# US 12,192,692 B2 · Electronic device including microphone module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,692 B2 - Document ID: US12192692B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/994,195 - Filed: 2022-11-25 - Published: 2023-06-15 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-10 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kyuho Lee; Youngseok Bang; Juntaek Oh; Yongsang Yun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192692B2 ## CPC - H04R 1/04: Structural association of microphone with electric circuitry therefor (in electric hearing aids H04R25/00) - H04R 1/1016: {Earpieces of the intra-aural type} - G06F 1/16: Constructional details or arrangements - H01Q 1/273: {Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals} - H01Q 1/44: using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna {, e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspect}(H01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence) - H01Q 9/42: with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength - H04M 1/0249: {Details of the mechanical connection between the housing parts or relating to the method of assembly} - H04M 1/0277: {for a printed circuit board assembly} - H04R 1/08: Mouthpieces; {Microphones;} Attachments therefor - H04R 1/10: Earpieces; Attachments therefor {; Earphones; Monophonic headphones (H04R1/28 takes precedence; stereophonic headphones H04R5/033)} - H04R 1/1091: {Details not provided for in groups H04R1/1008 - H04R1/1083} - H04R 3/00: Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) - H04R 5/04: Circuit arrangements, {e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments (combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S)} - H04M 1/03: Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets - H04M 1/72412: using two-way short-range wireless interfaces - H04R 1/1058: {Manufacture or assembly} - H04R 1/1075: {Mountings of transducers in earphones or headphones} - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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 An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a support member disposed inside the housing and forming a connection passage, a printed circuit board disposed on the support member and including a first area and a second area spaced apart from the first area, and a conductive pattern disposed on the support member and including a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion may be electrically connected to a first electrode disposed in the first area, the second portion may be electrically connected to a second electrode disposed in the second area, and the first area and the second area may be electrically connected to each other via a shunt member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a housing; a support member disposed inside the housing and forming a connection passage; a printed circuit board disposed adjacent to the support member and including a first area and a second area spaced apart from the first area; and a conductive pattern disposed on the support member and including a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is electrically connected to a first electrode disposed in the first area, wherein the second portion is electrically connected to a second electrode disposed in the second area, and wherein the first area and the second area are electrically connected to each other via a shunt member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the shunt member includes at least one of an inductor or a capacitor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: a gasket disposed between the second portion and the second electrode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the gasket and a microphone module are disposed adjacent to the connection passage. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the second portion, the gasket, the second electrode, and the microphone module are electrically connected to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the microphone module is disposed on the printed circuit board and is electrically connected to the second electrode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the microphone module is disposed under the printed circuit board and is electrically connected to the second electrode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein a connection hole is formed in the second area, and the microphone module is disposed to correspond to a position of the connection hole. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first electrode includes a c-clip or a pogo pin. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least one of a portion of the first area or a portion of the second area includes a ground. ### Claim 11 An electronic device comprising: a housing; a support member disposed in the housing; a printed circuit board disposed on the support member and including a first area and a second area spaced apart from the first area; a conductive pattern disposed adjacent to the support member and including a first portion and a second portion; and a microphone module disposed in the second area, wherein the first portion is electrically connected to a first electrode disposed in the first area, wherein the second portion is electrically connected to a second electrode disposed in the second area, and wherein the second electrode is disposed adjacent to the microphone module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the support member is provided with a connection passage, and the connection passage is disposed adjacent to the second electrode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first area and the second area are connected to each other via a shunt member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the shunt member includes at least one of an inductor or a capacitor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, further comprising: a gasket disposed between the second portion and the second electrode. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the gasket and the microphone module are disposed adjacent to the connection passage. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the second portion, the gasket, the second electrode, and the microphone module are electrically connected to each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the microphone module is disposed on the printed circuit board and is electrically connected to the second electrode. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the microphone module is disposed under the printed circuit board and is electrically connected to the second electrode. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein at least one of a portion of the first area or a portion of the second area includes a ground.