H01Q21/064

Electronic device and antenna structure thereof

Various embodiments relate to an electronic device that supports millimeter wave communication. The electronic device may include: a housing; an antenna structure including at least one antenna comprising a portion of the housing or positioned in the housing, and including an annular conductive structure comprising a conductive material, the annular conductive structure having a first surface facing an outside of the housing, a second surface facing a direction opposite the first surface, an internal space defined by the first surface and the second surface, and a plurality of slots having a repeating pattern and formed through the first surface to the internal space; a conductive member comprising a conductive material disposed in the internal space; a wireless communication circuit electrically connected with the conductive member and configured to form a directional beam using the antenna structure; and a ground electrically connected to the annular conductive structure.

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A radar measuring device with an array antenna for topology detection and a level measurement antenna for fill level measurement. The array antenna is arranged around the level measurement antenna.

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Antenna integrated display screen
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Perpendicular Rotman phased array front end device

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Waveguide antenna element based beam forming phased array antenna system for millimeter wave communication

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Monolithic decade-bandwidth ultra-wideband antenna array module

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