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US 12,592,472 B2Granted
Electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDooseok Choi, Young Min Kim, Min Young Yoon, Young Ki Lee
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) chip, a first antenna module including a plurality of feed points electrically connected to the RFIC chip through a first feed line, and a second antenna module apart from the first antenna module. The second antenna module includes a plurality of feed points electrically connected to the RFIC chip through a second feed line, and a number of the plurality of feed points of the first antenna module is different from a number of the plurality of feed points of the second antenna module.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) chip;
- a first antenna module including a plurality of feed points electrically connected to the RFIC chip through a first feed line;
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- a second antenna module apart from the first antenna module, the second antenna module including a plurality of feed points electrically connected to the RFIC chip through a second feed line, wherein,
- a number of the plurality of feed points of the first antenna module is different from a number of the plurality of feed points of the second antenna module,
- the plurality of feed points of the first antenna module include a first pair of feed points in a first conductive patch of the first antenna module, a second pair of feed points in the first conductive patch of the first antenna module, a third pair of feed points in a second conductive patch of the first antenna module, and a fourth pair of feed points in the second conductive patch of the first antenna module, the first conductive patch being on the second conductive patch, and the first conductive patch and the second conductive patch each having a rectangular shape,
- the first pair of feed points are symmetrical with each other on a basis of a center of the first conductive patch of the first antenna module, and the second pair of feed points are symmetrical with each other on the basis of the center of the first conductive patch,
- the first conductive patch includes a first corner and a second corner opposite the first corner in a first diagonal direction, and the feed points included in the third pair of feed points are respectively at the first corner and the second corner, and
- the first conductive patch further includes a third corner and a fourth corner opposite the third corner in a second diagonal direction, and the feed points included in the fourth pair of feed points are respectively at the third corner and the fourth corner.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) chip;
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- a first antenna array including a first antenna module, a second antenna module, a third antenna module, a fourth antenna module and a fifth antenna module each including a plurality of feed points electrically connected to the RFIC chip through a corresponding one of a first feed line, a second feed line, a third feed line, a fourth feed line and a fifth feed line each configured to provide at least one differential signal, wherein,
- each of the first antenna module, the second antenna module, the third antenna module, the fourth antenna module and the fifth antenna module includes a first conductive patch and a second conductive patch, the first conductive patch being on the second conductive patch, the first conductive patch having a rectangular shape and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a first frequency band, and the second conductive patch having a rectangular shape and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal of a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band,
- a number of the plurality of feed points of the first antenna module is different from a number of the plurality of feed points of the second antenna module,
- the plurality of feed points of the first antenna module include a first pair of feed points in the first conductive patch of the first antenna module, a second pair of feed points in the first conductive patch of the first antenna module, a third pair of feed points in the second conductive patch of the first antenna module, and a fourth pair of feed points in the second conductive patch of the first antenna module,
- the first pair of feed points are symmetrical with each other on a basis of a center of the first conductive patch, and the second pair of feed points are symmetrical with each other on the basis of the center of the first conductive patch,
- the first conductive patch includes a first corner and a second corner opposite the first corner in a first diagonal direction, and the feed points included in the third pair of feed points are respectively at the first corner and the second corner, and
- the first conductive patch further includes a third corner and a fourth corner opposite the third corner in a second diagonal direction, and the feed points included in the fourth pair of feed points are respectively at the third corner and the fourth corner.
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