Antenna and electronic device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12316018-B2
Application number	US-202217845419-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2022
Priority date	Jul 6, 2021
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a conductive part, a device substrate disposed in an inner space of the housing, an antenna structure, disposed in the inner space to form a directional beam and including a substrate, an array antenna including a plurality of antenna elements disposed on the substrate and a support bracket to support the substrate, an electrical connection member connecting the substrate to the device substrate, a conductive contact connecting the electrical connection member to the conductive part, a first wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to transmit or receive a first wireless signal in a first frequency band through the antenna structure, and a second wireless communication circuit disposed on the device substrate and configured to transmit or receive a second wireless signal in a second frequency band through the conductive part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a conductive part;
a device substrate disposed in an inner space of the housing;
an antenna structure disposed in the inner space so as to form a directional beam, the antenna structure comprising:
a substrate,
an array antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements disposed at the substrate, and
a support bracket disposed to support the substrate,

an electrical connection member electrically connecting the substrate and the device substrate to each other;
a conductive contact electrically connecting the electrical connection member and the conductive part to each other;
a first wireless communication circuit disposed on the substrate and configured to transmit or receive a first wireless signal in at least one first frequency band through the antenna structure; and
a second wireless communication circuit disposed on the device substrate, and configured to transmit or receive a second wireless signal in at least one second frequency band through the conductive part,
wherein a portion of the conductive contact is fixed to the electrical connection member and another portion of the conductive contact is fixed to the conductive part of the housing, and
wherein the conductive part of the housing is electrically connected to the second wireless communication circuit disposed on the device substrate through the conductive contact and the electrical connection member.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electrical connection member comprises:
a cable part having a designated length;
a substrate connection part disposed at one end of the cable part, and comprising a first part electrically connected to the substrate and a second part extending from the first part and to which the conductive contact is fixed; and
a connector part disposed at another end of the cable part and electrically connected to the device substrate.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the electrical connection member comprises:
at least one first electrical path electrically connected from the connector part to the substrate through the cable part and the first part; and
at least one second electrical path electrically connected from the connector part to the conductive contact through the cable part and the second part.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the electrical connection member comprises a shield line for shielding the at least one first electrical path and the at least one second electrical path.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the shield line comprises a ground line.

6. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first part is fixed to the substrate through at least one of a board-to-board (B2B) connector, soldering, conductive bonding, or conductive taping.

7. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the support bracket comprises:
a first support part supporting a part of a side of the substrate;
a second support part bent from one end of the first support part and supporting a part of the side of the substrate;
a third support part bent from another end of the first support part and supporting a part of the side of the substrate; and
a first fastening part extending from the second support part and fixed to at least a part of the housing through a fastening member.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the conductive contact comprises:
a fixing part fixed to the second part; and
a second fastening part extending from the fixing part and fixed to the conductive part.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the conductive contact is disposed at a location facing the first fastening part.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , further comprising a third fastening part extending from the third support part and fixed to at least a part of the housing through the fastening member.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the fixing part is fixed to the substrate through at least one of soldering, conductive bonding, or conductive taping.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the second fastening part is fixed to the conductive part in a manner that the second fastening part is fastened to the conductive part through the fastening member.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive part is disposed through at least one non-conductive part disposed in at least a part of the housing.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising:
a rigid structure disposed in the inner space,
wherein the at least one non-conductive part is disposed at a location that does not overlap an edge of the rigid structure as seen from an outside of the housing in plan view.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the rigid structure comprises at least one battery.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless communication circuit is disposed on the substrate.

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication circuit is disposed on the device substrate.

18. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the first frequency band comprises a frequency band in a range of about 3 GHz to 100 GHz, and
wherein the second frequency band comprises a frequency band in a range of about 600 MHz to 6000 MHz.

19. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises:
a front cover;
a rear cover directed in an opposite direction to the front cover; and
a lateral member surrounding a space between the front cover and the rear cover,
wherein the lateral member is formed through a conductive member and a non-conductive member combined with the conductive member, and
wherein the antenna structure is disposed so as to form a beam pattern in an outside direction directed by the lateral member through the non-conductive member.

20. The electronic device of claim 19 ,
wherein the conductive part is formed through at least a part of the conductive member, and
wherein the conductive part is disposed at a location that does not overlap the antenna structure as seen from an outside of the lateral member.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Namwoo
• Park Sungkwan
• Kang Jeongho
• Park Changi
• Jeon Seunggil
• Hong Hyunchul

Classifications

• H01Q1/20

  Resilient mountings · CPC title

• H01Q1/526

  Electromagnetic shields · CPC title

• H01Q1/42

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title

• H01Q1/1207

  for fastening a rigid aerial element · CPC title

• H01Q21/0025

  Modular arrays · CPC title