# US 2026/0100503 A1 · Electronic device including antenna > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0100503 A1 - Document ID: US20260100503A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/396,941 - Filed: 2025-11-21 - Published: 2026-04-09 - Earliest claimed: 2024-10-08 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hosaeng KIM; Sangha LEE; Museok BANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260100503A1 ## CPC - H01Q 1/243: {with built-in antennas} - H01Q 3/24: varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching - G06F 1/16: Constructional details or arrangements - H01Q 1/42: Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome - H01Q 3/02: using mechanical movement of antenna or antenna system as a whole - H01Q 5/328: between a radiating element and ground - H01Q 5/335: at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching - H01Q 9/42: with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength - H04M 1/02: Constructional features of telephone sets - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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 hinge assembly, a first housing part rotatably connected to the hinge assembly, the first housing part including a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, and a first non-conductive portion disposed between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion, a second housing part rotatably connected to the hinge assembly, the second housing part including a third conductive portion, a fourth conductive portion, and a second non-conductive portion disposed between the third conductive portion and the fourth conductive portion, wireless communication circuitry configured to transmit or receive signals through at least one of the first conductive portion, the second conductive portion, the third conductive portion, or the fourth conductive portion, a first switching circuit configured to connect a first capacitor between the second conductive portion and a first transmission path connected to the first conductive portion, and a second switching circuit configured to connect a second capacitor between the fourth conductive portion and a second transmission path connected to the third conductive portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a hinge assembly; a first housing part rotatably connected to the hinge assembly, the first housing part including a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, and a first non-conductive portion disposed between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion; a second housing part rotatably connected to the hinge assembly, the second housing part including a third conductive portion, a fourth conductive portion, and a second non-conductive portion disposed between the third conductive portion and the fourth conductive portion; wireless communication circuitry configured to transmit or receive signals through at least one of the first conductive portion, the second conductive portion, the third conductive portion, or the fourth conductive portion; a first switching circuit configured to connect a first capacitor between the second conductive portion and a first transmission path connected to the first conductive portion; and a second switching circuit configured to connect a second capacitor between the fourth conductive portion and a second transmission path connected to the third conductive portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first switching circuit is controlled to connect the second conductive portion and the first transmission path connected to the first conductive portion through the first capacitor, wherein the second switching circuit is controlled to: connect the fourth conductive portion and the second transmission path connected to the third conductive portion through the second capacitor in a folded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, and short the fourth conductive portion to the second transmission path connected to the third conductive portion in an unfolded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, and wherein, in the folded state, the first non-conductive portion and the second non-conductive portion are aligned. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, comprising a third switching circuit configured to connect or disconnect the third conductive portion to a first ground; and a fourth switching circuit configured to connect or disconnect the fourth conductive portion to a second ground, wherein the third switching circuit is controlled to connect the third conductive portion to the first ground in a folded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, and wherein the fourth switching circuit is controlled to connect the fourth conductive portion to the second ground in a folded state of the first housing part and the second housing part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the third conductive portion includes a first end portion close to the second non-conductive portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, wherein the fourth conductive portion includes a third end portion close to the second non-conductive portion and a fourth end portion opposite to the third end portion, wherein a grounding point of the third conductive portion connected to the third switching circuit is connected close to the second end portion among the first end portion and the second end portion, and wherein a grounding point of the fourth switching circuit is connected close to the fourth end portion among the third end portion and the fourth end portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the first conductive portion includes a fifth end portion close to the first non-conductive portion and a sixth end portion opposite to the fifth end portion, wherein the second conductive portion includes a seventh end portion close to the first non-conductive portion and an eighth end portion opposite to the seventh end portion, wherein a grounding point of the first conductive portion is adjacent to the sixth end portion among the fifth end portion and the sixth end portion, and wherein a grounding point of the second conductive portion is adjacent to the eighth end portion among the seventh end portion and the eighth end portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein, in an unfolded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, the third switching circuit is controlled to connect the third conductive portion to the first ground and the fourth switching circuit is controlled to disconnect the fourth conductive portion to the second ground. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein, in an unfolded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, the third switching circuit is controlled to disconnect the third conductive portion to the first ground and the fourth switching circuit is controlled to disconnect the fourth conductive portion to the second ground. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: a first printed circuit board (PCB) included in the first housing part; and a second PCB included in the second housing part, wherein the first switching circuit is disposed on the first PCB, and wherein the second switching circuit is disposed on the second PCB. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the wireless communication circuitry is disposed on the first PCB, wherein the wireless communication circuitry is connected to the first conductive portion through a first transmission path and is connected to the third conductive portion through a second transmission path, and wherein the wireless communication circuitry is configured to: transmit signals through the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion based on the first transmission path or the signals through the third conductive portion and the fourth conductive portion based on the second transmission path, in a folded state, and transmit first signals through the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion based on the first transmission path and second signals through the third conductive portion and the fourth conductive portion based on the second transmission path, in an unfolded state. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, further comprising: phase control circuitry disposed on the first PCB within the first housing part, configured to change a phase of signals on the first transmission path. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, further comprising: a first connection member disposed on the first PCB and in contact with the first conductive portion; a second connection member disposed on the first PCB and in contact with the second conductive portion; a third connection member disposed on the second PCB and in contact with the third conductive portion; and a fourth connection member disposed on the second PCB and in contact with the fourth conductive portion, wherein the first switching circuit is connected between the first connection member and the second connection member, and wherein the second switching circuit is connected between the third connection member and the fourth connection member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first non-conductive portion of the first housing part is disposed on a top side among sides of the electronic device, wherein the second non-conductive portion is disposed on a bottom side among the sides of the electronic device, and wherein, in a folded state, the first non-conductive portion and the second non-conductive portion are aligned. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first housing part further includes a third non-conductive portion and a fourth non-conductive portion, wherein the first conductive portion is disposed between the first non-conductive portion and the third non-conductive portion, wherein the second conductive portion is disposed between the first non-conductive portion and the fourth non-conductive portion, wherein the second housing part further includes a fifth non-conductive portion and a sixth non-conductive portion, wherein the third conductive portion is disposed between the second non-conductive portion and the fifth non-conductive portion, wherein the fourth conductive portion is disposed between the second non-conductive portion and the sixth non-conductive portion, wherein the first non-conductive portion and the second non-conductive portion are aligned in a folded state, wherein the third non-conductive portion and the fifth non-conductive portion are aligned in the folded state, and wherein the fourth non-conductive portion and the sixth non-conductive portion are aligned in the folded state. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first conductive portion is formed by extending from a first area of a metal frame of the first housing part, wherein the second conductive portion is formed by extending from a second area of the metal frame of the first housing part, wherein the third conductive portion is formed by extending from a third area of a metal frame of the second housing part, wherein the fourth conductive portion is formed by extending from a fourth area of the metal frame of the second housing part, wherein the first non-conductive portion is disposed on a left side or a right side among the sides of the electronic device, and wherein the second non-conductive portion is disposed on the left side or the right side among the side of the electronic device where the first non-conductive portion is disposed. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the first switching circuit is controlled to connect the first transmission path connected to the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion through the first capacitor, wherein the second switching circuit is controlled to connect the second transmission path connected to the third conductive portion and the fourth conductive portion through the second capacitor in each of a folded state and an unfolded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, and wherein, in the folded state, the first non-conductive portion and the second non-conductive portion are aligned. ### Claim 16 An electronic device comprising: a first housing part; a second housing part rotatably connected to the first housing part, the second housing part including a first conductive portion, a second conductive portion, and a first non-conductive portion disposed between the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion; a third housing part rotatably connected to the second housing part, the third housing part including a third conductive portion, a fourth conductive portion, and a second non-conductive portion disposed between the third conductive portion and the fourth conductive portion; wireless communication circuitry configured to transmit or receive signals through at least one of the first conductive portion, the second conductive portion, the third conductive portion, or the fourth conductive portion; a first switching circuit configured to connect a first capacitor between the second conductive portion and a first transmission path connected to the first conductive portion disposed in the second housing part; and a second switching circuit configured to connect a second capacitor between the fourth conductive portion and a second transmission path connected to the third conductive portion disposed in the third housing part. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the first switching circuit is controlled to connect the first transmission path connected to the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion through the first capacitor, wherein the second switching circuit is controlled to connect the second transmission path connected to the third conductive portion and the fourth conductive portion through the second capacitor, and wherein, in a folded state of the second housing part and the third housing part, the first non-conductive portion and the second non-conductive portion are aligned. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, further comprising: a path switching circuit connected to a primary signal path and a secondary signal path; and signal distribution circuitry connected to at least one of the first conductive portion, the second conductive portion, the third conductive portion, or the fourth conductive portion, wherein the first housing part includes at least one conductive portion, wherein, in a state where the first housing part and the second housing part are folded and the second housing part and the third housing part are folded, the third housing part is disposed between the first housing part and the second housing part, wherein the path switching circuit is controlled to: connect the primary signal path to the at least one conductive portion and connect the secondary signal path to the signal distribution circuitry in a folded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, and connect the primary signal path to the signal distribution circuitry and connect the secondary signal path to the at least one conductive portion in a folded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, and wherein the signal distribution circuitry is configured to transmit signals to both the first conductive portion and the third conductive portion, or to transmit signals to one of the first conductive portion and the third conductive portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, further comprising: a path switching circuit connected to a primary signal path and a secondary signal path; and signal distribution circuitry connected to at least one of the first conductive portion, the second conductive portion, the third conductive portion, or the fourth conductive portion, wherein the third housing part includes at least one conductive portion, wherein, in a state where the first housing part and the second housing part are folded and the second housing part and the third housing part are folded, the second housing part is disposed between the first housing part and the third housing part, wherein the path switching circuit is controlled to: connect the primary signal path to the at least one conductive portion and connect the secondary signal path to the signal distribution circuitry in a folded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, and connect the primary signal path to the signal distribution circuitry and connect the secondary signal path to the at least one conductive portion in a folded state of the first housing part and the second housing part, and wherein the signal distribution circuitry is configured to transmit signals to both the first conductive portion and the third conductive portion, or to transmit signals to one of the first conductive portion and the third conductive portion. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the signal distribution circuitry comprises: power distribution circuitry connected to a first signal path connectable to the first conductive portion and a second signal path connectable to the third conductive portion; and at least one phase control circuitry disposed in at least one of the first signal path or the second signal path.