US 12,231,915 B2
Method and electronic device for switching antenna
Sukgi Hong, Suwon-si (KR); Youngsuk Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); Woosup Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Dongyeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/669,799.
Application 17/669,799 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/000852, filed on Jan. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0009914 (KR), filed on Jan. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240102 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 16/28 (2009.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H04W 40/06 (2009.01); H04W 40/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/28 (2013.01) [H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H04W 40/06 (2013.01); H04W 40/12 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a communication module comprising communication circuitry;
a first antenna having a first polarization characteristic;
a second antenna having a second polarization characteristic different from the first polarization characteristic;
a switch operatively connected to the communication module, the first antenna, and the second antenna;
a processor operatively connected to the first antenna and the second antenna through the switch; and
memory storing instructions,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:
identify, in response to transmitting at least one packet using the first antenna, one or more timestamps of the at least one packet,
transmit, via the communication module, a first area of the at least one packet using the first antenna based on a first timestamp of the identified one or more timestamps,
switch from the first antenna to the second antenna, based on a second timestamp of the identified one or more timestamps, and
transmit, via the communication module, a second area of the at least one packet using the second antenna based on the second timestamp of the at least one packet,
wherein the second antenna is configured to support wideband communication and comprises one or more patch antennas configured to determine a position of an external electronic device with respect to the electronic device.