# US 12,009,579 B2 · Cover device for optimal beam implementation of antenna in wireless communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,009,579 B2 - Document ID: US12009579B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/208,349 - Filed: 2023-06-12 - Published: 2023-11-09 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-27 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sanghoon Park; Juneseok Lee; Dohyuk Ha; Jungyub Lee; Jinsu Heo; Youngju Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12009579B2 ## CPC - H01Q 1/246: {specially adapted for base stations} - H01Q 1/422: {comprising two or more layers of dielectric material (H01Q1/425 takes precedence)} - H01Q 1/1271: {for mounting on windscreens} - H04M 1/026: {Details of the structure or mounting of specific components} - H01Q 1/42: Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome - H01Q 21/064: {using horn or slot aerials (slotted waveguides arrays H01Q21/005)} - H01Q 21/065: {Patch antenna array} - H01Q 21/245: {provided with means for varying the polarisation (polarising devices H01Q15/24; tracking by comparing linear polarisation compounds G01S3/146; reducing depolarisation effects H04B7/00; polarisation diversity H04B7/10)} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Disclosed is a cover device configured to protect an antenna device embedded in an electronic device to radiate a beam of an ultra-high frequency band, the cover device including: a cover frame including a window area corresponding to a radiation area of the antenna device; and a functional structure disposed in the window area on the cover frame and having a stacked structure comprising one or more functional layers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A base station device for communicating with a terminal, the base station device comprising: a cover frame including an open window area; a plurality of first antennas configured to radiate a first signal on a first frequency band; a plurality of second antennas configured to radiate a second signal on a second frequency band different from the first frequency band; first functional layers disposed in a first area of the open window area, wherein the first area is a radiation area of the plurality of the first antennas; and second functional layers disposed in a second area of the open window area, wherein the second area is a radiation area of the plurality of the second antennas, wherein a first thickness of the first functional layers for the first frequency band differs from a second thickness of the second functional layers for the second frequency band. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The base station device of claim 1, wherein each layer of the first functional layers is configured to control at least one of a strength, a permittivity, a magnetic permeability, or a conductivity, and wherein each layer of the second functional layers is configured to control at least one of the strength, the permittivity, the magnetic permeability, or the conductivity. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The base station device of claim 1, wherein each layer of the first functional layers and the second functional layers includes at least one material, and wherein the at least one material comprises at least one of a thermoplastic material, a thermosetting material, or an inorganic material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The base station device of claim 1, wherein each layer of the first functional layers and each layer of the second functional layers is formed based on at least one of printing, depositing, or etching. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The base station device of claim 1, wherein each layer of the first functional layers and the second functional layers has at least one of patterns, wherein the patterns comprise at least one of a round edge periodic structure, a circular periodic structure, a vertical periodic structure, and/or a horizontal periodic structure. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The base station device of claim 1, wherein the first thickness is based on the first frequency band of the first signal, wherein the second thickness is based on the second frequency band of the second signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The base station device of claim 6, wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are included in an ultra-high frequency band. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The base station device of claim 6, wherein the first functional layers having the first thickness have a first number of layers, wherein the first number of layers is different from a second number of layers for the second functional layers having the second thickness. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The base station device of claim 1, wherein the cover frame includes a panel, a first coupling portions, and a second coupling portion, wherein each of the first coupling portions is connected to a side of the panel, and wherein the second coupling portion is connected to the panel connected the first coupling portions, wherein the panel is configured based on the first functional layers and the second functional layers located in the open window area. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The base station device of claim 1, wherein the open window area includes the first area and the second area, and wherein the open window area is located at at least one of: an upper end of the cover frame, a lower end of the cover frame, a front surface of the cover frame, or a side surface of the cover frame. ### Claim 11 A base station device for communicating with a terminal, the base station device comprising: a cover frame including a first area having a first thickness and a second area having a second thickness different from the first thickness; a plurality of first antennas configured to radiate a first signal on a first frequency band; a plurality of second antennas configured to radiate a second signal on a second frequency band different from the first frequency band; first functional layers included in the first area, wherein the first area is a radiation area of the plurality of the first antennas; and second functional layers included in the second area, wherein the second area is a radiation area of the plurality of the second antennas. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The base station device of claim 11, wherein each layer of the first functional layers is configured to control at least one of a strength, a permittivity, a magnetic permeability, or a conductivity, and wherein each layer of the second functional layers is configured to control at least one of the strength, the permittivity, the magnetic permeability, or the conductivity. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The base station device of claim 11, wherein each layer of the first functional layers and the second functional layers includes at least one material, and wherein the at least one material comprises at least one of a thermoplastic material, a thermosetting material, or an inorganic material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The base station device of claim 11, wherein each layer of the first functional layers and the second functional layers is formed based on at least one of printing, depositing, or etching. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The base station device of claim 11, wherein each layer of the first functional layers and the second functional layers has at least one of patterns, wherein the patterns comprise at least one of a round edge periodic structure, a circular periodic structure, a vertical periodic structure, and/or a horizontal periodic structure. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The base station device of claim 11, wherein the first thickness is based on the first frequency band of the first signal, wherein the second thickness is based on the second frequency band of the second signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The base station device of claim 16, wherein the first frequency band and the second frequency band are included in an ultra-high frequency band. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The base station device of claim 16, wherein the first functional layers having the first thickness have a first number of layers, wherein the first number of layers is different from a second number of layers for the second functional layers having the second thickness. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The base station device of claim 11, wherein the cover frame includes a panel, a first coupling portions, and a second coupling portion, wherein each of the first coupling portions is connected to a side of the panel, and wherein the second coupling portion is connected to the panel connected the first coupling portions, wherein the panel is configured based on the first functional layers and the second functional layers located in at least the first area and the second area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The base station device of claim 11, wherein the first area and/or the second area is/are located at at least one of: an upper end of the cover frame, a lower end of the cover frame, a front surface of the cover frame, or a side surface of the cover frame.