Electronic device including antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024291159-A1
Application number	US-202418616990-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 26, 2024
Priority date	Feb 25, 2023
Publication date	Aug 29, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing comprising a frame having a region configured to function as a slot antenna and a wireless communication circuit configured to perform a communication through the region. The frame includes a conductive portion at least partially formed along a periphery of the frame, a support portion of the frame, and a bridge portion formed between the conductive portion and the support portion. The bridge portion includes a first connection portion disposed between a first region of the conductive portion and the support portion, and includes a second connection portion disposed between a second region of the conductive portion and the support portion. The region includes a first elongated portion having a first longitudinal direction toward an interior of the housing, between the first connection portion of the bridge portion and the second connection portion of the bridge portion. The region includes a second elongated portion having a second longitudinal direction at least partially from a rear side to a front side of the housing, between the first region of the conductive portion and the second region of the conductive portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a frame having a region configured to function as a slot antenna; and a wireless communication circuit configured to perform a communication through the region, wherein the frame includes a conductive portion at least partially formed along a periphery of the frame, a support portion of the frame, and a bridge portion formed between the conductive portion and the support portion, wherein the bridge portion includes a first connection portion disposed between a first region of the conductive portion and the support portion, and includes a second connection portion disposed between a second region of the conductive portion and the support portion, wherein the region includes:
a first elongated portion having a first longitudinal direction toward an interior of the housing, between the first connection portion of the bridge portion and the second connection portion of the bridge portion, and
a second elongated portion having a second longitudinal direction at least partially from a rear side to a front side of the housing, between the first region of the conductive portion and the second region of the conductive portion.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit or receive signals on a frequency band in accordance with a length of the first elongated portion in the first longitudinal direction and a length of the second elongated portion in the second longitudinal direction.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the housing includes a first housing part and a second housing part movably engaged with the first housing part, and wherein the first housing part includes the frame.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising:
a plate including a first surface facing a first direction toward the interior of the housing and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; and a non-conductive component for occupying a space corresponding to the region, wherein at least partially of the non-conductive component is disposed on the first surface of the plate.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the conductive portion is disposed between a first non-conductive portion of the housing and a second non-conductive portion of the housing, wherein the conductive portion includes a first end adjacent to the first non-conductive portion and a second end adjacent to the second non-conductive portion, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to:
transmit or receive first signals on a first frequency band through a first feeding portion between the first end and the first region of the conductive portion, and
transmit or receive second signals on a second frequency band through a second feeding portion between the second end and the second region of the conductive portion.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 ,
wherein the first connection portion is used as a ground for the first signal, and wherein the second connection portion is used as a ground for the second signal.

7 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the communication includes a transmission of third signals on a frequency band of an ultra-wide band (UWB).

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , further comprising:
an additional conductive portion disposed adjacent to the second non-conductive portion, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit or receive fourth signals on a fourth frequency band through the additional conductive portion, and wherein the fourth frequency band includes a frequency band for wireless local area network (WLAN).

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a feeding structure disposed on one surface of the first connection portion of the bridge portion or the second connection portion of the bridge portion, wherein the frame corresponds to a metal frame, and wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to provide signals to the first connection portion or the second connection portion through the feeding structure.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a non-conductive component, wherein at least part of the non-conductive component is disposed within a first space of the first elongated portion, and wherein at least another part of the non-conductive component is disposed within a second space of the second elongated portion.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication module comprising a plurality of antenna elements, wherein one surface of the conductive portion includes a plurality of radiation holes for the communication module, and wherein at least a part of the second elongated portion is formed on at least one radiation hole of the plurality of radiation holes.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a speaker, wherein one surface of the conductive portion includes a plurality of speaker holes for the speaker, and wherein at least a part of the second elongated portion is formed on at least speaker hole of the plurality of speaker holes.

13 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second elongated portion has a straight shape, an ‘L’ shape, or a ‘T’ shape on the one surface of the conductive portion.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a ground structure for the region; and a feeding structure for the region, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to feed signals to the feeding structure to radiate the signals through the region.

15 . The electronic device of claim 14 ,
wherein the conductive portion includes a protrusion portion protruding in a direction toward the support portion, wherein the ground structure is disposed on one surface of the protrusion portion, wherein the feeding structure is disposed on one surface of the second connection portion.

16 . The electronic device of claim 14 ,
wherein the conductive portion includes a first end and a second end formed along the edge, wherein the conductive portion includes a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion protruded in a direction toward the support portion, wherein the first protrusion portion is formed between the first end and the first region of the conductive portion, wherein the second protrusion portion is formed between the second end and the second region of the conductive portion, wherein the ground structure is disposed on one surface of the first protrusion portion, and wherein the feeding structure is disposed on one surface of the second protrusion portion.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 ,
wherein the one surface of the first protrusion portion faces a direction from the rear side to the front side of the housing, and wherein the one surface of the second protrusion portion faces the direction from the rear side to the front side of the housing.

18 . The electronic device of claim 14 ,
wherein the ground structure is disposed on one surface of the support portion, and wherein the feeding structure is disposed on one surface of the second connection portion.

19 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a non-conductive component for occupying a space corresponding to the region, wherein the non-conductive component includes a first non-conductive portion for the first elongated portion and a second non-conductive portion for the

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Changha
• Seo Mincheol
• Lee Sangmok
• Kang Woosuk
• Kim Hyunsuk
• Park Gyubok
• Lee Wonho
• Chun Jaebong

Classifications

• H04M1/02

  Constructional features of telephone sets · CPC title

• H01Q5/25

  Ultra-wideband [UWB] systems, e.g. multiple resonance systems; Pulse systems · 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

• H01Q1/24

  with receiving set · CPC title

• G09F9/30

  in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements (panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00) · CPC title