Electronic device and antenna using components of electronic device

• US 10,116,346 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2015
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Yeon Woo, Kim, Gyu Sub, Kim, Kyung Gu, Lee, Woo Sup, Park, Se Hyun, Byun, Joon Ho, Jung, Jin Woo, Chun, Jae Bong
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Dieu H
• Application Number:
  US14/688,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20150303557A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,293 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/44 using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna , e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspectH01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/35 using two or more simultaneously fed points
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 5/378 Combination of fed elements with parasitic elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/42 with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits

Abstract

An electronic device is provided that includes a circuit board and an antenna fed from the circuit board. The antenna includes a plurality of conductive components. Each of the plurality of conductive components is disposed on a portion of a respective one of a plurality of electronic components of the electronic device. The plurality of conductive components are connected by at least one connection component.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a circuit board positioned inside the housing; and

an antenna radiator positioned inside the housing,

wherein the antenna radiator is fed from the circuit board, and comprises a plurality of conductive components, each of the plurality of conductive components being disposed on a portion of a respective one of a plurality of electronic components of the electronic device, and the plurality of conductive components being connected by at least one connection component,

wherein at least one of the conductive components includes a ground area that is configured to connect to a supporting unit for supporting a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) corresponding to the at least one connection component.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of electronic components are disposed in a region of the electronic device where an insulator of the circuit board is outwardly exposed.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of electronic components is disposed apart from and along a side of the circuit board.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of conductive components include a first conductive component and a second conductive component, and the at least one connection component is disposed between the first conductive component and the second conductive component.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connection component contacts a plurality of insulation areas, each of the plurality of insulation areas being disposed on a respective one of the plurality of conductive components.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connection component contacts at least a portion of the plurality of electronic components.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of electronic components is connected with the circuit board through one or more signal lines.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the at least one connection component includes at least a part of the one or more signal lines.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of conductive components contacts the FPC in which at least a part of the one or more signal lines are disposed.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of conductive components are formed in a body with the FPC.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of conductive components surrounds at least a side of at least one of the plurality of electronic components.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of electronic components includes a first electronic component and a second electronic component, and the plurality of conductive components includes a first conductive component and a second conductive component,

wherein the first conductive component contacts at least a side of the first electronic component and the second conductive component contacts at least a side of the second electronic component.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein:

the at least one connection component includes a first signal line and a second signal line,

the first conductive component is connected with the first signal line, and

the second conductive component is connected with the second signal line.

14. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna radiator is grounded through a region different from a feeding region of the antenna radiator.

15. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one connection component comprises at least one of an FPC, a Steel Use Stainless (SUS), and a bracket.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein the at least one of the FPC, the SUS, and the bracket is connected with the circuit board or a case of the electronic device, and is fastened.

17. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of conductive components is a key component, and the at least one connection component corresponds to an FPC connected with the key component.

18. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises an additional antenna radiator connected with a point of the at least one connection component or of the at least one conductive component.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18, wherein the additional antenna radiator corresponds to at least a part of a piece of metal forming a side cover of the electronic device.