US 11,895,788 B2
Electronic device and method for increasing antenna efficiency
Hojin Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Moonsun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Wonho Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/503,523.
Application 17/503,523 is a continuation of application No. 17/130,176, filed on Dec. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,184,987.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0101867 (KR), filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053653 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); G01D 5/12 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0217 (2013.01) [G01D 5/12 (2013.01); H04B 1/0053 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing including a first conductive portion, wherein the first conductive portion is configured to be a portion of an antenna radiator;
a second housing including a second conductive portion, wherein the second conductive portion is disposed adjacent to at least a portion of the first conductive portion in response to a sliding of the second housing from the first housing;
a sensor configured to sense a degree of the sliding of the second housing;
a variable element electrically connected to the second conductive portion;
at least one processor; and
a memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
adjust an electrical characteristic of the variable element in response to the sliding of the second housing, based on the sensed degree of the sliding of the second housing.