US 12,272,877 B2
Electronic device including antenna
Bongsuk Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Minchang Shim, Suwon-si (KR); and Soli Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,725.
Application 17/956,725 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/012206, filed on Aug. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0108598 (KR), filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055640 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/065 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0414 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a front surface of the electronic device, a rear surface of the electronic device, and a side surface of the electronic device;
an antenna structure located in an inner space of the housing, the antenna structure including a printed circuit board having a first surface facing the front surface and a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first surface, and including at least one antenna element located on the first surface or located inside the printed circuit board to be closer to the first surface than the second surface; and
a support member on which the antenna structure is disposed, and combined with the housing,
wherein the support member on which the antenna structure is disposed is inserted into a recess provided in a sidewall of the side surface of the housing, wherein the sidewall includes a connection portion with which a front plate of the front surface of the housing is combined, the connection portion being formed along an edge of the front plate and overlapping with the front plate when viewed from above the front surface,
wherein a non-conductive portion included in the connection portion is located between the first surface and the front plate, overlaps with the at least one antenna element when viewed from above the front surface, and provides at least in part a third surface among surfaces providing the recess, the third surface facing the first surface,
wherein the support member includes a first support portion inserted into a groove provided in the non-conductive portion, and
wherein a part of the first support portion inserted into the groove includes a hemming structure.
 
15. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a front surface of the electronic device, a rear surface of the electronic device, and a side surface of the electronic device;
an antenna structure located in an inner space of the housing, the antenna structure including a printed circuit board having a first surface facing the front surface, a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first surface, a first side surface facing the side surface of the electronic device, a second side surface positioned opposite to the first side surface, and third and fourth side surfaces perpendicular to the first side surface and positioned opposite to each other, and including at least one antenna element located on the first surface or located inside the printed circuit board to be closer to the first surface than the second surface; and
a support member on which the antenna structure is disposed, and combined with the housing,
wherein the support member on which the antenna structure is disposed is inserted into a recess provided in a sidewall of the side surface of the housing,
wherein the sidewall includes a connection portion with which a front plate of the front surface of the housing is combined, the connection portion being formed along an edge of the front plate and overlapping with the front plate when viewed from above the front surface,
wherein a non-conductive portion included in the connection portion is located between the first surface and the front plate, overlaps with the at least one antenna element when viewed from above the front surface, and provides at least in part a third surface among surfaces providing the recess, the third surface facing the first surface,
wherein the support member includes a first support portion located to face the third side surface or the fourth side surface,
wherein a part of the first support portion protrudes with respect to the first surface and is inserted into a groove provided in the non-conductive portion, the groove in a form of a notch when viewed from above the front surface, and
wherein a part of the first support portion inserted into the groove includes a hemming structure.