IP Library Granted Patent US 10,547,101
Granted Patent B2
US 10,547,101 · App. 15/822,755 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Antenna of electronic device

Inventors: Soon Ho Hwang (Seoul, KR); Ui Chul Jeong (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sung Koo Park (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Chan Kyu An (Incheon, KR); Joon Ho Byun (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sang Keun Yoo (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yoon Jae Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jin Woo Jung (Seoul, KR); Jae Bong Chun (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H01Q1/243H01Q1/48H01Q9/145H01Q9/42
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Patent No.
US 10,547,101
App. No.
15/822,755
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An antenna of an electronic device is provided, which includes a radiator including at least part of a metal housing of the electronic device; a capacitor connected to the radiator; a feeding part connected to the radiator; and a ground part connected to the capacitor.

Claims (35)

1. An electronic device including a metal housing, the electronic device comprising:

a radiator including at least part of the metal housing;

a printed circuit board (PCB) including a ground part and a non-ground area;

a capacitor connected between the radiator and the ground part, and disposed on the non-ground area; and

a feeding part connected to the radiator.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the capacitor comprises at least one lumped element including a capacitance component.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the lumped element comprises:

a fixed lumped element having a fixed capacitance value; or

a variable lumped device having a variable capacitance value.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one additional capacitor; and

a controller configured to control current flowing into at least one of the capacitor and the at least one additional capacitor.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the radiator comprises at least part of a sidewall of the electronic device, the side wall being included in the metal housing.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the radiator further comprises a connection part connected to the capacitor, and

wherein the connection part is disposed at a position based on an operating frequency of the antenna.

7. An electronic device including a metal housing, the electronic device comprising:

a radiator including at least part of the metal housing;

a printed circuit board (PCB) including a ground part;

a capacitor disposed between the metal housing and the PCB; and

a connection part connected to the radiator,

wherein the capacitor comprises a first conductor connected to the connection part and a second conductor connected to the ground part, and

wherein the first conductor comprises a first layer of the PCB.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the capacitor comprises:

at least part of a second layer of the PCB as the second conductor.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the capacitor comprises:

at least part of the metal housing as the second conductor.

10. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein at least part of the metal housing is used as the first conductor of the capacitor, and

the second conductor is disposed between the metal housing and the PCB.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the at least part of the metal housing serves as the radiator and the capacitor at the same time.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein at least one of a form, a length, a surface area of the conductive material, and a distance between the conductive material and the at least part of the metal housing is determined based on an operating frequency of the antenna.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the second conductor comprises at least one of a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), steel use stainless (SUS), and conductive tape.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a metal housing;

a printed circuit board (PCB) including a ground part; and

a direct current (DC) blocking member disposed on a non-ground part of the PCB and connected between a radiator and the ground part, and blocking a flow of a DC current between the radiator and the ground part.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the DC blocking member blocks the flow of the DC current by using a capacitance component.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0106730 · Aug 18, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14829305 · Aug 18, 2015
Related Publication 20180090823A1 · Mar 29, 2018
Cited By (2)
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