Patents by Inventor Namjun Cho
Namjun Cho has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12650504Abstract: An electronic device may include an integrated circuit (IC) including a switch and a plurality of paths that may include a first transmit (Tx) path, a second Tx path, a first receive (Rx) path, and a second Rx path; a first antenna electrically connected with the first Tx path from among the plurality of paths; a second antenna electrically connectable with the second Tx path or the second Rx path from among the plurality of paths via the switch; a third antenna electrically connected with the first Rx path from among the plurality of paths; and at least one processor operably coupled with the IC.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: June 9, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyewon Jo, Namjun Cho, Jihee Kang, Hyoseok Na
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Patent number: 12609729Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a communication processor; an intermediate frequency integrated circuit (IFIC) to convert a baseband signal received from the communication processor into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) convert the received IF signal into a first radio frequency (RF) signal; an ultra-wideband (UWB) integrated circuit (IC) generating a UWB signal corresponding to a first frequency; at least one UWB antenna to transmit/receive the UWB signal corresponding to the first frequency; and at least one first switch connected between the UWB IC and the UWB antenna. The at least one first switch may be controlled so that the UWB signal corresponding to the first frequency, generated by the UWB IC, is transmitted to the RFIC in a state in which a communication operation, for a signal transmitted/received from the communication processor, by the RFIC is inactivated.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2024Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Namjun Cho
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Patent number: 12609858Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic device may include a first frequency synthesizing circuit outputting a second electronic signal from a first electronic signal, a second frequency synthesizing circuit outputting a fourth electronic signal for converting a frequency of a third electronic signal obtained from the first electronic signal based on the second electronic signal, and a communication processor. The communication processor may be configured to transmit, to the first frequency synthesizing circuit, a first parameter indicating a frequency of the second electronic signal, and changing based on a first preset frequency interval according to a first preset period. The communication processor may be configured to transmit, to the second frequency synthesizing circuit, a second parameter indicating a frequency of the fourth electronic signal based on a frequency of a second clock signal, and changing based on a second preset frequency interval different from the first preset frequency interval.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Namjun Cho, Junghwan Son, Hyoseok Na
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Publication number: 20260081642Abstract: A system and a method for relaying communications with a designated network are provided. The first electronic device for relaying communication with the designated network includes a first communication circuit for receiving a first signal in a first frequency band from the designated network, a transceiver for receiving the first signal in the first frequency band from the first communication circuit, and a second communication circuit which includes a second duplexer for receiving, from the transceiver, a first signal in a second frequency band, which is generated from the first signal in the first frequency band, and transmits the first signal in the second frequency band to a second electronic device. The first signal in the second frequency band is provided to a third duplexer corresponding to a third frequency band included in the second electronic device. A partial frequency region in the second frequency band overlaps with the third frequency band.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2025Publication date: March 19, 2026Inventors: Yohan MOON, Hyoseok NA, Dongil YANG, Hyunsang KANG, Seonjun KIM, Jonghun YOO, Namjun CHO
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Publication number: 20260079584Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display panel including pixels; an antenna array disposed to overlap the display panel; a connection board coupled to a side of the display panel; a display driver circuit on the connection board and configured to drive the pixels to display a screen on the display panel; a main printed circuit board; a flexible printed circuit board extending to connect between the main printed circuit board and the connection board; a signal processing circuit on the main printed circuit board; a first front end circuit on the connection board to be on a first side of the display driver circuit, and operatively connected to the signal processing circuit and the antenna array; and a second front end circuit on the connection board to be on a second side of the display driver circuit, and operatively connected to the signal processing circuit and the antenna array.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2025Publication date: March 19, 2026Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyewon JO, Namjun Cho, Hyoseok Na
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Patent number: 12580606Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a communication processor; an intermediate frequency integrated circuit (IFIC) to convert a baseband signal received from the communication processor into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) convert the received IF signal into a first radio frequency (RF) signal; an ultra-wideband (UWB) integrated circuit (IC) generating a UWB signal corresponding to a first frequency; at least one UWB antenna to transmit/receive the UWB signal corresponding to the first frequency; and at least one first switch connected between the UWB IC and the UWB antenna. The at least one first switch may be controlled so that the UWB signal corresponding to the first frequency, generated by the UWB IC, is transmitted to the RFIC in a state in which a communication operation, for a signal transmitted/received from the communication processor, by the RFIC is inactivated.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2024Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Namjun Cho
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Publication number: 20260058739Abstract: An electronic device may comprise: a coupler which is disposed on a wire for connecting an RFFE and an antenna in the wireless communication circuit, and generates a feedback signal of a transmission signal to be transmitted through the antenna; a power detector for providing an output voltage corresponding to the feedback signal provided from the coupler; a feedback reception unit which receives the feedback signal provided from the coupler and is disposed within an RFIC of the wireless communication circuit; and a modem for calculating a first power value of the transmission signal based on the output voltage provided from the power detector, and receiving, from the RFIC, a code value of the feedback signal, the code value being generated based on the feedback signal provided to the feedback reception unit, wherein calibration for at least one element in the wireless communication circuit is performed based on the first power value and the code value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2025Publication date: February 26, 2026Inventors: Namjun CHO, Hyewon JO, Hyoseok NA
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Publication number: 20260051922Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a communication processor; an intermediate frequency integrated circuit (IFIC) to convert a baseband signal received from the communication processor into an intermediate frequency (IF) signal; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) convert the received IF signal into a first radio frequency (RF) signal; an ultra-wideband (UWB) integrated circuit (IC) generating a UWB signal corresponding to a first frequency; at least one UWB antenna to transmit/receive the UWB signal corresponding to the first frequency; and at least one first switch connected between the UWB IC and the UWB antenna. The at least one first switch may be controlled so that the UWB signal corresponding to the first frequency, generated by the UWB IC, is transmitted to the RFIC in a state in which a communication operation, for a signal transmitted/received from the communication processor, by the RFIC is inactivated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2025Publication date: February 19, 2026Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Namjun CHO
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Patent number: 12549205Abstract: In an electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device according to various embodiments, a communication circuit of the electronic device may comprise: a first transmission chain which outputs a first transmission signal through a first antenna; a second transmission chain which outputs a second transmission signal through a second antenna; a first amplifier which is electrically connected to the first transmission chain, and amplifies the first transmission signal output from the first transmission chain; and a second amplifier which is electrically connected to the second transmission chain, and amplifies the second transmission signal output from the second transmission chain, where the second amplifier is configured to have an output end connected to an output end of the first amplifier through a transmission line, and output the second transmission signal received from the second transmission chain to the first antenna through the transmission line.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Namjun Cho, Hyunseok Choi
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Publication number: 20260039027Abstract: A mobile communication device includes a processor positioned on a first printed circuit board, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), and an antenna module. The antenna module includes a second printed circuit board, a first antenna and a second antenna positioned on the second printed circuit board, and a plurality of front-end chips positioned on the second printed circuit board. The plurality of front-end chips include a first front-end chip electrically connecting the RFIC and the first antenna, and a second front-end chip electrically connecting the RFIC and the second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2025Publication date: February 5, 2026Inventors: Namjun CHO, Hyoseok NA
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Patent number: 12542569Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure disclose a method and apparatus, comprising: a communication processor; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) connected to the communication processor and outputting at least one of a first radio frequency signal, a second radio frequency signal, a third radio frequency signal, and a fourth radio frequency signal; a first circuit connected to the RFIC and including a first filter; a first radio frequency front end (RFFE) connected to the first circuit and including a first amplifier configured to amplify the first radio frequency signal and/or the third radio frequency signal; and a second RFFE including a second amplifier configured to amplify the second radio frequency signal and/or the fourth radio frequency signal output from the RFIC, wherein the communication processor is configured to control the first circuit to remove the fourth radio frequency signal induced to the first circuit through the first filter.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 3, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Namjun Cho, Jooseung Kim, Hyoseok Na, Hyunseok Choi
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Patent number: 12542575Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first antenna structure and a second antenna structure. A wireless communication circuitry is configured to transmit and/or receive a radio frequency (RF) signal via the first antenna structure and the second antenna structure. The wireless communication circuitry include first front-end circuitry, second front-end circuitry, first transmission path configured to output the RF signal which has been generated by up-converting a transmission signal input through a first input/output port of the wireless communication circuitry, to the first front-end circuitry or the second front-end circuitry,; and a first reception path corresponding to the first front-end circuitry and, a second reception path corresponding to the second front-end circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 3, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Namjun Cho, Hyosung Lee
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Patent number: 12542368Abstract: An antenna module may include antennas, RF chains connected to the antennas, a splitter/combiner connected to the RF chains, a mixer configured to upconvert an IF signal input to the antenna module into a transmission RF signal and output the upconverted signal to the splitter/combiner and/or to downconvert a reception RF signal which is a combination of signals from the RF chains provided from the splitter/combiner, a plurality of first couplers connected between the RF chains and the antennas, a second coupler for measuring a magnitude corresponding to a transmission RF signal before split by the splitter/combiner and/or the reception RF signal combined by the splitter/combiner, and a power detector configured to provide a plurality of magnitudes of a plurality of signals from the plurality of first couplers and a magnitude of a signal from the second coupler.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 3, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Namjun Cho, Hyosung Lee, Junghwan Son, Hyoseok Na
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Publication number: 20260031849Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, first radio frequency front end (RFFE) circuitry connected to the RF transceiver and configured to transmit or receive signals, second RFFE circuitry connected to the RF transceiver and configured to receive signals, a first switching circuit connected to the first RFFE circuitry, and a second switching circuit connected to the second RFFE circuitry, wherein first switching circuit is configured to selectively electrically connect the first RFFE circuitry to the first antenna in a first connection mode or the second antenna through the second switching circuit in a second connection mode wherein the second switching circuit is configured to selectively electrically connect the second RFFE circuitry to the second antenna in the first connection mode or the first antenna through the first switching circuit in the second connection mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2025Publication date: January 29, 2026Inventors: Namjun CHO, Hyoseok NA
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Publication number: 20260016881Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes communication circuitry, memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and a processor communicatively coupled to the communication circuitry and the memory, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to identify a first sensor of a first external electronic device and a second sensor of a second external electronic device corresponding to the first sensor based on communications with the first and second external electronic devices, identify whether the first sensor value is a valid value, when the first sensor value is received from the first external electronic device based on the first external electronic device being worn on a human body, and, based on identifying that the first sensor value is the valid value, change a first sensing time interval of the second sensor to a second sensing time interval greater than the first sensing time interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2025Publication date: January 15, 2026Inventors: Namjun CHO, Hyoseok NA
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Patent number: 12463351Abstract: A mobile communication device includes a processor positioned on a first printed circuit board, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), and an antenna module. The antenna module includes a second printed circuit board, a first antenna and a second antenna positioned on the second printed circuit board, and a plurality of front-end chips positioned on the second printed circuit board. The plurality of front-end chips include a first front-end chip electrically connecting the RFIC and the first antenna, and a second front-end chip electrically connecting the RFIC and the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Namjun Cho, Hyoseok Na
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Patent number: 12374799Abstract: According to various embodiment, an electronic device may include: a housing, a first substrate disposed in an inner space of the housing and including a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first surface, and a first recess area at least partially corresponding to the first surface, a second substrate at least partially disposed in the first recess area of the first substrate, a third substrate at least partially disposed on one surface of the second substrate and including multiple antenna elements comprising at least one antenna, and a wireless communication circuit disposed on the second surface of the first substrate and electrically connected to the second substrate. The second substrate may include at least one matching circuit electrically connected to the wireless communication circuit corresponding to each of the multiple elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Namjun Cho, Hyoseok Na, Junghwan Son
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Patent number: 12348257Abstract: An electronic device may include an antenna, a power amplifier (PA) to transmit an output signal to the antenna through a signal path, a coupler to obtain a first signal coupled to the output signal and a second signal coupled to a reflection signal of the output signal reflected from the antenna, an equalizing module to generate a changed signal obtained by changing a strength and/or a phase of one signal of the first signal or the second signal, a differential circuit to generate a differential signal between a remaining one signal of the first signal or the second signal and the changed signal, and a controller to control transmitting of a radio signal, based on the differential signal. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Namjun Cho, Jihee Kang, Hyoseok Na
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Publication number: 20250192825Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a plurality of antennas including a first antenna, a second antenna, a third antenna, and a fourth antenna. The electronic device includes first up-converting circuitry including a first input terminal configured to obtain a first signal on a baseband, a first output terminal configured to output a first radio frequency (RF) signal having a first phase, a second output terminal configured to output the first RF signal having a second phase, and a third output terminal configured to output the first RF signal having a third phase, the first RF signal being converted from the first signal. The first phase, the second phase, and the third phase are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Namjun CHO, Hyewon JO, Hyoseok NA
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Patent number: 12283744Abstract: An electronic device may include a low drop output regulator (LDO); a first DC-to-DC converter; an antenna module including an antenna array IC and an antenna array; a second DC-to-DC converter disposed outside the antenna module and supplying power to the low drop output regulator; a power generation circuit for supplying power to the first DC-to-DC converter and the second DC-to-DC converter; and a processor operatively coupled to the antenna module, the second DC-to-DC converter, and the power generation circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jihee Kang, Junghwan Son, Namjun Cho, Hyoseok Na