US 12,750,435 B2Granted

Foldable electronic device including antenna

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsSoonho Hwang, Himchan Yun, Kookjoo Lee, Hojung Nam, Sungkoo Park, Kyungjae Lee, Donguk Choi, Seunghwan Kim, Jaebong Chun

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Abstract

A foldable electronic device is provided that includes a hinge module, a first housing coupled to a first side of the hinge module, a first printed circuit board disposed inside the first housing and including a first wireless communication module, a processor, and a first ground or a second ground, and a second housing coupled to a second side of the hinge module, in which the first housing includes a first segmenting portion, a second segmenting portion, a first conductive portion, and a second conductive portion, in which the second housing includes a second wireless communication module, a third segmenting portion, a fourth segmenting portion, a third conductive portion, and a fourth conductive portion, and in which a matching circuit is disposed between the first conductive portion and the first ground, and a first filter circuit is connected to a signal path between the first conductive portion and the matching circuit.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A foldable electronic device comprising:

a hinge module;
a first housing coupled at least partially to a first side of the hinge module;
a first printed circuit board disposed inside the first housing and including a wireless communication module, a processor, and at least one of a first ground or a second ground;
and
a second housing coupled at least partially to a second side of the hinge module, and configured to be at least one of unfoldable or foldable with the first housing using the hinge module,
wherein the first housing includes:
a first segmenting portion,
a second segmenting portion,
a first conductive portion disposed between the first segmenting portion and the second segmenting portion, and
a second conductive portion disposed between the hinge module and the second segmenting portion, and electrically connected to the wireless communication module,
wherein the second housing includes:
a third segmenting portion,
a fourth segmenting portion,
a third conductive portion disposed between the third segmenting portion and the fourth segmenting portion, and electrically connected to the wireless communication module, and
a fourth conductive portion disposed between the hinge module and the third segmenting portion, and electrically connected to the wireless communication module, and
wherein a matching circuit is disposed between the first conductive portion and the first ground, and a first filter circuit is connected to a signal path between the first conductive portion and the matching circuit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/483,995Filed 10 Oct 2023 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2022-009278226 Jul 2022
Published: US 2024/0040020 A11 Feb 2024
Granted: 29 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

H04M 1/0214
Characterized by the relative motions of the body parts: foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis…
G06F 1/16
Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00: constructional details or arrangements
H01Q 1/24
By structural association with other equipment or articles: with receiving set
H01Q 1/243
Specially adapted for hand-held use: with built-in antennas