IP Library Granted Patent US 12,237,567
Granted Patent B2
US 12,237,567 · App. 18/067,119 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Electronic device comprising antenna

Inventors: Hojin Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Hyunsuk Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Kyungmoon Seol (Suwon-si, KR); Seongyong An (Suwon-si, KR); Hyoungtak Cho (Suwon-si, KR); Youngmin Ji (Suwon-si, KR); Jaebong Chun (Suwon-si, KR); Hochul Hwang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01Q1/243H01Q3/12H01Q5/314
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Patent No.
US 12,237,567
App. No.
18/067,119
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a wireless communication circuit, wherein the first housing may include a first surface and a second surface perpendicular to the first surface at a first edge, and a first conductive area, and the first conductive area may include a first portion of a first slit extending from a point on the first surface to the first edge, a third surface of the second housing may include a second conductive area, and the second conductive area may include a second slit, wherein, in a first state, at least a portion of the first portion of the first slit may overlap the second slit when viewed in a second direction perpendicular to the first surface of the first housing, and wherein the wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band based on an electrical path including the first portion.

Claims (48)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing including a first surface and a second surface perpendicular to the first surface at a first edge, and a first conductive area, the first conductive area including a first portion of a first slit extending from a point on the first surface to the first edge;

a second housing slidably connected to the first housing and including a third surface including a second conductive area, the second conductive area including a second slit extending to an edge of the second housing corresponding to the first edge of the first housing;

a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the electronic device; and

a wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB,

wherein, in a first state in which the second housing is slid in a first direction to be adjacent to the first housing, at least a portion of the first portion of the first slit overlaps the second slit when viewed in a second direction perpendicular to the first surface of the first housing, and

wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band based on an electrical path including the first portion of the first slit.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the first slit further extends from the first edge of the first housing in the second direction along the second surface of the first housing.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a conductive connection member comprising a conductor coupled to a point of the PCB,

wherein the conductive connection member is configured to come into contact with the first portion of the first slit provided on the second surface of the first housing, and

wherein the wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to the conductive connection member, and is configured to feed power to a point of the first portion of the first slit via the conductive connection member.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the second housing includes a fourth surface perpendicular to a third surface of the second housing, and

wherein the fourth surface of the second housing includes a groove extending in a direction opposite to the first direction from one end, and

wherein, in the first state, the fourth surface of the second housing overlaps the second surface when viewed in a third direction perpendicular to the second surface of the first housing, and the conductive connection member passes through the groove of the fourth surface to come into contact with the first portion of the first slit formed on the second surface.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in a second state in which the second housing is slid in a direction opposite to the first direction, the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of the first frequency band based on an electrical path including the first portion of the first slit.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first frequency band is in a range of 2 to 3.5 GHz.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the first slit is L-shaped.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the first slit extends from the point on the first surface of the first housing by a specific length in the first direction and extends to the first edge of the first housing, and

wherein the second portion of the first slit extends from one end of the first portion of the first slit in a third direction perpendicular to the second surface of the first housing along the first surface of the first housing.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a second frequency band based on an electrical path including the second portion of the first slit.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the second frequency band is in a range of 0.8 to 1.5 GHz.

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

a flexible display,

wherein the flexible display includes a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and

wherein the second portion of the flexible display is configured to be slid into the first housing in the first state and slid out of the first housing in a second state in which the second housing is slid in the direction opposite to the first direction.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the second conductive area includes a ground.

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

a conductive connection member comprising a conductor,

wherein the conductive connection member is coupled to a point of a ground of the second conductive area, and

wherein the conductive connection member is positioned in the second direction of the first portion of the first slit in the first state to be electrically connected to the first portion of the first slit.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in the first state, at least a portion of the second housing is slid into the first housing.

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

a lumped element electrically connected to the first portion of the first slit,

wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of the second frequency band based on an electrical path including the first portion of the first slit and the lumped element.

16. An electronic device comprising:

a first metal housing including a first surface and a second surface perpendicular to the first surface at a first edge, the first surface including a first slit extending from a point on the first surface to the first edge;

a second metal housing slidably connected to the first metal housing and including a third surface including a second slit extending to an edge of the second metal housing corresponding to the first edge of the first metal housing; and

a wireless communication circuit disposed in the electronic device,

wherein, in a first state in which the second metal housing is slid in a direction approaching the first metal housing, at least a portion of the first slit overlaps the second slit when viewed in a first direction perpendicular to the first surface of the first metal housing, and

wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band based on an electrical path including the first slit.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the first slit further extends from the first edge of the first metal housing in the first direction along the second surface of the first metal housing.

18. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the first slit is L-shaped.

19. The electronic device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a flexible display,

wherein the flexible display includes a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion thereof, and

wherein the second portion of the flexible display is configured to be slid into the first metal housing in the first state, and slid out of the first metal housing in a second state in which the second metal housing is slid away from the first metal housing.

20. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein in the first state, at least a portion of the second metal housing is slid into the first metal housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2022
From: JUNG, HOJIN; KIM, HYUNSUK; SEOL, KYUNGMOON; AN, SEONGYONG; CHO, HYOUNGTAK; JI, YOUNGMIN; CHUN, JAEBONG; HWANG, HOCHUL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0041144 · Mar 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022004311 · Mar 28, 2022
Related Publication 20230120718A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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