This application is the U.S. national phase of International Application No. PCT/KR2018/010078 filed 30 Aug. 2018, which designated the U.S. and claims priority to KR Patent Application No. 10-2017-0110910 filed 31 Aug. 2017, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND

1. Field

The present disclosure relates to a technology for an antenna.

2. Description of Related Art

An electronic device such as a smartphone, a tablet, or the like may communicate with a network by using an internal or external antenna. An electronic device may transmit or receive a signal in a frequency band (e.g., 900 MHz band, 1.8 GHz band, 2.1 GHz band, or the like) for 3rdgeneration (3G) communication to a frequency band for 4thgeneration (4G) and 5thgeneration (5G) communication depending on an electrical path for transmitting or receiving a signal.

Also, the electronic device may provide various services, such as a service of capturing an image (or a video image), a service of playing an image, a game service, through a display. The electronic device may provide a service to a user by displaying contents and a user interface in the display. As such, the electronic device may provide the user with a convenient user experience (UX) through various contents and UIs.

The above information is presented as background information only to assist with an understanding of the present disclosure. No determination has been made, and no assertion is made, as to whether any of the above might be applicable as prior art with regard to the present disclosure.

SUMMARY

The thickness of a portable electronic device is gradually decreasing for portability, but the area of a display included in the portable electronic device is gradually increasing for the purpose of providing various services to the user. The size of the display in the portable electronic device is being increased by removing physical buttons for the purpose of overcoming a limitation on a space and receiving a user input through the display (e.g., a touchscreen display). As such, a space to implement an antenna for communicating with an external electronic device is gradually decreasing.

Also, as a distance between components of the portable electronic device decreases and a member for reducing interference between components is omitted, noise interferes in data exchanged between components.

Aspects of the present disclosure are to address at least the above-mentioned problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Various embodiments of the present disclosure may use a component of an electronic device as an antenna for communication with an external electronic device and may prevent noise from being included in data exchanged between components.

In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing, a display that is exposed through a first region of a front surface of the housing, a first antenna radiator that is positioned within the housing, and a communication circuit that is positioned within the housing. The display may include a pixel layer including pixels and a conductive sheet layer under the pixel layer. The conductive sheet layer may include a first conductive region, a second conductive region, and a slit interposed between the first conductive region and the second conductive region. The first antenna radiator may be electrically connected with the first conductive region of the conductive sheet layer. The communication circuit may receive a signal in a specified frequency band through the first antenna radiator and the first conductive region.

In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a display panel that includes at least one pixel for displaying an image, a metal member that is formed adjacent to at least a partial region of the display panel and is formed at at least a portion of a housing of the electronic device, a metal layer that is positioned below the display panel and includes a first region and a second region physically separated from the first region. The first region of the metal layer may be electrically connected with the metal member. A substrate may be positioned below the metal layer and may include a ground connected with the second region of the metal layer. At least one wireless circuit which may receive a signal through the metal member may be positioned on the substrate.

In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a housing, a display that is exposed through a first region of a front surface of the housing, and a communication circuit that is positioned within the housing. At least a portion of the housing may include a metal member, and the display may include a pixel layer including pixels and a conductive sheet layer under the pixel layer. The conductive sheet layer may include a first conductive region, a second conductive region, and a slit interposed between the first conductive region and the second conductive region, the metal member of the housing may be electrically connected with the first conductive region of the conductive sheet layer, and the communication circuit may receive a signal in a specified frequency band through the first conductive region and the metal member.

According to embodiments of the present disclosure, at least a portion of a conductive sheet layer included in a display may be used as an antenna for communicating with an external electronic device, and noise which may be transmitted to a display driver IC (DDI) through the conductive sheet layer may be prevented. Also, since there is no need to include an antenna and a separate component for blocking noise, the thickness of an electronic device may decrease, or the performance or function(s) of the electronic device may be updated.

In addition, even though any other component, which is included in the electronic device, such as a housing is electrically connected with a component, which forms an antenna, such as a conductive sheet layer, electric shock of the user may be prevented by blocking a DC current which may flow to the other component.

Besides, a variety of effects directly or indirectly understood through this disclosure may be provided.

Other aspects, advantages, and salient features of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses various embodiments of the present disclosure.

