Samsung patents phone design stacking antennas to fit mmWave
Samsung has been granted a patent for an electronic device housing that stacks two different antennas in the same space. One antenna handles high-frequency mmWave signals, while the other handles standard frequencies, with the mmWave unit placed directly next to a slot in the frame.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device may include a housing including a first cover, a second cover, and a slot positioned in a first side surface. A first antenna is positioned between a first inner surface and a second inner surface, facing the slot, and configured to operate in a first frequency band, and a second antenna is positioned between the first inner surface and the second inner surface, facing the first antenna, and configured to operate in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device, comprising: a housing comprising: a first cover comprising a first outer surface, a first inner surface opposite to the first outer surface, and a first side surface between the first outer surface and the first inner surface; a second cover comprising a second outer surface and a second inner surface opposite to the second outer surface and facing the first inner surface; and a slot positioned extending between the first inner surface of the first cover and the second inner surface of the second cover; a first antenna module positioned in the housing between the first inner surface and the second inner surface and facing the slot, the first antenna module configured to operate in a first frequency band, wherein the first frequency band is a mmWave band; a second antenna module positioned in the housing between the first inner surface and the second inner surface and facing the first antenna module, the second antenna module configured to operate in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, wherein the second frequency band is a band except for the mm Wave band, wherein the first antenna module is arranged directly adjacent to the slot and directly adjacent to the second antenna module such that the first antenna module is disposed directly between the slot and the second antenna module.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- Electronic device including antennas
- Patent number
- US12771010B2
- Application number
- 18122767
- Filed
- Mar 17, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 14
Classified under
H01Q 1/2266 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 1/12 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 1/48 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 5/307 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 9/0407 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 21/08 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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