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Granted Patent B2
US 12,224,479 · App. 18/107,176 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Electronic device comprising an antenna and microphone

Inventors: Cheungwon Ryu (Suwon-si, KR); Wondo Ki (Suwon-si, KR); Seongkyoo Byeon (Suwon-si, KR); Junyoung Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Bonam Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01Q1/22H01Q5/314H04R1/04H04R1/083H05K1/0243
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Patent No.
US 12,224,479
App. No.
18/107,176
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes: a housing forming an inner space of the electronic device; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the inner space and including a ground; a microphone module including a microphone housing disposed at a point on the PCB adjacent to a side surface of the housing, the microphone housing being electrically connected with the ground; a conductive member comprising a conductive material disposed, spaced apart from a surface of the microphone housing by a specified distance or less, and overlapping at least part of the microphone housing with reference to a first direction in which a rear surface of the electronic device faces, the conductive member being coupled and electrically connected with the microphone housing; and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB, and the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a specified frequency band, based on an electrical path including the conductive member and the microphone housing, by feeding the conductive member.

Claims (42)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing forming an inner space of the electronic device;

a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the inner space and including a ground;

a microphone module comprising a microphone housing disposed at a point on the PCB adjacent to a side surface of the housing, the microphone housing being electrically connected with the ground;

a conductive member comprising a conductive material disposed, spaced apart from a surface of the microphone housing by a specified distance or less, and overlapping at least part of the microphone housing with reference to a first direction in which a rear surface of the electronic device faces, the conductive member being coupled and electrically connected with the microphone housing; and

a wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB,

wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a specified frequency band, based on an electrical path comprising the conductive member and the microphone housing, by feeding the conductive member.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified distance is within 0.3 mm.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive member comprises a laser direct structuring (LDS) antenna.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a conductive portion corresponding to a part of the housing is electrically connected with the conductive member, and

wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a specified frequency band, based on the electrical path further comprising the conductive portion, by feeding at the conductive portion of the housing.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band by feeding at a first point of the conductive member, and

wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a second frequency band by feeding at a second point of the conductive member, different from the first point.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the first frequency band has a frequency band of a first size, and

wherein the second frequency band has a second frequency band of a second size smaller than the first size.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the microphone housing is electrically connected with the ground through a conductive path, and

wherein the electronic device further comprises a capacitor disposed on the conductive path.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the microphone module is disposed at a point on the PCB adjacent to a first side surface at an upper end of the electronic device among side surfaces of the housing.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive member is configured to operate as a diversity antenna.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the PCB comprises a plurality of conductive layers, and

wherein the ground is formed on a first layer among the plurality of conductive layers of the PCB.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a switching module comprising a switch at least one lumped element electrically connected with the microphone housing.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to control the switching module to perform impedance matching in response to the designated frequency band.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the microphone housing comprises at least one hole formed inside the microphone housing to face in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and

wherein a sound is input to the microphone module through the at least one hole.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a universal serial bus (USB) connector disposed on the side surface of the housing,

wherein the microphone housing is disposed adjacent to the USB connector.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the specified frequency band comprises a frequency band within a range from 2,375 MHz to 2,600 MHz.

16. An electronic device comprising:

a housing forming an inner space of the electronic device, a part of the housing comprising a conductive member;

a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the inner space and including a ground;

a microphone module comprising a microphone housing disposed at a point on the PCB adjacent to a side surface of the housing, the microphone housing being electrically connected with the ground; and

a wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB,

wherein the conductive member is disposed, spaced apart from a surface of the microphone housing by a specified distance or less, and overlapping at least part of the microphone housing with reference to a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which a rear surface of the electronic device faces,

wherein the conductive member and the microphone housing are coupled and electrically connected,

wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a specified frequency band, based on an electrical path comprising the conductive member and the microphone housing, by feeding the conductive member.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the specified distance is within 0.3 mm.

18. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band by feeding at a first point of the conductive member, and to transmit and/or receive a signal of a second frequency band by feeding at a second point of the conductive member, different from the first point.

19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the first frequency band has a frequency band of a first size, and

wherein the second frequency band has a second frequency band of a second size smaller than the first size.

20. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the microphone housing is electrically connected with the ground through a conductive path, and

wherein the electronic device further comprises a capacitor disposed on the conductive path.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2023
From: RYU, CHEUNGWON; KI, WONDO; BYEON, SEONGKYOO; YANG, JUNYOUNG; LEE, BONAM
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062627/0979 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0117759 · Sep 3, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022012804 · Aug 26, 2022
Related Publication 20230198120A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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