US 12,107,321 B2
Antenna and electronic device including same
Keumsu Song, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Younghak Sin, 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, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/568,002.
Application 17/568,002 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/018673, filed on Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0188778 (KR), filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0216594 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 15/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/243 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 15/24 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a side member forming at least a part of a side surface of the electronic device, the side member including a conductive portion and a non-conductive portion;
an antenna structure arranged in the housing, wherein the antenna structure includes:
a substrate including a first substrate surface facing a first direction and a second substrate surface facing opposite the first substrate surface, the substrate being disposed in the housing such that the first substrate surface thereof faces the side surface; and
at least one antenna element arranged on the substrate to form a beam pattern in the first direction in which the first substrate surface is oriented;
a conductive plate disposed on the conductive portion to support the substrate in an inner space of the housing, the conductive plate including a first support portion arranged to be in contact with the second substrate surface of the substrate and a plurality of first slits formed in the first support portion, the plurality of first slits being formed at a position where the plurality of first slits at least partially overlap the at least one antenna element when the first substrate surface is viewed from above; and
a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a predetermined frequency band through the at least one antenna element,
wherein the at least one antenna element is arranged to at least partially overlap the non-conductive portion of the side member when the housing is viewed from outside.