US 12,438,622 B2
Electronic device comprising plurality of antennas
Youngjin Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Dongil Son, Suwon-si (KR); Jaehoon Song, Suwon-si (KR); and Ungryeol Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,094.
Application 18/086,094 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/006528, filed on May 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0078496 (KR), filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119719 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 17/11 (2015.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/719 (2011.01)
CPC H04B 17/11 (2015.01) [H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H04B 1/719 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first mmWave antenna module comprising a first array antenna wherein the first mmWave antenna is configured to receive a signal of a first frequency band;
an intermediate frequency (IF) circuit electrically connected with the first mmWave antenna module through a first path;
an ultra-wide band (UWB) antenna disposed adjacent to the first path wherein the UWB antenna is configured to receive a signal of a second frequency band;
a UWB circuit electrically connected with the UWB antenna;
third antenna for short-range wireless communication distinct from the first array antenna and the UWB antenna wherein the third antenna is configured to receive a signal of a third frequency band which does not overlap the first frequency band;
memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions; and
at least one processor communicatively connected with the IF circuit, the UWB circuit, the third antenna, and the memory,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
control the IF circuit to provide a signal of a first frequency band to the first mmWave antenna module,
control the UWB circuit to acquire a signal of a second frequency band overlapping the first frequency band in part through the UWB antenna, and
in case that an error occurs in UWB communication while both an operation using the UWB communication and an operation using a mmWave (5G) communication are functioning and the third antenna is not being used for the short-range wireless communication in the third frequency band, perform the UWB communication using the third antenna instead of the UWB antenna, and
wherein the error occurs in a process of modulating or demodulating a signal transmitted or received in the UWB communication.