US 11,881,617 B2
Electronic device having flexible antenna disposed thereon
Jaehyung Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hakjin Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Minseok Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Hanbin Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Sangmin Han, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/260,607
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/012127
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/060216, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0114047 (KR), filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0273322 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/38 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H04M 1/0266 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a front plate, a back plate facing in an opposite direction of the front plate, and a rear structure surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate and including at least one opening;
a display viewable through at least part of the front plate of the electronic device;
a supporting member interposed between the display and the rear structure;
at least one component interposed between the supporting member and the rear structure and at least partially overlapping with the opening when viewed from above the back plate;
an antenna structure interposed between the supporting member and the rear structure, wherein the antenna structure includes:
when viewed from above the back plate, a connection part at least partially overlapping with the opening, interposed between the component and the back plate, and including a first conductive pattern; and
a first portion connected to the connection part and including a second conductive pattern electrically connected to the first conductive pattern; and
a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to at least one of the first conductive pattern and/or the second conductive pattern and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal having a specified frequency.