Wearable electronic device including conductive pattern
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKyeongmin KIM
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Abstract
A wearable electronic device may include a housing having a ring shape, a first non-conductive portion on a first surface of the housing, a first substrate at a position corresponding to the first non-conductive portion in an internal space of the housing, the first substrate including a first portion, a connecting portion, and a second portion that form the first substrate, the connecting portion connecting the first portion to the second portion, a wireless communication circuit on the first portion, and an antenna pattern on the second portion. The connecting portion is bent such that the second portion is disposed on the wireless communication circuit.
Claims20
A wearable electronic device comprising:
- a ring-shaped housing including an outer surface and an inner surface;
- and
- a printed circuit board disposed between the outer surface and the inner surface, the printed circuit board including:
- a plurality of rigid portions including a first rigid portion, a second rigid portion, and a third rigid portion,
- a first flexible portion disposed between the plurality of rigid portions,
- a second flexible portion disposed over the first rigid portion, the second flexible portion including an antenna pattern formed therein, and
- a third flexible portion disposed between the first rigid portion and the second flexible portion, the third flexible portion including a conductive line electrically connected with the first rigid portion and the antenna pattern,
- wherein the plurality of rigid portions and the first flexible portion are arranged in a first direction, and
- wherein the third flexible portion is bent in a second direction such that the second flexible portion is disposed over the first rigid portion.
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A wearable electronic device comprising:
- an annular housing including an outer surface and an inner surface;
- and
- a printed circuit board disposed between the outer surface and the inner surface, the printed circuit board including:
- a first printed circuit board portion and a second printed circuit board portion,
- a first flexible printed circuit board portion disposed between the first printed circuit board portion and the second printed circuit board portion, the first printed circuit board portion, the second printed circuit board portion, and the first flexible printed circuit board portion being arranged in a first direction,
- a second flexible printed circuit board portion including an antenna pattern formed therein, and
- a third flexible printed circuit board portion including a signal line electrically connected with the first printed circuit board portion and the antenna pattern, the third flexible printed circuit board portion being bent in a second direction such that the second flexible printed circuit board portion is disposed over the first printed circuit board portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.