Antenna and electronic device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9813532-B2
Application number	US-201715438362-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	Feb 20, 2016
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first metallic member, a second metallic member, and a nonconductive segmenting part located between an end of the first metallic member and an end of the second metallic member, a ground member, a wireless communication circuit connected to a first point of the first metallic member through a first electrical path and connected to a second point of the first metallic member through a second electrical path, a first conductive pattern electrically connected to the first electrical path, a second conductive pattern electrically connected to the second electrical path, a first electrical variable element electrically connected between the first electrical path and the ground member, and a second electrical variable element electrically connected between the second metallic member and the ground member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first metallic member, a second metallic member, and a nonconductive segmenting part located between an end of the first metallic member and an end of the second metallic member;
a ground member;
a wireless communication circuit connected to a first point of the first metallic member through a first electrical path and connected to a second point of the first metallic member through a second electrical path;
a first conductive pattern electrically connected to the first electrical path;
a second conductive pattern electrically connected to the second electrical path;
a first electrical variable element electrically connected between the first electrical path and the ground member; and
a second electrical variable element electrically connected between the second metallic member and the ground member.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrical variable element includes a first switch and a first plurality of electrically different components.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second electrical variable element includes a second switch and a second plurality of electrically different components.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first surface, and a side surface surrounding a portion of a space between the first surface and the second surface, and
wherein the first metallic member, the second metallic member, and the nonconductive segmenting part define a portion of the side surface.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication circuit transmits and/or receives a first signal in a frequency range of 600 MHz to 5.9 GHz.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication circuit transmits and/or receives a second signal in a frequency range of 600 MHz to 1000 MHz.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication circuit transmits and/or receives a third signal in a frequency range of 1500 MHz to 2300 MHz.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication circuit transmits and/or receives a fourth signal in a frequency range of 2300 MHz to 5.9 GHz.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a third electrical variable element electrically connected between the first electrical path and the ground member.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the third electrical variable element is a tuner chip including a plurality of switches and a plurality of devices.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are connected to the first electrical path and the second electrical path through respective coupling members.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern are located in a nonconductive bracket included in the housing through laser direct structuring (LDS).

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first conductive pattern is located on a first surface of the bracket and a second surface of the bracket, which is opposite to the first surface of the bracket.

14. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the second conductive pattern is located on a first surface of the bracket.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the bracket is stacked on a printed circuit board (PCB) included in the housing, and
wherein the ground member, the wireless communication circuit, the coupling members, the first electrical variable elements, and the second electrical variable element are mounted on the printed circuit board.

16. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the wireless communication circuit controls switches included in the first electrical variable element, the second electrical variable element, and the third electrical variable element.

17. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first electrical path is connected to the first metallic member through a coupling member mounted on the printed circuit board at a location corresponding to an end of the first electrical path.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the coupling member includes a first coupling member located on a first surface of the printed circuit board and a second coupling member located on a second surface, which is opposite the first surface, of the printed circuit board, and
wherein the first coupling member and the second coupling member are connected to each other through a hole.

19. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first conductive part including a first end, a second conductive part including a second end proximate to the first end, and a nonconductive part inserted between the first end and the second end;
a ground member;
a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to a first point of the first conductive part through a first electrical path and to a second point of the first conductive part through a second electrical path;
a first conductive pattern electrically connected to the first electrical path;
a second conductive pattern electrically connected to the second electrical path;
a first electrical variable element electrically connected between the first electrical path and the ground member; and
a second electrical variable element electrically connected between the second conductive part and the ground member.

20. The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein the housing includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface surrounding at least a portion of a space between the first surface and the second surface, and the first conductive part, the second conductive part, and the nonconductive part define at least a portion of the side surface.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Kyoung Mok
• Kim Young Jun
• Kim Yoon Jung
• Sung Sang Bong
• Yoon Shin Ho
• Jeong Jin Young

Classifications

• H04M1/026 Primary

  Details of the structure or mounting of specific components · CPC title

• H04M1/0277

  for a printed circuit board assembly · CPC title

• H01Q5/371

  Branching current paths · CPC title

• H01Q5/335

  at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching · CPC title

• H01Q9/42

  with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength · CPC title