC disposed on the second printed circuit board.

19 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first fill-cut area corresponds to an area in which a conductive fill of the first printed circuit board is cut, and

wherein the second fill-cut area corresponds to an area in which a conductive fill of the second printed circuit board is cut.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2022
From: LEE, HYUNGJOO; KIM, GYUSUB; KIM, HOSAENG; JUNG, JINWOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060700/0820 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0168763 · Dec 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021018290 · Dec 3, 2021
Related Publication 20220376386A1 · Nov 24, 2022
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