Electronic device including structure for securing coverage of antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11139565-B2
Application number	US-202016913110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2020
Priority date	Jun 28, 2019
Publication date	Oct 5, 2021
Grant date	Oct 5, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a housing having a front plate facing a first direction, a rear plate facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a side housing surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a conductive member comprising a conductive material disposed between the front plate and the rear plate; a display viewable through the front plate; at least one antenna module including a plurality of antenna elements configured to form a beam in a third direction facing the conductive member, and disposed to be spaced apart from the conductive member in the space; and a wireless communication circuit electrically coupled to the antenna module and configured to transmit and/or receive at least one signal having a frequency in a range of 3 GHz to 100 GHz, wherein the conductive member has a first surface forming a first acute angle with a virtual line crossing centers of the antenna elements and facing in the third direction, and a second surface forming a second acute angle with the virtual line, wherein a joint of the first surface and the second surface is positioned on the virtual line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing having a front plate facing a first direction, a rear plate facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a side housing surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate;
a conductive member comprising a conductive material disposed between the front plate and the rear plate;
a display viewable through at least a portion of the front plate;
at least one antenna module including a plurality of antenna elements configured to form a beam in a third direction facing the conductive member, and disposed to be spaced apart from the conductive member in the space; and
a wireless communication circuit electrically coupled to the at least one antenna module and configured to transmit or receive at least one signal having a frequency in a range of 3 GHz to 100 GHz,
wherein the conductive member has a first surface forming a first acute angle with a virtual line crossing at least portion of the antenna elements and facing the third direction, and a second surface forming a second acute angle with the virtual line,
wherein a joint of the first surface and the second surface is positioned on the virtual line.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a non-conductive member comprising a non-conductive material disposed between the conductive member and the antenna module.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the side housing includes a plurality of ribs not overlapping the antenna elements when viewed from the third direction, and disposed to face the antenna module from the conductive member.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the ribs are disposed on a surface facing the front plate or the rear plate of the non-conductive member.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the side housing includes a plurality of segmenting portions that segment the conductive member, and
wherein a portion of the side housing and the segmenting portions are configured to operate as a portion of an antenna.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one antenna module includes a first antenna module disposed to face the conductive member segmented by the segmenting portions.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the non-conductive member is connected with the segmenting portions.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first antenna module is disposed at one of edges of the side housing of the electronic device, and the at least one antenna module includes a second antenna module and a third antenna module respectively disposed at edges substantially vertically extending from both ends of one of the edges.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna elements define an antenna array and are disposed along the conductive member.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the conductive member is parallel with a virtual center line connecting the antenna array.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive member has a wedge shape facing the space from the side housing.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display includes a shield layer having a notch provided at a position corresponding to the at least one antenna module.

13. An electronic device comprising:
a housing having a front plate facing a first direction, a rear plate facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a side housing surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate and at least partially comprising a conductive member comprising a conductive material disposed between the front plate and the rear plate;
a display viewable through at least a portion of the front plate and including a shield layer;
at least one antenna module including a plurality of antenna elements configured to form a beam in a third direction facing the conductive member, and disposed to be spaced apart from the conductive member in the space; and
a plurality of non-conductive members comprising a non-conductive material disposed between the conductive member and the at least one antenna module,
wherein the shield layer includes a notch on the non-conductive members, the conductive member including a first surface forming a first acute angle with a virtual line crossing the centers of the antenna elements and facing in the third direction, and a second surface forming a second acute angle with the virtual line, a joint of the first surface and the second surface is positioned on the virtual line, and
wherein the at least one antenna module is configured to radiate a first signal component and a second signal component, the first signal component reflected toward the notch by the first surface or the second surface, wherein a traveling path of the second signal component is maintained.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein a portion of the reflected first signal passes through the non-conductive members and the notch, and another of the reflected first signal passes through the non-conductive member and the rear plate.

15. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the conductive member has a wedge shape facing the space from the side.

16. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the conductive member is segmented by segmenting portions forming a portion of the side housing.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , further comprising a first antenna module disposed to face the segmented conductive member,
wherein a portion of the conductive member segmented by the segmenting portion is configured to operate as an antenna.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein one of the non-conductive members is connected with the segmenting portions.

19. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the first antenna module is disposed at one side of the electronic device, and
the antenna module includes a second antenna module and a third antenna module respectively disposed at sides substantially vertically extending from both ends of the one side.

20. The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising a wireless communication module electrically coupled to the antenna module and configured to transmit or receive at least one signal having a frequency in a range of 3 GHz to 100 GHz.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jeon Seunggil
• Kim Namwoo
• Hong Seongbeom
• Moon Sunghoon
• Lee Kyungwoo

Classifications

• H05K9/0007

  Casings (standardised racks H05K9/0062) · CPC title

• H01Q1/22 Primary

  by structural association with other equipment or articles · CPC title

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H01Q19/106

  using two or more intersecting plane surfaces, e.g. corner reflector antennas · CPC title

• H04M1/0277

  for a printed circuit board assembly · CPC title