Electronic device including antenna
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSungsun Kim, Joonwon Jang
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Abstract
An electronic device according to an embodiment includes a housing including at least one opening; a support member in the housing; a display disposed on the support member; a first printed circuit board including a plurality of layers; a first wireless communication circuit disposed on a first surface of the first printed circuit board; a feeding structure on another surface of the first printed circuit board electrically connected to the first wireless communication circuit; and a waveguide configured to transmit a signal provided from the first wireless communication circuit to an outside of the housing, and the waveguide extends along one surface of the support member from the feeding structure. Other embodiments are possible.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing defining at least one opening;
- a support member disposed in the housing;
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- first wireless communication circuitry disposed on a first surface of the PCB;
- a radiation structure, spaced apart from the at least one opening, disposed on a second surface of the PCB opposite to the first surface, electrically connected to the first wireless communication circuitry;
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- a waveguide structure configured to transfer a signal radiated from the radiation structure to the at least one opening, the wave guide structure including:
- a first part coupled to the second surface of the PCB to surround the radiation structure, and
- a second part extending along a surface of the support member from the radiation structure,
- wherein the at least one opening overlaps the second part of the waveguide structure, and
- wherein the signal radiated from the radiation structure has a frequency between 20 GHz and 300 GHz.
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing defining at least one opening;
- a support member disposed in the housing;
- a display disposed on the support member;
- a first PCB disposed in the housing and including a plurality of layers;
- first wireless communication circuitry disposed on a first surface of the first PCB;
- a first feeding structure disposed on a second surface of the first PCB opposite the first surface and electrically connected to the first wireless communication circuitry;
- a second PCB disposed in the housing including a plurality of layers;
- second wireless communication circuitry disposed on a third surface of the second PCB;
- a second feeding structure disposed on a fourth surface of the second PCB opposite the third surface electrically connected to the second wireless communication circuitry;
- a first waveguide structure configured to be electrically connected to the first wireless communication circuitry through the first feeding structure and to transmit a signal provided from the first wireless communication circuitry to the second wireless communication circuitry;
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- a second waveguide structure configured to be electrically connected to the second wireless communication circuitry through the second feeding structure and to transmit a signal provided from the second wireless communication circuitry to an outside of the housing;
- wherein the second waveguide structure extends along one surface of the support member from the second feeding structure, and when the at the at least one opening is viewed vertically, the at least one opening overlaps with the cross section of the second waveguide structure, and
- wherein the second wireless communication circuitry is configured to transmit or receives a signal in a frequency band of 20 GHz or more and 300 GHz or less to or from an external electronic device through the second waveguide structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.