US 11,955,699 B2
Antenna module and electronic device including the same
Mincheol Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Donghun Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Minkyung Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jiho Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sunghyup Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Kyihyun Jang, Suwon-si (KR); and Huiwon Cho, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,128.
Application 17/568,128 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/019038, filed on Dec. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0000462 (KR), filed on Jan. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0216595 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/243 (2013.01) [H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a first plate facing a first direction, a second plate facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate and connecting one side of the first plate and one side of the second plate;
a support member disposed in the space between the first plate and the second plate;
a display disposed on a first surface of the support member and exposed through at least a portion of the first plate;
an antenna module disposed on a second surface facing a direction that is opposite to the first surface of the support member and comprising one or more patch antennas;
a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed on the second surface of the support member;
a wireless communication circuit disposed on the PCB;
a first conductive member included in the side member, and extending from a first end to a second end toward a third direction;
a first connector protruding from one point between the first end and the second end of the first conductive member toward an interior of the housing, and physically connected to the support member;
a second connector extending from the second end of the first conductive member toward an interior of the housing, and physically connected to the support member; and
a protrusion extending from the first end of the first conductive member toward an interior of the housing, and electrically connected to the first conductive member,
wherein the antenna module is disposed at locations corresponding to a first opening defined by the first conductive member, the support member, the first connector, and the second connector, and a second opening defined by the first conductive member, the support member, the first connector, and the protrusion, and
wherein the wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to the protrusion and the antenna module.