Antenna and electronic device including same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12136770-B2
Application number	US-202217860850-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2022
Priority date	Jan 20, 2020
Publication date	Nov 5, 2024
Grant date	Nov 5, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device includes a housing including an internal space, a display disposed in the internal space, the display being visible from an outside of the electronic device through at least a part of the housing, at least one first antenna disposed in the internal space, a second antenna disposed in the internal space and wound multiple times and including a conductive pattern disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna, a first wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a first frequency band via the at least one first antenna, and a second wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a second frequency band via the second antenna, wherein the at least one first antenna is spaced apart by a distance from the conductive pattern.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a display disposed in the housing, the display being visible from an outside of the electronic device through at least a part of the housing;
an antenna carrier disposed in the housing;
at least one first antenna disposed on at least a portion of the antenna carrier;
a second antenna disposed on the antenna carrier and comprising a conductive pattern, the conductive pattern being wound multiple times along an edge of the antenna carrier;
a first wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a first frequency band via the at least one first antenna; and
a second wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a second frequency band via the second antenna,
wherein the antenna carrier comprises at least one flange protruding from at least a part of the edge of the antenna carrier,
wherein the at least one first antenna is disposed on the at least one flange, and
wherein the at least one first antenna is spaced apart by a distance from the conductive pattern.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a range of 400 MHZ-3000 MHz via the at least one first antenna.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the distance is at least 2.5 mm.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a range of 3 MHz-30 MHz via the second antenna.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one third antenna disposed on the antenna carrier and spaced apart from the second antenna; and
a third wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a third frequency band via the at least one third antenna.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the third wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a range of 3 GHZ-100 GHz via the at least one third antenna.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the third antenna comprises:
a substrate; and
a plurality of antenna elements arranged at intervals on the substrate and configured to form a beam pattern in a direction.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the second antenna further comprises a portion formed via at least a part of the conductive pattern and spaced apart by a distance from the at least one third antenna.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna carrier comprises a body including a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, and
wherein the conductive pattern is wound multiple times along at least a part of the side surface.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the conductive pattern extends to at least a part of the first surface and the second surface from the side surface.

11. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one flange protrudes from at least a part of the body.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first antenna comprises at least one laser direct structuring (LDS) pattern disposed on the at least one flange.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive pattern comprises a plurality of wound portions, and
wherein at least two lines of respective lines of the plurality of wound portions have intervals which are identical or not identical to each other.

14. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a front plate, a rear plate facing a direction opposite to the front plate, a side frame surrounding an internal space between the front plate and the rear plate;
a display disposed in the internal space, the display being visible from the outside through at least a part of the front plate;
a printed circuit board disposed between the display and the rear plate;
an antenna carrier disposed between the printed circuit board and the rear plate and including a first surface facing the front plate, a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first surface, and a side surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface;
at least one first antenna disposed in at least a portion of the antenna carrier;
a second antenna disposed to be wound multiple times via a side surface of the antenna carrier and is disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna;
at least one third antenna disposed in at least a portion of the antenna carrier to be spaced apart from the second antenna and the first antenna;
a first wireless communication circuit disposed on the printed circuit board and is configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a first frequency band via the at least one first antenna;
a second wireless communication circuit disposed on the printed circuit board and is configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a second frequency band via the second antenna; and
a third wireless communication circuit which is disposed in the internal space and is configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a third frequency band via the at least one third antenna,
wherein the antenna carrier comprises at least one flange protruding from at least a part of an edge of the antenna carrier,
wherein the at least one first antenna is disposed on the at least one flange, and
wherein the at least one first antenna is spaced apart by a distance from the conductive pattern.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the first wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a range of 400-3000 MHz via the at least one first antenna,
wherein the second wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a range of 3-30 MHz via the second antenna, and
wherein the third wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal in a range of 3-100 GHz via the at least one third antenna.

16. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the distance includes a spaced linear distance of at least 2.5 mm.

17. The electronic device of claim 14 ,
wherein the at least one third antenna is arranged on the at least one flange.

18. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the front plate faces in a first direction, and the at least one flange extends from the side surface in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
wherein the conductive pattern comprises a plurality of wound portions extending along the side surface and extending on a part of the first surface from the side surface in a third direction perpendicular to each of the first direction and the second direction.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Kyungbin
• Kim Kwangseo
• Kim Jiho
• An Seongyong
• Yoon Chongo
• Park Gyubok
• Jung Jinwoo

Classifications

• H01Q21/0087

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing antenna arrays (manufacturing waveguides H01P11/00) · CPC title

• H01Q9/0414

  in a stacked or folded configuration · CPC title

• H01Q3/34

  by electrical means (active lenses or reflecting arrays H01Q3/46) · CPC title

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H04M1/0266

  for a display module assembly · CPC title