Abstract:
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing; an antenna structure positioned in the housing and including a printed circuit board, multiple first antenna elements, multiple second antenna elements, and multiple electrical paths; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the multiple first antenna elements through the electrical paths, wherein: the printed circuit board includes a first surface oriented in a first direction and a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction; the multiple first antenna elements are positioned in the printed circuit board on the first surface or to be closer to the first surface than the second surface, configured to generate circular polarization, and include, when seen from above the first surface, a first border and a third border spaced apart from each other and extending in parallel to each other, a second border and a fourth border spaced apart from each other by a distance between the first border and the third border, extending in parallel to each other, and disposed to be perpendicular to the first border or the third border, and multiple first notches formed on the first border, the second border, the third border, and the fourth border and arranged at a 90-degree angle with reference to a center of each of the multiple first antenna elements; the multiple second antenna elements are positioned in the printed circuit board to be closer to the second surface than the multiple first antenna elements, overlap with, when seen from above the first surface, the multiple first antenna elements one-to-one, configured to generate circular polarization, and include, when seen from above the first surface, a fifth border and a seventh border spaced apart from each other and extending in parallel to each other, a sixth border and an eighth border spaced apart from each other by a distance between the fifth border and the seventh border, and disposed to be perpendicular to the fifth border or the seventh border, and multiple second notches formed on the fifth border, the sixth border, the seventh border, and the eighth border, arranged at a 90-degree angle with reference to the center, and overlapping with at least some of the multiple first notches one-to-one; and the multiple electrical paths are positioned on the printed circuit board and include multiple conductive vias electrically connected to the multiple first antenna elements; the printed circuit board includes a first conductive layer including the multiple first antenna elements, a second conductive layer including the multiple second antenna elements, a first dielectric positioned between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, a third conductive layer configured to electrically connect the multiple conductive vias to the wireless communication circuit and positioned in the printed circuit board to be closer to the second surface than the second conductive layer, a fourth conductive layer including a ground plane and positioned in the printed circuit board to be closer to the second surface than the third conductive layer, and a second dielectric positioned between the third conductive layer and the fourth conductive layer and having a greater dielectric constant than the first dielectric; each of the multiple second antenna elements includes a hole; each of the multiple conductive vias is positioned to extend through the hole; the multiple second antenna elements are configured to be indirectly fed by the multiple conductive vias; and the multiple first notches have different shapes from the multiple second notches.
Abstract:
An electronic device includes a first antenna element, an array antenna including a plurality of second antenna elements spaced apart from each other, a camera, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify a field of view (FoV) of the camera, identify a distance from an external object within the FoV by using the first antenna element and a first set of at least one antenna element of the plurality of second antenna elements, based on the FoV as a first value, identify a distance from the external object by using the first antenna element and a second set of at least one antenna element of the plurality of second antenna elements, based on the FoV as a second value, adjust a focus distance of the camera based on the identified distance, and obtain an image for the external object through the camera having the adjusted focus distance.
Abstract:
An example electronic device may include an antenna module including a printed circuit board, a plurality of conductive patches including a first conductive patch and a second conductive patch, an RFIC which is disposed on the second surface of the printed circuit board and includes a first tuning circuit, and a first conductive structure which includes a first portion extending from the first conductive patch, a second portion extending from the second conductive patch and connected to the first portion at a point positioned at one end of the first portion, and a first common portion connected to the first tuning circuit and connecting the first conductive patch and the second conductive patch to the first tuning circuit, a ground, and a wireless communication circuit, and the wireless communication circuit may be configured to feed the plurality of conductive patches to receive a signal in a designated frequency band.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a plurality of layers, a communication circuit electrically coupled to the PCB, and at least one processor electrically coupled to the communication circuit. The PCB may include a first layer in which a plurality of patch antennas disposed, a first feeding path which feeds a first point of a first patch antenna so that the first patch antenna disposed to the first layer transmits and/or receives a first polarized signal, a second feeding path which feeds a second point of the first patch antenna so that the first patch antenna disposed to the first layer transmits and/or receives a second polarized signal orthogonal to the first polarized signal, a second layer including a ground, a first ground path, and a second ground.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a support member, a front plate disposed on a front surface of the support member, a back plate disposed on a back surface of the support member, a non-conductive structure interposed between the back plate and an edge of the support member and fixed to the support member, and an antenna structure interposed between the back plate and an edge of the support member. At least a portion of the antenna structure may be disposed to face the non-conductive structure. In a region of the non-conductive structure, which faces the antenna structure, a separated distance from the antenna structure varies depending on a distance from a bottom surface of the support member to which the non-conductive structure is fixed.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a support member, a front plate disposed on a front surface of the support member, a back plate disposed on a back surface of the support member, a non-conductive structure interposed between the back plate and an edge of the support member and fixed to the support member, and an antenna structure interposed between the back plate and an edge of the support member. At least a portion of the antenna structure may be disposed to face the non-conductive structure. In a region of the non-conductive structure, which faces the antenna structure, a separated distance from the antenna structure varies depending on a distance from a bottom surface of the support member to which the non-conductive structure is fixed.
Abstract:
An antenna using a liquid metal is provided. The antenna includes a plurality of antenna structures, each having an inner cavity of a form corresponding to a radiator pattern; and at least one actuator connected to at least two of the plurality of antenna structures to control movement of the liquid metal to supply the liquid metal to at least one of the antenna structures. Thereby, deterioration of an antenna performance due to an influence of a human body can be prevented, and deterioration of an antenna performance can be prevented due to a form change of an electronic device including the antenna. In this manner, optimal antenna radiation performance can be dynamically realized.
Abstract:
A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes a transparent member for transferring, to a user, external light passing through a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, a transparent substrate, within the transparent member, arranged between the first surface and the second surface, a first conductive pattern arranged on one surface of the transparent substrate facing the first surface, and a second conductive pattern arranged on another surface of the transparent substrate facing the second surface, and electrically disconnected from the first conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern includes first wires which extend in a first direction and are parallel to each other, and second wires which extend in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and are parallel to each other, and is covered by the second conductive pattern when the transparent substrate is viewed.
Abstract:
Provided is a portable communication device including a flexible display; a wireless communication circuit; a switching circuit; and a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion, the first housing portion accommodating a first display portion of the flexible display, the second housing portion accommodating a second display portion of the flexible display and the switching circuit, a first lateral side of the first housing portion including a first conductive portion and a first non-conductive portion, the first conductive portion being electrically connected with the wireless communication circuit, a second lateral side of the second housing portion including a second conductive portion and a second non-conductive portion, the second conductive portion being configured to be at least partially aligned with the first conductive portion and the second non-conductive portion being configured to be at least partially aligned with the first non-conductive portion, when the housing is folded, and the second conductive portion being configured to be selectively electrically connected with a ground member via the switching circuit.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, a non-conductive portion between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion, a power divider, a first wireless communication circuit, and a processor. The power divider is connected to a first portion of the first conductive portion, and is connected to a third portion of the second conductive portion, the third portion close to the non-conductive portion. The electronic device may include a communication circuitry. The first wireless communication circuit is connected to the power divider. The processor is configured to transmit a first signal having a first phase from the wireless communication circuit through the first conductive portion to a first external electronic device and simultaneously transmit the first signal having a second phase through the second conductive portion to the first external electronic device.