IP Library Granted Patent US 12,316,792
Granted Patent B2
US 12,316,792 · App. 17/866,101 · Granted May 27, 2025

Antenna structure and electronic device including same

Inventors: Taihwan Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Dokyun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jongdoo Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hyoseok Na (Suwon-si, KR); Kwangseok Ahn (Suwon-si, KR); Wongi Hwang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04M1/0237H01Q1/243H04M1/0268
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Patent No.
US 12,316,792
App. No.
17/866,101
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a first housing including a first conductive portion, a first non-conductive portion, and a first segmented portion extending from the first conductive portion, a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first housing and to guide a slide movement of the first housing, the second housing including a second conductive portion, and a flexible display including a first area connected to the first housing and a second area extending from the first area and configured to be bendable or rollable, wherein, from a slide-in state to a slide-out state of the first housing with respect to the second housing, the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion may be spaced apart from each other, and in the slide-in state of the first housing with respect to the second housing, at least a portion of the first non-conductive portion may overlap the second conductive portion.

Claims (33)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing including a first conductive portion, a first non-conductive portion, and a first segmented portion extending from the first conductive portion;

a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first housing and to guide a slide movement of the first housing, the second housing including a second conductive portion; and

a flexible display including a first area connected to the first housing and a second area extending from the first area and configured to be bendable or rollable,

wherein, from a slide-in state to a slide-out state of the first housing with respect to the second housing, the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion are spaced apart from each other, and

in the slide-in state of the first housing with respect to the second housing, at least a portion of the first non-conductive portion overlaps the second conductive portion.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion are spaced apart from each other with the first segmented portion therebetween.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first segmented portion includes an air gap or an insulating material.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in the slide-out state of the first housing with respect to the second housing, at least a portion of the first non-conductive portion overlaps the second conductive portion.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive portion includes a recess formed along an inner surface thereof configured to guide the slide movement of the first non-conductive portion.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein an end surface of the first conductive portion and an end surface of the second conductive portion face each other with the first segmented portion therebetween.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein one surface of the first conductive portion exposed to an outside and one surface of the second conductive portion exposed to the outside are disposed on a same plane.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second conductive portion is configured to operate as an antenna radiator.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first segmented portion and the first non-conductive portion are formed having a stepped shape.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first segmented portion extends from one end of the first conductive portion in a direction perpendicular to the slide direction, and the first non-conductive portion extends from the first segmented portion in the slide direction to be movable along the recess of the second conductive portion.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein a top surface of the first segmented portion is located on a same plane as a top surface of the first conductive portion and/or a top surface of the second conductive portion, and a bottom surface of the first segmented portion further extends in a lower direction than a bottom surface of the first conductive portion.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein one end of the second conductive portion faces the first segmented portion, and a second segmented portion is disposed at another end of the second conductive portion, and

the second conductive portion and the second segmented portion include a recess formed along inner surfaces thereof configured to guide the slide movement of the first non-conductive portion.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first segmented portion and the first non-conductive portion include an insulating material and have an extending shape having a thickness corresponding to the first conductive portion.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein a top surface of the second conductive portion extends further in an upward direction with respect to a top surface of the first segmented portion and a top surface of the first conductive portion.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in the slide-in state of the first housing with respect to the second housing, a resonance characteristic in the second conductive portion corresponds to a resonance characteristic formed in the second conductive portion in the slide-out state of the first housing with respect to the second housing.

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

a main circuit board disposed in the second housing;

a first sub-board disposed in the first housing; and

a flexible connection member configured to be deformable to electrically connect the main circuit board and the first sub-board from the slide-in state to the slide-out state.

17. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing including a first conductive portion, a first non-conductive portion, and a first segmented portion extending from the first conductive portion;

a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first housing and to guide a slide movement of the first housing, the second housing including a second conductive portion; and

a flexible display including a first area connected to the first housing and a second area extending from the first area and configured to be bendable or rollable,

wherein from a slide-in state to a slide-out state of the first housing with respect to the second housing, the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion are spaced apart from each other with the first segmented portion therebetween.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein, in the slide-in state of the first housing with respect to the second housing, at least a portion of the first non-conductive portion overlaps the second conductive portion.

19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein, in the slide-out state of the first housing with respect to the second housing, at least a portion of the first non-conductive portion overlaps the second conductive portion.

20. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the second conductive portion includes a recess formed along an inner surface thereof configured to guide the slide movement of the first non-conductive portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2022
From: CHOI, TAIHWAN; KIM, DOKYUN; KIM, JONGDOO; NA, HYOSEOK; AHN, KWANGSEOK; HWANG, WONGI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060678/0177 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0094997 · Jul 20, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022009182 · Jun 28, 2022
Related Publication 20230021496A1 · Jan 26, 2023
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