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Granted Patent B2
US 12,212,043 · App. 17/861,517 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Electronic device

Inventors: Sangrock Yoon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kiseo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Eunjin Sung (Yongin-si, KR); Byeongjin Kim (Seoul, KR); Jungsuek Oh (Seoul, KR); Jeongtaek Oh (Seoul, KR); Seungwook Chun (Daegu, KR)
Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.; Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
H01Q1/243H01Q1/40H01Q13/08
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Patent No.
US 12,212,043
App. No.
17/861,517
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a window, a display panel that is disposed under the window and that has a display area and a non-display area defined therein, a lower member that is disposed under the display panel and that includes a lower conductive layer, a transmission line disposed between the display panel and the lower member, a conductive partition wall spaced apart from the transmission line and disposed to overlap the display area, and a housing coupled with the window to define a receiving space in which the display panel, the lower member, and the transmission line are disposed.

Claims (33)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a window;

a display panel disposed under the window, the display panel having a display area and a non-display area defined therein;

a lower member disposed under the display panel, the lower member including a lower conductive layer;

a transmission line disposed between the display panel and the lower member;

a conductive partition wall spaced apart from the transmission line and disposed to overlap the display area; and

a housing coupled with the window to define a receiving space in which the display panel, the lower member, and the transmission line are disposed,

wherein energy radiated from the transmission line resonates in a space defined by the display area of the display panel, the lower conductive layer, the conductive partition wall, and a sidewall of the housing and is radiated through the non-display area of the display panel.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive partition wall includes a first partition wall configured to extend parallel to the sidewall of the housing, a second partition wall configured to extend from a first end portion of the first partition wall toward the sidewall of the housing, and a third partition wall configured to extend from a second end portion of the first partition wall toward the sidewall of the housing, the second end portion being spaced apart from the first end portion.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive partition wall includes a plurality of conductive posts, and the transmission line is surrounded by the plurality of conductive posts and the sidewall of the housing when viewed on a plane.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive partition wall extends parallel to the sidewall of the housing, and the transmission line is disposed between the conductive partition wall and the sidewall of the housing.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the transmission line includes a plurality of transmission lines arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a direction parallel to the sidewall of the housing.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the conductive partition wall includes an outer partition wall configured to surround the plurality of transmission lines and a dividing partition wall disposed between two transmission lines adjacent to each other among the plurality of transmission lines.

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

a feeding line connected to the transmission line,

wherein the lower member has an opening defined therein through which the feeding line passes.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a slot is defined in the lower conductive layer of the lower member, and a signal is proximity coupled feed to the transmission line through the slot.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the transmission line and the conductive partition wall are disposed on a same layer.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive partition wall is connected to the lower conductive layer of the lower member and the display panel.

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

a protective film disposed under the display panel; and

an antenna film disposed under the protective film, the antenna film having the transmission line disposed on one surface thereof,

wherein the conductive partition wall passes through the lower member, the antenna film, and the protective film.

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

a protective film disposed under the display panel; and

an antenna film disposed under the protective film, the antenna film having the transmission line disposed on one surface thereof,

wherein the conductive partition wall includes a first conductive partition wall layer disposed on the lower member, a second conductive partition wall layer disposed on the antenna film, and a third conductive partition wall layer disposed on one surface of the protective film, and

wherein the second conductive partition wall layer and the third conductive partition wall layer face each other.

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

a printed circuit film disposed between the display panel and the lower member,

wherein the printed circuit film includes a first base film, a second base film facing the first base film, and a conductive circuit layer disposed between the first base film and the second base film and including the transmission line.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the printed circuit film further includes a first conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the first base film and a second conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the second base film, and

wherein the conductive partition wall passes through the first base film and the second base film and is connected to the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2022
From: YOON, SANGROCK; KIM, KISEO; SUNG, EUNJIN; KIM, BYEONGJIN; OH, JUNGSUEK; OH, JEONGTAEK; CHUN, SEUNGWOOK
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.; SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0141905 · Oct 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230127988A1 · Apr 27, 2023
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