US 12,424,731 B2
Wearable device including antenna
Yongjoo Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Donguk Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Minhwa Hong, Suwon-si (KR); and Sohyeon Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,227.
Application 18/174,227 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/001036, filed on Jan. 20, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0010194 (KR), filed on Jan. 24, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0041366 (KR), filed on Apr. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0238684 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable device comprising:
a housing comprising a first surface, a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first surface, and a lateral surface surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface;
a first input member disposed on the lateral surface of the housing and comprising a first outer lateral surface exposed out of the lateral surface of the housing, the first outer lateral surface of the first input member comprising a first conductive portion and at least one first non-conductive portion;
a first metal member disposed inside the housing and in contact with at least a portion of the first conductive portion;
a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed between the first metal member and the first outer lateral surface;
a first antenna array comprising at least one first conductive patch disposed on a first PCB surface of the first PCB at a location corresponding to the at least one first non-conductive portion, wherein the first PCB surface of the first PCB faces the first outer lateral surface;
a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first PCB and the first antenna array; and
at least one processor electrically connected to the first metal member,
wherein the wireless communication circuit is configured to transmit a signal of a first frequency band by feeding power to the first antenna array, and
wherein the at least one processor is configured to acquire user biometric information through the first metal member and the first conductive portion of the first input member.