US 12,424,765 B2
Electronic device with antenna modules
Yusuhk Suh, Seoul (KR); Dongik Lee, Seoul (KR); and Seungmin Woo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/633,090.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0077405 (KR), filed on Jun. 16, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0421496 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/062 (2013.01) [H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display; and
first and second antenna structures disposed around the display,
wherein the first antenna structure comprises:
a first PCB comprising a multi-layer structure and comprising a first plurality of side surfaces, wherein:
a first surface of the first plurality of side surfaces faces a front direction of the electronic device,
a second surface of the first plurality of side surfaces faces a rear direction of the electronic device,
a third surface of the first plurality of side surfaces faces a left direction of the electronic device,
a fourth side of the first plurality of side surfaces faces a right direction of the electronic device, and
a fifth surface of the first plurality of side surfaces faces a bottom direction of the electronic device;
a first array antenna disposed on the first surface;
a second array antenna disposed on the fifth surface; and
a first wireless communication IC disposed on the second surface,
wherein the second antenna structure comprises:
a second PCB comprising a multi-layer structure and comprising a plurality of side surfaces, wherein:
a first surface of the plurality of side surfaces faces a front direction of the electronic device,
a second surface of the plurality of side surfaces faces a rear direction of the electronic device,
a third surface of the plurality of side surfaces faces a left direction of the electronic device,
a fourth side of the plurality of side surfaces faces a right direction of the electronic device, and
a fifth array antenna disposed on the first surface;
a sixth array antenna disposed on the fifth surface; and
a second wireless communication IC disposed on the second surface,
wherein a polarization of the first array antenna is the same as that of the fifth array antenna, and
wherein a polarization of the second array antenna is different from that of the sixth array antenna,
wherein the first array antenna is configured to radiate a polarized signal formed in a first polarization in a Y-axis direction to travel in an X-axis direction corresponding to the front direction,
wherein the second array antenna is configured to radiate a polarized signal formed in the first polarization in the Y-axis direction to travel a lower Z-axis direction,
wherein the fifth array antenna is configured to radiate a polarized signal formed in the first polarization in the Y-axis direction to travel in the X-axis direction corresponding to the front direction,
wherein the sixth array antenna is configured to radiate a polarized signal formed in a second polarization in the X-axis direction to travel a lower Z-axis direction,
wherein when a communication device that transmits and receives a wireless signal to and from the electronic device is located in a front direction of the electronic device, both the first array antenna and the fifth array antenna of the first polarization in a front direction of the first and second antenna structures are operated, and
wherein when the communication device is located in a bottom region of the electronic device, either one of the second array antenna of the first polarization and the sixth array antenna of the second polarization located at lower surfaces of the first and second antenna structures and the second antenna structure are operated.