Samsung patents antenna design using gaps in device frame
Samsung has filed a patent for an antenna structure that uses a conductive part of the device's frame and specific gaps to handle wireless signals. The design includes a section that extends into the device's interior to optimize how the antenna works within the limited space of a phone or tablet.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a conductive lateral member; a conductive extension member extending from the conductive lateral member into an internal space of the electronic device; a first conductive portion provided by the non-conductive region and at least one gap extending from the non-conductive region to the lateral member; a slit extending from the non-conductive region in a direction opposite to the first conductive portion at a position corresponding to the at least one gap; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected through a first point of the first conductive portion, the first wireless communication circuit being configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a first frequency band.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device, comprising: a conductive lateral member; a conductive extension member extending from the conductive lateral member into an internal space of the electronic device; a non-conductive region disposed between the conductive lateral member and the conductive extension member; a first conductive portion provided by the non-conductive region and at least one gap extending from the non-conductive region to the lateral member; a slit extending from the non-conductive region in a direction opposite to the first conductive portion at a position corresponding to the at least one gap; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected through a first point of the first conductive portion, the wireless communication circuit being configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a first frequency band.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME
- Publication number
- US20260331771A1
- Application number
- 19709215
- Filed
- Jun 16, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H01Q 5/20 Electricity & electronicsH01Q 5/307 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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