US 12,068,531 B2
Wearable electronic device including variable ground
Nakchung Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Chankyu An, Suwon-si (KR); Gyusub Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jaebong Chun, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaewon Choe, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/094,903.
Application 18/094,903 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/013511, filed on Sep. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0151523 (KR), filed on Nov. 5, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0177533 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0163449 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H04M 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/273 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/48 (2013.01); H04M 1/05 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable electronic device, comprising:
a frame including a front, a first leg, a second leg, and at least one metal portion;
the front with a lens connected thereto, and comprising a first metal portion among the at least one metal portion;
the first leg connected to one end of the front through a first hinge, and comprising a second metal portion among the at least one metal portion;
the second leg connected to an other end of the front through a second hinge;
a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a ground portion electrically connected to the first metal portion or the second metal portion;
an antenna structure comprising a radiating element and a feeder electrically connected to the radiating element, the antenna structure electrically connected to the ground portion;
a first switch circuit configured to electrically connect or disconnect the first metal portion and the second metal portion or to change an impedance for connecting the first metal portion and the second metal portion; and
a controller configured to control the first switch circuit.