Samsung patents antenna design that isolates signals inside phone modules
Samsung has filed a patent for a radio unit module that places two antenna elements on the same layer of a multi-layer circuit board. The design uses a conductive piece of material positioned between the two antennas to separate them electrically.
In the filing’s own words
A radio unit (RU) module may include: a first substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC); a second substrate comprising a plurality of layers that comprises a plurality of second layers that comprises at least one first layer; a plurality of antenna elements comprising a first antenna element and a second antenna element; and a plurality of conductivity members comprising a conductivity member. The RFIC may be coupled to the first surface of the first substrate. The second substrate may be coupled to the second surface of the first substrate. The plurality of antenna elements may be disposed on the at least one first layer of the second substrate. The plurality of conductivity members may be disposed across the plurality of second layers of the second substrate.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A radio unit (RU) module comprising: a first antenna element; a second antenna element; a substrate including at least one layer on which the first antenna element and the second antenna element are disposed; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) coupled to the substrate; and a conductivity member, and wherein at least a portion of the conductivity member is disposed between the first antenna element and the second antenna element that are on the at least one layer of the substrate.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING ANTENNA
- Publication number
- US20260291055A1
- Application number
- 19685713
- Filed
- May 22, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H01Q 1/246 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 1/2283 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 9/16 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 21/062 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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