US 12,456,796 B2
Electronic device using hinge structure as antenna
Kyungmoon Seol, Suwon-si (KR); Kyunggu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sumin Yun, Suwon-si (KR); Kyihyun Jang, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaebong Chun, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/328,176.
Application 18/328,176 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/017861, filed on Nov. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0168878 (KR), filed on Dec. 4, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0002637 (KR), filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0327324 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 1/05 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/44 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/23 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/243 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/44 (2013.01); H04M 1/0235 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first frame and a second frame, the first frame including a first insulating member formed in a first point and a first conductive portion extending from the first point to a first end of the first frame, and the second frame including a second insulating member formed in a second point and a second conductive portion extending from the second point to a second end of the second frame facing the first end of the first frame;
a hinge coupled to the first end of the first frame and the second end of the second frame, foldable in at least one point, and including a conductive portion;
at least one contact structure electrically connecting the conductive portion and at least one of the first frame or the second frame; and
a wireless communication circuit disposed in the housing,
wherein, in a first state in which the hinge is in a folded state and the first end of the first frame and the second end of the second frame are electrically in contact, the wireless communication circuit at least one of transmits or receives a signal of a first frequency band, based on the first conductive portion of the first frame and the second conductive portion of the second frame, and
wherein, in a second state in which the hinge is in an unfolded state and the first end of the first frame and the conductive portion of the hinge are electrically connected by the at least one contact structure, the wireless communication circuit at least one of transmits or receives the signal of the first frequency band, based on the first conductive portion of the first frame and the conductive portion of the hinge.