US 12,347,932 B2
Dual polarization antenna and electronic device including same
Seunghan Seo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jaehoon Song, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Yunbum Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Janghoon Han, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Dongil Son, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/093,060.
Application 18/093,060 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/006549, filed on May 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0083451 (KR), filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145636 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/24 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 9/045 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a wireless communication circuit arranged in an internal space of the housing;
an antenna module arranged in the internal space and including:
a printed circuit board arranged in the internal space, and
an array antenna including multiple antenna elements arranged on the printed circuit board,
wherein each one of the multiple antenna elements includes:
a first feeder arranged at a first point on a first virtual line passing through a center of the one of the multiple antenna elements, and is electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit through a first electrical path,
a second feeder arranged at a second point on a second virtual line passing through the center of the one of the multiple antenna elements and perpendicularly crossing the first virtual line, and is electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit through a second electrical path, and
a third feeder arranged at a third point on a third virtual line passing through the center of the one of the multiple antenna elements, and is electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit through a third electrical path;
a switch arranged on the first electrical path, the second electrical path, and the third electrical path, and configured to electrically connect or disconnect the first feeder, the second feeder, and the third feeder to the wireless communication circuit; and
a processor operatively connected to the wireless communication circuit, the antenna module, and the switch,
wherein the processor is configured to:
control the switch to electrically connect the first feeder and the second feeder to the wireless communication circuit when a communication method of the electronic device is changed to multi-antenna communication while the third feeder is electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit.