US 12,424,733 B2
Antenna and electronic device including same
Kookjoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Sumin Yun, Suwon-si (KR); Chaejun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jinwoo Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Jaebong Chun, Suwon-si (KR); and Hochul Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/171,897.
Application 18/171,897 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/010538, filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0107192 (KR), filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198131 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 3/30 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/243 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 3/30 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing foldably connected to the first housing via a first hinge module;
a flexible display disposed to be supported by the first housing and the second housing, wherein the flexible display includes:
a first portion corresponding to the first housing,
a second portion corresponding to the second housing,
a third portion extending from the first portion to the second portion and corresponding to the first hinge module, and
a display panel disposed to be at least partially visible in a folded state;
an array antenna provided on a dielectric sheet disposed on the display panel, wherein the array antenna includes:
a first mesh pattern portion disposed at a position corresponding to the first portion,
a second mesh pattern portion disposed at a position corresponding to the third portion, and
at least one third mesh pattern portion provided at a position spaced apart by a first separation distance from the first mesh pattern portion;
a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal via the array antenna; and
a phase conversion mechanism disposed in an electrical path between the wireless communication circuit and the array antenna,
wherein the dielectric sheet disposed on the display panel is disposed between a window layer and the display panel, and
wherein a beam pattern formed by the array antenna is radiated to an outside of the electronic device through the window layer, opposite to the display panel.