IP Library Granted Patent US 12,335,421
Granted Patent B2
US 12,335,421 · App. 17/860,494 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Electronic device including antenna

Inventors: Seongyong An (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jiho Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kyihyun Jang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kyungmoon Seol (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yoonjung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyungjin Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Bumjin Cho (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04M1/026H01Q1/243
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Patent No.
US 12,335,421
App. No.
17/860,494
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a side member including a conductive part and a first non-conductive part, a frame member disposed on at least a portion of the side member to be at least partially visible from an exterior, a second non-conductive part disposed between the frame member and the first non-conductive part, at least one conductive member disposed between the second non-conductive part and the first non-conductive part, at least one conductive structure disposed near the conductive member in an internal space of the electronic device, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the internal space and configured to transmit or receive via the at least one conductive member. The conductive member may include a stepped portion so that at least a portion of the conductive member may be disposed in a direction away from the conductive structure.

Claims (38)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a side member including a conductive part and a first non-conductive part;

a frame member disposed on at least a portion of the side member to be at least partially visible from an exterior of the electronic device;

a second non-conductive part disposed between the frame member and the first non-conductive part;

at least one conductive member disposed between the second non-conductive part and the first non-conductive part;

at least one conductive structure disposed near the at least one conductive member in an internal space of the electronic device; and

a wireless communication circuit disposed in the internal space and configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in at least one predetermined frequency band via the at least one conductive member,

wherein the at least one conductive member includes at least one stepped portion so that at least a portion of the at least one conductive member is disposed in a direction away from the at least one conductive structure, the at least one conductive member including:

a first portion disposed along a first direction; and

a second portion disposed to extend from the first portion and connected to the first portion via the at least one stepped portion,

wherein the first portion and the second portion are separated by substantially the same distance from the frame member in a direction perpendicular to the first direction.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the:

first portion is disposed to have a first length in a first direction,

wherein the second portion is disposed to have a second length in the first direction, and

wherein the second portion is disposed to be closer to the frame member than the first portion in a second direction toward the frame member that is different from the first direction.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first length and the second length are equal to each other.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first length and the second length are different from each other.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the frame member includes a recess on an inner surface thereof corresponding to the second portion.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein radiation performance of the at least one conductive member is determined by a shortest distance between the second portion and the at least one conductive structure.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one conductive member is at least partially fixed to the first non-conductive part.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one conductive member is at least partially fixed to the second non-conductive part.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the second non-conductive part is applied through an injection process for bonding the frame member and the first non-conductive part to each other.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the side member includes a first surface, a second surface facing away from the first surface, and a side surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, and

wherein the frame member is disposed on at least a portion of the side surface.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the side surface is covered by the frame member so as to be invisible from the exterior.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein at least a portion of the side surface is visible from the exterior.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the frame member is a closed loop disposed along the side surface.

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

a first plate disposed over the first surface;

a second plate disposed over the second surface; and

wherein the at least one conductive structure comprises at least a part of a display disposed between the first plate and the first surface, the display being disposed to be visible from the exterior through at least a portion of the first plate.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the at least a part of the display includes a conductive bent portion disposed to extend from the toward the frame member.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one conductive member includes a first conductive member and a second conductive member segmented from each other via at least one segmented portion, and

wherein the first conductive member and/or the second conductive member are made of a same metal material as the conductive part.

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first non-conductive part and the second non-conductive part are made of a same polymer material.

18. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one predetermined frequency band includes a range of 600 MHz to 6000 MHz.

19. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the frame member is made of a ceramic material.

20. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are separated by substantially the same distance from the frame member via a recess on an inner surface of the frame member corresponding to the second portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: AN, SEONGYONG; KIM, JIHO; JANG, KYIHYUN; SEOL, KYUNGMOON; KIM, YOONJUNG; KIM, HYUNGJIN; CHO, BUMJIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060617/0635 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0085260 · Jun 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022009323 · Jun 29, 2022
Related Publication 20230007108A1 · Jan 5, 2023
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