US 12,007,808 B2
Foldable electronic device
Myeongsil Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Joohoon Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Seonghoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jonghae Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/526,103.
Application 17/526,103 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/006452, filed on May 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0057144 (KR), filed on May 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0075413 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1618 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a foldable housing, including:
a hinge structure defining a folding axis of the foldable housing,
a first housing coupled to the hinge structure and including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and
a second housing coupled to the hinge structure, including a third surface facing a third direction, and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, the second housing folded toward the first housing around the hinge structure; and
a display spanning across the first surface of the first housing to the third surface of the second housing,
wherein the display includes a first layer and a second layer disposed substantially parallel with the first surface or the third surface,
wherein the first layer, when viewed from above the first surface or the third surface, includes multiple first conductive lines extending parallel with each other in a fifth direction,
wherein the second layer, when viewed from above the first surface or the third surface, includes multiple second conductive lines extending parallel in a sixth direction substantially perpendicular to the fifth direction, the multiple second conductive lines intersecting with the multiple first conductive lines,
wherein the display includes multiple conductive vias formed between the first layer and the second layer to electrically couple at least a portion of the first multiple conductive lines and at least a portion of the second multiple conductive lines,
wherein the display comprises a folding region including the folding axis about which the housing is folded, and the conductive vias are disposed outside the folding region, and
wherein the multiple first conductive lines, together with the multiple second conductive lines, form a portion of at least one loop coil.