Antenna and electronic device having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10199719-B2
Application number	US-201615013496-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2016
Priority date	Feb 2, 2015
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

An antenna of an electronic device is provided. The antenna includes a substrate including a ground portion, an external metallic frame of the electronic device, a float ground portion arranged to be connected to the external metallic frame in a state of being disconnected from the substrate, and at least one radiator electrically connected to the float ground portion. Upon being fed with power, the at least one radiator may operate as an antenna radiator, or a section of the external metallic frame may operate as the antenna radiator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna of an electronic device, the antenna comprising:
a substrate including a ground portion;
an external metallic frame of the electronic device;
a float ground portion arranged to be connected to the external metallic frame in a state of being conductively disconnected from the substrate; and
at least one radiator electrically connected to the float ground portion,
wherein, upon being fed with power, the at least one radiator operates as an antenna radiator, or a section of the external metallic frame operates as the antenna radiator.

2. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein the at least one radiator incudes:
a main radiator configured to be fed with power; and
an auxiliary radiator that is conductive with the float ground portion, and operates by being coupled by the main radiator,
wherein the float ground portion applies a current to the external metallic frame by the operation of the auxiliary radiator.

3. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein the external metallic frame is formed in a non-segmented structure.

4. The antenna of claim 3 , wherein the external metallic frame is configured on a rim of the electronic device in a uniform or non-uniform shape, and forms a side rim in a convex shape.

5. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein a conductive material component is fastened to the float ground portion or the external metallic frame, and
wherein the conductive material component includes any one of a universal serial bus (USB) connector, an earphone connecting jack connector, a camera module, a receiver, and a sensor.

6. The antenna of claim 5 , wherein signal lines of the conductive material component are wired on the substrate across a region in which the float ground portion does not exist, or are connected along an inner wall of the external metallic frame to be wired on the substrate.

7. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein the float ground portion is made of at least a portion of any one of a rigid substrate, a thin metal plate, and a flexible circuit board, and operates as a radiator.

8. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of radiators are provided in the float ground portion to be selectively operated by a power feeding switch.

9. The antenna of claim 1 , wherein the float ground portion is electrically connected to the external metallic frame directly or indirectly, and
wherein the substrate is grounded to the external metallic frame directly or indirectly.

10. An electronic device comprising:
an internal bracket;
a substrate arranged on the internal bracket;
an external metallic frame of the electronic device;
a float ground portion arranged to be connected to the external metallic frame in a state of being conductively disconnected from the substrate; and
at least one radiator electrically connected to the float ground portion,
wherein, upon being fed with power, the at least one radiator operates as an antenna radiator, or a section of the external metallic frame operates as the antenna radiator.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the internal bracket is made of a metallic material, an injection molded material, or a combination thereof.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the float ground portion is connected to the external metallic frame directly or indirectly.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the substrate is electrically connected to the external metallic frame to be grounded by a metallic fastener.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the substrate is electrically connected to the external metallic frame via the internal bracket by a metallic fastener.

15. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein a specific capacitance is acquired by adjusting a size of a gap between the external metallic frame and the internal bracket, or an area of faces of the external metallic frame and the internal bracket that face each other.

16. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein a fill-cut region is formed around a hole where the metallic fastener is coupled to the substrate, and an electric device is arranged in the fill-cut region so that the ground portion of the substrate is electrically connected to the metallic fastener by an operation of the electric device.

17. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein external metallic frames at opposite sides are interconnected by at least one cross member, a connecting member, or a combination thereof.

18. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein a contact point is not provided between the internal bracket and the external metallic frame.

19. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein, in order to isolate a plurality of antennas that are arranged in the electronic device, the ground portion of the substrate and the external metallic frame are connected directly or indirectly between the respective antennas.

20. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein, in order to isolate a plurality of antennas that are arranged in the electronic device, a conductive material component, which is connected to the ground portion of the substrate directly or indirectly, is arranged between the respective antennas.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yeonwoo
• Jeon Seunggil
• Park Jung-Sik

Classifications

• H01Q9/0407

  Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna (dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40) · CPC title

• H01Q1/36

  Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; {Particular materials used therewith}(H01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q1/50 Primary

  Structural association of antennas with earthing switches, lead-in devices or lightning protectors · CPC title

• H01Q9/065

  Microstrip dipole antennas (patch antenna H01Q9/0407) · CPC title

• H01Q1/48

  Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises · CPC title