Patent ID: 11901610
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including:
a first housing structure which includes a first surface, a second surface facing away from the first surface, and a first side surface formed between the first surface and the second surface, and
a second housing structure which is bendable over the first housing structure with respect to an axis, and includes a third surface, a fourth surface facing away from the third surface, and a second side surface formed between the third surface and the fourth surface,
wherein the third surface faces the first surface in a folded state of the housing;

a display viewable through at least a part of the first housing and the second housing;
a first antenna modules disposed at an upper-left corner of the first housing structure and including a first array of antenna elements disposed to form a first beam in a direction perpendicular to the second surface and a third array of antenna elements including dipole antenna elements disposed to form a third beam in a direction perpendicular to the first side surface;
a second antenna module disposed at an upper-left corner, which is adjacent to the first housing structure, of the second housing structure and including a second array of antenna elements disposed to form a second beam in a direction perpendicular to the fourth surface and a fourth array of antenna elements including dipole antenna elements disposed to form a fourth beam in a direction perpendicular to the second side surface;
a third antenna module disposed at a lower-right corner, which is adjacent to the second housing structure, of the first housing and including a fifth array of antenna elements disposed to form a fifth beam in a direction perpendicular to the second surface;
a fourth antenna module disposed at lower-right corner of the second housing structure and including a sixth array of antenna elements disposed to form a sixth beam in a direction perpendicular to the fourth surface; and
at least one wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the first array, the second array, the third array, the fourth array, the fifth array, and the sixth array and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal having a frequency between 3 GHz and 100 GHz,
wherein, in an unfolded state of the housing, the first beam, the second beam, the fifth beam, and the sixth beam are formed in a same direction,
wherein, in the folded state, the fifth beam and the sixth beam are formed in opposite directions.