ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ANTENNA

    公开(公告)号:US20230170955A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-01

    申请号:US18160582

    申请日:2023-01-27

    CPC classification number: H04B7/0608 H04M1/0214 H04B1/44 H04B17/102 H04B7/0404

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first antenna, a second antenna segmented from the first antenna, a switch selectively coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna, a front end module connected to the switch, and a radio frequency (RF) communication circuit, wherein the RF communication circuit controls to communicate using the first antenna, determines whether radiation power through the first antenna is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and if the radiation power through the first antenna is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, checks the in-phase quadrature phase (IQ) value of the first antenna, determines whether the IQ value corresponds to a switching condition of the second antenna, and if the IQ value corresponds to the switching condition of the second antenna, may switch the first antenna to the second antenna.

    ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220061175A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-24

    申请号:US17413279

    申请日:2019-12-11

    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device may include: a foldable housing including a hinge structure, a first housing structure, and a second housing structure, wherein the hinge structure includes at least one first conductive portion, the first housing structure is connected to the hinge structure and includes a first surface oriented in a first direction, a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a first side member surrounding at least a part of a space between the first surface and the second surface and including at least one second conductive portion, the second housing structure is connected to the hinge structure, includes a third surface oriented in a third direction, a fourth surface oriented in a fourth direction opposite the third direction, and a second side member surrounding at least a part of a space between the third surface and the fourth surface, and is folded onto the first housing structure about the hinge structure, the first surface faces the third surface in a folded state of the foldable housing, and the third direction is identical to the first direction in an unfolded state of the foldable housing; a flexible display extending from the first surface to the third surface; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first conductive portion in the folded state of the foldable housing, and electrically connected to the second conductive portion in the unfolded state of the foldable housing, wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit and/or receive a signal having a selected frequency. Various other embodiments may be possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SHIELDING MEMBER

    公开(公告)号:US20230046690A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17885910

    申请日:2022-08-11

    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a hinge plate coupled at least in part between a first support including a first magnet and a second support including a second magnet, a first housing coupled at least in part to a first side of the hinge plate through the first support, a second housing coupled at least in part to a second side of the hinge plate through the second support and configured to be foldable with the first housing through the hinge plate, and a flexible display supported on the first and second supports and configured to be foldable. The flexible display may include: a display panel; a support plate disposed on a lower surface of the display panel; a first digitizer and a second digitizer disposed on a lower surface of the support plate spaced apart from each other through a second gap; a first-first shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material and a first-second shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material disposed on lower surfaces of the first and second digitizers spaced apart from each other through a third gap; a first metal plate and a second metal plate disposed on lower surfaces of the first-first and first-second shielding members spaced apart from each other through a fourth gap; a third-first shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material disposed on an upper surface of a first magnetization region of the first support in a first space between the first metal plate and the first support, and a third-second shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material spaced apart from the third-first shielding member through a sixth gap and disposed on an upper surface of a second magnetization region of the second support in a second space between the second metal plate and the second support; and a fourth-first shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material disposed on an upper surface of the third-first shielding member and surrounding at least a portion of the third-first shielding member through the sixth gap, and a fourth-second shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material spaced apart from the fourth-first shielding member through the sixth gap, disposed on an upper surface of the third-second shielding member, and surrounding at least a portion of the third-second shielding member through the sixth gap.

    ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220103668A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-31

    申请号:US17426892

    申请日:2020-01-02

    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a housing which comprises a front surface plate, a rear surface plate oriented in the opposite direction to the front surface plate, and a side surface member surrounding the space between the front surface plate and the rear surface plate, at least a portion of the side surface member including at least one conductive section positioned between a first non-conductive section and a second non-conductive section which are spaced apart from each other, a conductive extended portion part extending from at least a partial area of the conductive section to the space, a printed circuit board disposed in the space, and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the printed circuit board and electrically connected a point which is in the conductive section and spaced toward a first location from the first non-conductive section.

    FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS DISTRIBUTIVELY ARRANGED AROUND FOLDING AXIS

    公开(公告)号:US20210344783A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17270689

    申请日:2019-04-18

    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention can comprise: a foldable housing, which comprises a hinge structure, a first housing structure connected to the hinge structure and including a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a first side member that encompasses at least a portion of the space between the first and second surfaces and includes at least one first conductive part, and a second housing structure connected to the hinge structure, including a third surface facing a third direction, a fourth surface facing a fourth direction that is opposite to the third direction, and a second side member that encompasses at least a portion of the space between the third and fourth surfaces and includes at least one second conductive part, and which comes into contact with the first housing structure with the hinge structure as the center thereof, wherein the first surface faces the third surface in a folded state and the third direction is the same as the first direction in an unfolded state; a flexible display extending from the first surface to the third surface; a first communication processor arranged inside the first housing structure; a first wireless communication circuit arranged inside the first housing structure, electrically connected to the first conductive part and the first communication processor, and configured to transmit and/or receive a first signal having a first frequency; and a second wireless communication circuit arranged inside the second housing structure, electrically connected to the second conductive part and the first communication processor, and configured to transmit and/or receive a second signal having a second frequency. Other various embodiments are possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY

    公开(公告)号:US20230205276A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US18146771

    申请日:2022-12-27

    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing by a hinge structure and providing a motion relative to the first housing, and a flexible display disposed from the first housing through the hinge structure to the second housing, at least a portion of at least one of the first housing or the second housing may include at least two antennas and a segmenter disposed between the antennas, a separation member may be disposed adjacent to a portion of the segmenter in a direction to the flexible display, and at least a portion of the separation member may protrude beyond the antennas toward the flexible display.

    DISPLAY STRUCTURE INCLUDING DIELECTRIC MATERIAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220407219A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-22

    申请号:US17893821

    申请日:2022-08-23

    Abstract: An electronic device of various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a housing, a wireless communication circuit disposed inside the housing and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a specified frequency by feeding to at least a part of the housing, and a display structure coupled to the housing. The display structure may include: a cover glass coupled to the housing and forming at least a part of a front surface of the electronic device, a display panel disposed adjacent to one surface of the cover glass, a first layer including a dielectric material disposed under the display panel, and having a first edge spaced apart from the first side surface by a first distance, and a second layer disposed under the first layer, wherein a second edge of the second layer corresponding to the first edge of the first layer is spaced apart from the first side surface by a second distance less than the first distance. An edge of the display panel corresponding to the first edge of the first layer may be spaced apart from the first side surface by a third distance greater than the second distance and less than the first distance.

    ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210377372A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17288327

    申请日:2019-10-23

    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device comprises: a foldable housing which comprises a hinge structure, a first housing structure connected to the hinge structure and including a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a first side member that encompasses at least a portion of a space between the first and second surfaces and includes at least one first conductive part, and a second housing structure connected to the hinge structure, including a third surface facing in a third direction, a fourth surface facing in a fourth direction that is opposite to the third direction, and a second side member that encompasses at least a portion of a space between the third and fourth surfaces and includes at least one second conductive part, and which is folded with the first housing structure around the hinge structure, wherein the first surface faces the third surface in a folded state and the third direction is the same as the first direction in an unfolded state; a flexible display extending from the first surface to the third surface; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the at least one second conductive part and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal having a specified frequency, wherein the at least one first conductive part and the at least one second conductive part may be electrically connected in the folded state. Other various embodiments may be possible.

    METHOD FOR CONFIRMING STATE INFORMATION OF WIRELESS CHARGING, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210313844A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17273926

    申请日:2019-09-05

    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and a method for identifying wireless charging status information in an electronic device. An electronic device may include a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side surface member for at least partially surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, a display positioned in the space and viewed through the first plate, a conductive coil parallel to the second plate and disposed between the display and the second plate, a wireless charging circuit electrically connected to the conductive coil, a sensor circuit electrically connected to the wireless charging circuit and the conductive coil, and a processor operatively connected with the display, the wireless charging circuit and the sensor circuit, wherein the sensor circuit may receive a first analog ping signal for wireless charging from an external electronic device, through the conductive coil, receive at least one second analog ping signal within a time selected after the first analog ping signal received, count the number of the second analog ping signals received within the selected time, and provide a notification signal to the processor if the number exceeds a first threshold. Other embodiments are also possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FOLDABLE CONDUCTIVE PLATE

    公开(公告)号:US20210105894A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-08

    申请号:US17037969

    申请日:2020-09-30

    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an electronic device including a foldable conducive plate. The electronic device may include: a foldable housing at least partially foldable via a hinge; a display including a flexible display panel viewable through a front surface of the foldable housing and being at least partially foldable, and a conductive plate disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display panel and supporting the flexible display panel; a circuit board disposed to face at least a portion of a border of the conductive plate in the foldable housing; and at least one conductive connection member comprising a conductor disposed between the conductive plate and the circuit board and electrically connecting the conductive plate and a ground of the circuit board.

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