Electronic device including antennas

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11557828-B2
Application number	US-202117514395-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2021
Priority date	Mar 19, 2020
Publication date	Jan 17, 2023
Grant date	Jan 17, 2023

Abstract

An electronic device having antennas according to an implementation is provided. The electronic device may include a first antenna disposed on a rim thereof and configured to receive a first signal that is a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) signal or a New Radio (NR) signal of a first band, a second antenna disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna by a predetermined interval, and configured to receive a second signal that is an LTE or NR signal of a second band higher than the first band, and a transceiver circuit operably coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna. In one implementation, the electronic device may include a baseband processor configured to control the transceiver circuit to receive the first signal through the first antenna and the second signal through the second antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device having antennas, the electronic device comprising:
a first antenna disposed on a rim thereof and configured to receive a first signal that is a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) signal or a New Radio (NR) signal of a first band;
a second antenna disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna by a predetermined interval, and configured to receive a second signal that is an LTE or NR signal of a second band;
a third antenna arranged to be spaced apart from the first antenna by a predetermined interval, and configured to receive a third signal that is the LTE signal or the NR signal of the second band;
a transceiver circuit operably coupled to the first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna; and
a baseband processor configured to control the transceiver circuit to receive the first signal through the first antenna and the second signal through the second antenna or third antenna,
wherein the first antenna transmits or receives an LTE signal and the third antenna configured to transmits or receives a NR signal in a first state of E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC),
wherein the first antenna transmits or receives a NR signal and the second antenna transmits or receives an LTE signal in a second state of EN-DC, and
wherein the second antenna transmits or receives an LTE signal and the third antenna transmits or receives a NR signal in a third state of EN-DC.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein he first antenna transmits or receives the LTE signal in the first band and the third antenna configured to transmits or receives the NR signal in the second band in the first state of EN-DC,
wherein the first antenna transmits or receives the NR signal in the first band and the second antenna transmits or receives the LTE signal in the second band in a second state of EN-DC, and
wherein the second antenna transmits or receives an LTE signal in the second band and the third antenna transmits or receives a NR signal in the second band in a third state of EN-DC.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the baseband processor performs carrier aggregation (CA) or maintains at least one of the first to the third state of the EN-DC with a Fourth-Generation (4G) communication system and a Fifth-Generation (5G) communication system by receiving the first signal through the first antenna and the second signal through the second antenna.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the baseband processor performs Multi input/multi output (MIMO) or maintains at least one of the first to the third state of the EN-DC state with a 4G communication system and a 5G communication system by receiving the second signal through the second antenna and the third signal through the third antenna.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , further comprising a fourth antenna arranged to be spaced apart from the third antenna by a predetermined interval, and configured to receive a fourth signal that is the LTE signal or the NR signal of the second band,
wherein the baseband processor performs the MIMO or maintains at least one of the first to the third state of the EN-DC with the 4G communication system and the 5G communication system by receiving signals through at least two antennas of the first to fourth antennas.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , further comprising a fifth antenna arranged to be spaced apart from the fourth antenna by a predetermined interval, and configured to receive a fifth signal that is the LTE signal or the NR signal of the second band,
wherein the baseband processor performs the MIMO or maintains at least one of the first to the third state of the EN-DC with the 4G communication system and the 5G communication system by receiving signals through at least two antennas of the first to fifth antennas.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first antenna is configured as a metal rim on a lower region of the electronic device and one side region connected to the lower region, and
wherein the second antenna is configured as a metal rim on the lower region and another side region connected to the lower region.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the third antenna is configured as a metal rim on the one side region to be spaced apart from the first antenna by the predetermined interval due to a dielectric member,
wherein the fourth antenna is configured as a metal rim on an upper region of the electronic device and one side region connected to the upper region, and
wherein the fifth antenna is configured as a metal rim on the upper region and another side region connected to the upper region.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the baseband processor performs Carrier Aggregation (CA) over the first band, the second band, and a third band by receiving a signal through at least one of the first to fifth antennas.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the third antenna is configured to receive the third signal and is operably coupled to a diversity Radio Frequency (RF) module to amplify the third signal from the third antenna.

11. An electronic device having antennas, the electronic device comprising:
a first antenna disposed on a rim thereof and configured to receive a first signal that is a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) signal or a New Radio (NR) signal of a first band;
a second antenna configured to receive a second signal that is an LTE or NR signal of a second band;
a third antenna configured to receive a third signal that is the LTE signal or the NR signal of the second band;
a first Radio Frequency (RF) module operably coupled to the first antenna and second antenna, and configured to amplify a signal of the first band;
a second RF module operably coupled to the first antenna, and configured to amplify signals of the second band and a third band higher than the second band,
a third RF module operably coupled to the third antenna, and configured to amplify signals of the second band and the third band and to receive or transmit the amplified signals; and
a transceiver circuit operably coupled to the first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna,
wherein at least one of the first RF module and the second RF module is further configured to transmit or receive the LTE signal and the NR signal in a state of EN-DC.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising a diversity RF module operably coupled to the third antenna and configured to amplify the third signal from the third antenna.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising:
a fourth antenna configured to receive a fourth signal that is the LTE signal or the NR signal of the first band or the second band higher than the first band;
a fifth antenna arranged to be spaced apart from the fourth antenna, and configured to receive a fifth signal that is the LTE signal or the NR signal of the first band or the second band.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the fourth antenna is further configured to:
receive the signals of the first to third bands;
transfer the signal of the first band to the first RF module, and the signals of the second and third bands to the second RF module, and
wherein the fifth antenna is further configured to:
receive the signals of the second band and the third band; and
transmit the received signals of the second band and the third band to the third RF module.

15. The electronic device of claim 11 , further comprising a transmission switch operably coupled to the transceiver circuit, and configured to switch a path of the LTE or NR signal of the first band,
wherein the base

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Dongjin
• Kwon Youngbae
• Jung Byungwoon
• Ha Jihun

Classifications

• H04B7/0413 Primary

  MIMO systems · CPC title

• H04W76/16

  Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer · CPC title

• H04B1/006

  using switches for selecting the desired band (H04B1/0057 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04W88/06

  adapted for operation in multiple networks {or having at least two operational modes}, e.g. multi-mode terminals · CPC title

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title