Electronic device including antenna module
A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a metal housing, an antenna module positioned in the metal housing, a first injection-molded member positioned in a radiation direction of the antenna module and having a first dielectric constant, a second injection-molded member at least partially in contact with the first injection-molded member, positioned in the radiation direction of the antenna module, and having a second dielectric constant different from the first dielectric constant, and a first organic film disposed along an inner surface of the metal housing to bond with at least a portion of the first injection-molded member, wherein the second injection-molded member forms, together with the metal housing, an exterior of the portable electronic device, and wherein the second injection-molded member is coupled with the first injection-molded member through a coupling structure in which one of the first injection-molded member or the second injection-molded member is at least partially protruding into another one of the first injection-molded member or the second injection-molded member.
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
a metal housing;
antenna circuitry positioned in the metal housing;
a first injection-molded member positioned in a radiation direction of the antenna circuitry and having a first dielectric constant;
a second injection-molded member at least partially in contact with the first injection-molded member, positioned in the radiation direction of the antenna circuitry, and having a second dielectric constant greater than the first dielectric constant;
a first organic film disposed along and contacting at least one first part of an inner surface of the metal housing to bond with at least a portion of the first injection-molded member; and
a second organic film disposed along and contacting at least one second part of the inner surface of the metal housing to bond with at least a portion of the second injection-molded member,
wherein the first injection-molded member, the second injection-molded member, and the antenna circuitry are disposed along a first direction at least partially parallel to the radiation direction,
wherein a length of the first injection-molded member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is greater than a length of the second injection-molded member in the second direction and a length of the antenna circuitry in the second direction, and
wherein the second injection-molded member is disposed to overlap with the antenna circuitry in its entirety in the radiation direction and forms, together with the metal housing, an exterior of the portable electronic device.
2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the metal housing is positioned on an upper end and a lower end of the second injection-molded member with respect to the radiation direction of the antenna circuitry.
3. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a composition ratio of a raw material and an inorganic material included in the first injection-molded member differs from that of the second injection-molded member.
4. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein types of a raw material and an inorganic material included in the first injection-molded member differ from those included in the second injection-molded member.
5. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first dielectric constant differs from the second dielectric constant by a dielectric constant difference of 0.5 or more.
6. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a film surrounding at least a portion of a surface of the second injection-molded member forming the exterior of the portable electronic device.
7. The portable electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the first injection-molded member forms the first organic film in a region between the at least one first part of the inner surface of the metal housing and the portion of the first injection-molded member,
wherein the second injection-molded member forms the second organic film in a region between the at least one second part of the inner surface of the metal housing and the portion of the second injection-molded member, and
wherein the second organic film is formed after the first organic film is formed.
8. The portable electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein a length measured in the second direction of a radiation area emitted in the radiation direction from the antenna circuitry is greater than a length measured in the first direction of the second injection-molded member,
wherein the second direction is a direction intersecting the radiation direction and the first direction, and
wherein, when the antenna circuitry is viewed from outside the portable electronic device in a direction through the second injection-molded member, the second injection-molded member overlaps the antenna circuitry in its entirety.
9. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second injection-molded member is coupled with the first injection-molded member through a coupling structure in which one of the first injection-molded member or the second injection-molded member is at least partially protruding into another one of the first injection-molded member or the second injection-molded member.
10. The portable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein, in the coupling structure, the second injection-molded member protrudes into the first injection-molded member.
11. The portable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein, in the coupling structure, the first injection-molded member protrudes into the second injection-molded member.
12. The portable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the coupling structure includes a shape in which the one of the first injection-molded member or the second injection-molded member penetrates into the other one of the first injection-molded member or the second injection-molded member.
13. The portable electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the coupling structure includes a shape in which the one of the first injection-molded member or the second injection-molded member penetrates into the other one of the first injection-molded member or the second injection-molded member.
14. A portable electronic device comprising:
a metal housing;
antenna circuitry positioned in the metal housing;
a first injection-molded member including an inorganic material and having a first dielectric constant;
a second injection-molded member having a second dielectric constant greater than the first dielectric constant;
a first organic film disposed along and contacting at least one first part of an inner surface of the metal housing to bond with at least a portion of the first injection-molded member; and
a second organic film disposed along and contacting at least one second part of the inner surface of the metal housing to bond with at least a portion of the second injection-molded member,
wherein the first injection-molded member, the second injection-molded member, and the antenna circuitry are disposed along a first direction at least partially parallel to a radiation direction of the antenna circuitry,
wherein a length of the first injection-molded member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is greater than a length of the second injection-molded member in the second direction and a length of the antenna circuitry in the second direction, and
wherein the second injection-molded member is disposed to overlap with the antenna circuitry in its entirety in the radiation direction of the antenna circuitry and forms, together with the metal housing, an exterior of the portable electronic device.
15. The portable electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the first injection-molded member and the second injection-molded member are positioned in the radiation direction of the antenna circuitry.
16. The portable electronic device of claim 14 , wherein a composition ratio of a raw material and an inorganic material included in the first injection-molded member differs from that of the second injection-molded member.
17. The portable electronic device of claim 14 , wherein types of a raw material and an inorganic material included in the first injection-molded member differ from those included in the second injection-molded member.
18. The portable electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the first dielectric constant differs from the second dielectric constant by a dielectric constant difference of 0.5 or more.
19. The portable electronic device of claim 14 ,
wherein the second injection-molded member is at least partially bonded with the first injection-molded member through a coupling structure with the first injection-molded member, and
wherein, in the coupling structure, the second injection-molded member protrudes into the first injection-molded member.
20. The portable electronic device of claim 14 ,
wherein the second injection-molded member is at least partially bonded with the first injection-molded member through a coupling structure with the first injection-molded member, and
wherein, in the coupling structure, the first injection-molded member protrudes into the second injection-molded member.