Patent ID: 11929564
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. An electronic device having an antenna, the electronic device comprising:
an array antenna implemented as a multi-layer substrate inside the electronic device, the array antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements;
a case constituting a body of the electronic device and having a dielectric region to allow a signal through the array antenna to be radiated to the outside; and
a processor that controls a signal applied to each antenna element of the array antenna to perform beamforming through the array antenna,
wherein each of the antenna elements comprises:
a patch antenna disposed on a specific layer of the multi-layer substrate, the patch antenna comprising a first patch and a second patch spaced apart from each other by a predetermined spacing; and
a ground layer disposed under the patch antenna, the ground layer having a slot, and, wherein the first patch and the second patch are connected to the ground layer through a plurality of vias, and the plurality of vias are disposed in a length direction of the slot to be adjacent to the slot.