# US 12,218,409 B2 · Electronic device including an antenna > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,218,409 B2 - Document ID: US12218409B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/752,170 - Filed: 2022-05-24 - Published: 2022-10-20 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-14 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Taegyu Kim; Jesun Moon; Kyungbae Ko; Hanbin Lee; Donghwan Kim; Jinwoo Jung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12218409B2 ## CPC - H01Q 1/243: {with built-in antennas} - H01Q 1/02: Arrangements for de-icing; Arrangements for drying-out {; Arrangements for cooling; Arrangements for preventing corrosion} - H01Q 1/22: by structural association with other equipment or articles - H01Q 1/24: with receiving set - H01Q 1/48: Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises - H01Q 1/526: {Electromagnetic shields} - H01Q 5/25: Ultra-wideband [UWB] systems, e.g. multiple resonance systems; Pulse systems - H01Q 5/307: Individual or coupled radiating elements, each element being fed in an unspecified way - H01Q 7/00: Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop - H01Q 9/04: Resonant antennas - H01Q 9/0407: {Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna (dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40)} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing having a front surface and a rear surface, a first antenna, a second antenna, a printed circuit board, and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding sheet. The first antenna may be disposed inside the housing. The second antenna may be disposed in an area surrounded by a radiator of the first antenna when viewed from above the rear surface. The printed circuit board may include a wireless communication module for operating the first antenna and the second antenna, and may be electrically connected to the first antenna and the second antenna. The first antenna may be positioned between the rear surface and the EMI shielding sheet. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a housing having a front surface and a rear surface; a first antenna disposed in a loop form inside the housing; a second antenna disposed in an area surrounded by a radiator of the first antenna when viewed from above the rear surface; a printed circuit board comprising wireless communication circuitry for operating the first antenna and the second antenna, and electrically connected to the first antenna and the second antenna; an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding sheet; and a heat dissipation sheet disposed under the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein at least one through-hole is formed penetrating the EMI shielding sheet and the heat dissipation sheet to allow the electrical connection between the first antenna and the printed circuit board and the electrical connection between the second antenna and the printed circuit board, wherein the first antenna is positioned between the rear surface and the EMI shielding sheet. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are disposed, apart by a predetermined gap, on a substantially same plane. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are disposed, apart by a predetermined gap, on different planes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first antenna comprises a near field communication (NFC) antenna. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second antenna comprises a new radio (NR) band antenna and/or an ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the EMI shielding sheet is disposed to overlap with at least a portion of the first antenna. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the EMI shielding sheet is disposed to overlap with at least a portion of the second antenna. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the EMI shielding sheet is removed at least in part to have an empty space. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein at least a portion of the second antenna is disposed to overlap with the empty space. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the second antenna is disposed in the empty space, and wherein the second antenna and the EMI shielding sheet are disposed on a substantially same plane. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the EMI shielding sheet comprises a first portion having a first height and a second portion having a second height lower than the first height. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first antenna is disposed to overlap with the first portion of the EMI shielding sheet. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second antenna is disposed to overlap with the second portion of the EMI shielding sheet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the EMI shielding sheet is positioned between the housing and the heat dissipation sheet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the housing is positioned between the EMI shielding sheet and the heat dissipation sheet. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: a ground contact part electrically connected to a ground terminal of the printed circuit board, wherein the heat dissipation sheet is electrically connected to the ground contact part. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the heat dissipation sheet is used as a ground of the second antenna. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the at least one through-hole includes a first through-hole, wherein a first antenna contact part electrically connecting the first antenna to the printed circuit board is included, and wherein the first antenna and the printed circuit board are electrically connected through the first through-hole and the first antenna contact part. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the at least one through-hole includes a second through-hole, wherein a second antenna contact part electrically connecting the second antenna to the printed circuit board is included, and wherein the second antenna and the printed circuit board are electrically connected through the second through-hole and the second antenna contact part.