US 12,274,004 B2
Antenna device and electronic device including the same
Minki Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Chulwoo Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Dongil Son, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/693,947.
Application 17/693,947 is a continuation of application No. 16/384,257, filed on Apr. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,277,915, issued on Mar. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0046889 (KR), filed on Apr. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201861 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H01Q 1/08 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/148 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/085 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/245 (2013.01); H05K 1/0237 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable communication device comprising:
a housing including a front side, and a back side facing a direction opposite to the front side;
a printed circuit board including a communication circuit and a first connector;
a first antenna array including a first antenna and a second antenna; and
a rigid flexible printed circuit board (RFPCB) including a rigid area and a flexible area, the RFPCB including a second connector configured to electrically connect with the printed circuit board by physically connecting to the first connector, wherein the flexible area is extended from an end of the rigid area, the RFPCB is electrically connected between the first antenna array and the printed circuit board according to connection between the first connector and the second connector,
wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are disposed above the rigid area of the RFPCB,
wherein the flexible area of the RFPCB includes a transmission line configured to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals generated by the communication circuit to the first antenna array and the communication circuit of the printed circuit board and the first antenna array are connected via the transmission line of the flexible area, and
wherein the RF signals has a frequency between 3 gigahertz (GHz) and 100 GHz.