US 12,279,388 B2
Electronic device including flexible display
Jiho Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kyihyun Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Seongyong An, Suwon-si (KR); Sehyun Park, Suwon-si (KR); Kyungmoon Seol, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaebong Chun, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,862.
Application 17/568,862 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/018264, filed on Dec. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0168850 (KR), filed on Dec. 4, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0021629 (KR), filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183173 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0247 (2013.01) [H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); H05K 9/0084 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a first housing and a second housing configured to be slidable with respect to the first housing;
an antenna;
a wireless communication circuit coupled to the antenna;
a flexible display having a light-emitting first surface and configured to extend and retract according to a sliding of the second housing; and
a flexible multi-bar display support configured to support a second surface of the flexible display opposite the light emitting surface and to be movable with the flexible display as the second housing slides,
wherein the housing comprises a conductive part facing the first surface of the flexible display,
wherein the conductive part is electrically connected to the flexible multi-bar display support through at least one ground path which is configured to reduce waveguide resonance between the conductive part and the flexible multi-bar display support when the wireless communication circuit communicates using the antenna, and
wherein a size of an area where the conductive part and the flexible multi-bar display support overlap each other changes according to the sliding of the second housing.
 
15. An electronic device comprising:
a housing comprising a first housing and a second housing configured to be slidable with respect to the first housing;
an antenna;
a wireless communication circuit coupled to the antenna;
a flexible display having a light-emitting first surface and configured to extend and retract according to a sliding of the second housing;
a metal support sheet disposed on a second surface of the flexible display opposite the light-emitting first surface;
a metal multi-bar structure coupled to the metal support sheet and configured to support a bendable section of the flexible display;
a first conductive adhesive disposed between the second surface of the flexible display and the metal support sheet to electrically connect a conductive layer forming the second surface of the flexible display and the metal support sheet; and
a second conductive adhesive disposed between the metal support sheet and the metal multi-bar structure to electrically connect the metal support sheet and the metal multi-bar structure,
wherein the housing includes a conductive part facing a front surface of the flexible display,
wherein the metal multi-bar structure is electrically connected to the conductive layer of the flexible display through at least one ground path which is configured to reduce a waveguide resonance between the multi-bar structure and the conductive layer when the wireless communication circuit communicates using the antenna, and
wherein a size of an area where the conductive part and the conductive layer overlap each other changes according to the sliding of the second housing.