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Granted Patent B2
US 12,362,459 · App. 18/168,898 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Electronic device comprising antenna

Inventors: Shinho Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Myeongjun Kong (Suwon-si, KR); Dongjun Oh (Suwon-si, KR); Seunghwan Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Soonho Hwang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01Q1/243H01Q1/48H01Q5/307H01Q13/106
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Patent No.
US 12,362,459
App. No.
18/168,898
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first conductive frame, a second conductive frame, a split portion, a conductive structure disposed inside the electronic device, a first conductive member, and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first conductive frame, the second conductive member, a conductive portion, and the first conductive member, and the second conductive member, wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal by using at least a portion of an electric path provided by the first conductive frame, the first conductive member, the second conductive member, the conductive portion, and the conductive structure by feeding power to the first conductive member and/or the second conductive member.

Claims (64)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first conductive frame forming a first edge of the electronic device, the first conductive frame including a first portion for a first frequency band and a second portion for a second frequency band;

a second conductive frame forming a second edge of the electronic device, the second edge being perpendicular to the first edge;

a split portion disposed between the first conductive frame and the second conductive frame, wherein the split portion extends along the second edge;

a conductive structure disposed in the electronic device;

a first conductive member spaced apart from the first conductive frame and the conductive structure and disposed along the first portion;

a second conductive member spaced apart from the first conductive frame and the conductive structure and disposed along the second portion;

a conductive portion electrically connecting the first conductive frame and the conductive structure and disposed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member;

a wireless communication circuit

configured to transmit and/or receive radio signals of the first frequency band and the second frequency band by using at least a portion of an electric path formed in the first conductive frame, the first conductive member, the second conductive member, the conductive portion, and the conductive structure by feeding power to the first conductive member and/or the second conductive member;

a first matching circuit electrically connecting the first conductive member with a ground for adjusting the second frequency band; and

a second matching circuit electrically connecting the second conductive member with the ground for adjusting the first frequency band.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive member and the second conductive member are surrounded by a dielectric material having a specific dielectric constant.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first conductive member includes a first feeding point and a first ground point.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive member includes a second feeding point and a second ground point.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in case that the wireless communication circuit feeds power to the first conductive member, an electric path corresponding to a first resonance is formed in the first portion of the first conductive frame, the conductive portion, and the conductive structure.

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

a first region,

wherein the first region includes the first portion of the first conductive frame, the first conductive member, and a first non-conductive member, and

wherein, in case that the wireless communication circuit feeds power to the second conductive member, an electric path corresponding to a second resonance is formed in the first region.

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

a second region,

wherein the second region includes the second portion of the first conductive frame, the second conductive member, and a second non-conductive member, and

wherein, in case that the wireless communication circuit feeds power to the first conductive member, an electric path corresponding to a third resonance is formed in the second region.

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

a second region,

wherein the second region includes the second portion of the second conductive frame, the first conductive member, and a second non-conductive member, and

wherein, in case that the wireless communication circuit feeds power to the second conductive member, an electric path corresponding to a fourth resonance is formed in the second region.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein coupling feeding occurs in response to the wireless communication circuit feeding power to one of the first conductive member or the second conductive member.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a first conductive frame forming a first edge of the electronic device, the first conductive frame including a first portion for a first frequency band and a second portion for a second frequency band;

a second conductive frame forming a second edge of the electronic device, the second edge being perpendicular to the first edge;

a split portion disposed between the first conductive frame and the second conductive frame, wherein the split portion extends along the second edge;

a conductive structure disposed in the electronic device;

a first conductive member spaced apart from the first conductive frame and the conductive structure and disposed along the first portion;

a first slot surrounding the first conductive member;

a second conductive member spaced apart from the first conductive frame and the conductive structure and disposed along the second portion;

a second slot surrounding the second conductive member;

a conductive portion electrically connecting the first conductive frame and the conductive structure and disposed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member;

a wireless communication circuit

configured to transmit or receive radio signals of the first frequency band and the second frequency band using at least one of the first slot or the second slot by feeding power to at least one of the first conductive member or the second conductive member;

a first matching circuit electrically connecting the first conductive member with a ground for adjusting the second frequency band; and

a second matching circuit electrically connecting the second conductive member with the ground for adjusting the first frequency band.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first slot or the second slot is filled with a dielectric material having a specific dielectric constant.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first conductive member includes a first feeding point and a first ground point.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the second conductive member includes a second feeding point and a second ground point.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 ,

wherein the split portion has a width in a range, and

wherein the width in the range is 2 millimeters (mm).

15. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein a first slit is formed to surround edges of the first conductive member, and

wherein a second slit is formed to surround edges of the second conductive member.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein each of the first slit and the second slit is filled with a dielectric material having a specific dielectric constant.

17. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the first slit is in contact with the split portion.

18. The electronic device of claim 15 ,

wherein the second slit extends along the first conductive frame to have a first length,

wherein the second conductive member extends along the first conductive frame to have a second length, and

wherein the second length is greater than or equal to twice the first length.

19. The electronic device of claim 15 ,

wherein the first slit corresponds to an open slot, and

wherein the second slit corresponds to a closed slot.

20. The electronic device of claim 15 ,

wherein a length of an edge of the first slit corresponds to a ¼ of a wavelength of radio signals of the first frequency band, and

wherein a length of an edge of the second slit corresponds to a ½ of a wavelength of radio signals of the second frequency band.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2023
From: YOON, SHINHO; KONG, MYEONGJUN; OH, DONGJUN; KIM, SEUNGHWAN; HWANG, SOONHO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0110209 · Aug 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022012428 · Aug 19, 2022
Related Publication 20230198130A1 · Jun 22, 2023
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