Electronic device including antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12598246-B2
Application number	US-202217993423-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2022
Priority date	May 25, 2020
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

An electronic device may include: a housing which is at least partially made of a conductive material, and has a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first surface, and at least one side surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface; a slide plate coupled to the housing so as to be slidable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction; a flexible display which is disposed to be at least partially supported by the slidable plate; multiple conductive parts formed to be electrically segmented by at least one first non-conductive part formed on the at least one side surface along the third direction, and at least one second non-conductive part formed to cross over the first non-conductive part; a substrate disposed in the space; and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the substrate and configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal through the multiple conductive parts in at least one frequency band.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a first surface disposed in a first direction, a second surface disposed in a second direction opposite to the first surface, and at least one side surface partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, the housing being at least partially formed of a conductive material; a slide plate coupled to the housing so as to be slidable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction; a flexible display disposed to be at least partially supported by the slide plate; multiple conductive portions formed to be electrically segmented by at least one first non-conductive portion formed along the third direction and at least one second non-conductive portion formed to cross the first non-conductive portion, on the at least one side surface; a substrate disposed in the space; a wireless communication circuit disposed on the substrate and configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal in at least one frequency band through the multiple conductive portions; at least one connection terminal electrically connected to the substrate and disposed to face the multiple conductive portions; and a bracket housing disposed to support at least a part of the slide plate, in the space, and having an inner space, wherein the substrate is disposed in the inner space of the bracket housing, and wherein the at least one connection terminal is exposed through an opening in the bracket housing to be in contact with the multiple conductive portions.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the multiple conductive portions comprise a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion disposed to be spaced apart from the first conductive portion, and
wherein the at least one connection terminal comprises a first connection terminal electrically connected to the first conductive portion and a second connection terminal electrically connected to the second conductive portion.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal are arranged on a line along the third direction.

4 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first connection terminal is arranged on a first line and the second connection terminal is arranged on a second line that is different from the first line, and both the first and the second lines disposed along the third direction.

5 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal is disposed to face the at least one side surface from the substrate.

6 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal is disposed in the second direction from the substrate.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising:
a conductive connection structure extending from at least one of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion to at least one of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal, wherein at least one of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal is electrically connected to at least one of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion through the conductive connection structure.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the conductive connection structure comprises a conductive connection part integrally formed with at least one of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion.

9 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the conductive connection structure comprises a conductive connection member connecting at least one of the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion to at least one of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal.

10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the conductive connection member comprises a conductive pin or a conductive screw having a designated length.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one connection terminal is exposed from the substrate to a bracket side surface of the bracket housing, which faces the at least one side surface, so as to be electrically connected to at least one of the multiple conductive portions.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one connection terminal is exposed from the substrate to the bracket rear surface of the bracket housing, which faces the second surface, so as to be electrically connected to at least one of the multiple conductive portions.

13 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a side cover disposed on the at least one side surface, wherein the at least one first non-conductive portion, the at least one second non-conductive portion, and the multiple conductive portions, which are formed on the at least one side surface, are not exposed to the outside through the side cover.

14 . An electronic device comprising:
a first housing including a first space and a first side surface; a second housing including a second space in which the first housing is slidably accommodated in a first direction such that a state of the first housing is switched to a drawn-out state and a drawn-in state, and a second side surface corresponding to the first side surface; a flexible display disposed to be supported by the first housing and the second housing; multiple conductive portions formed to be electrically segmented through at least one first non-conductive portion formed along the first direction and at least one second non-conductive portion formed to cross the first non-conductive portion, in the second side surface; a substrate disposed in the first space; a wireless communication circuit disposed on the substrate, electrically connected to the multiple conductive portions, and thus configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal in at least one frequency band; and at least one connection terminal, which is electrically connected to the substrate and disposed to face the multiple conductive portions, wherein the at least one connection terminal is exposed from the first housing by passing through the first side surface to be in contact with the multiple conductive portions, and wherein the at least one connection terminal is continuously electrically connected to at least one conductive terminal of the multiple conductive terminals while a state of the first housing is switched to the drawn-in state and the drawn-out state.

15 . The electronic device of claim 14 , further comprising a side cover, which is disposed on the at least one second side surface, included therein,
wherein the at least one first non-conductive portion, the at least one second non-conductive portion, and the multiple conductive portions, which are formed on the second side surface, are not be exposed to the outside through the side cover.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yongyoun
• Kwak Myunghoon
• Kim Raetae
• Lim Gisoo
• Yoon Byounguk
• Hong Hyunju

Classifications

• H04M1/0268

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• H04M1/0269

  mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing · CPC title

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H01Q1/38

  formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface  H01Q15/142)} · CPC title

• H04M1/0277

  for a printed circuit board assembly · CPC title