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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiromichi Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/10 (2006.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H04N 5/60 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/1081 (2013.01); H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 3/247 (2013.01); H04N 5/60 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2291 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna apparatus includes: a plurality of first antenna elements to be connected to a first power-feeding point; and a plurality of second antenna elements to be connected to a second power-feeding point, the plurality of first antenna elements and the plurality of second antenna elements being respectively radially arranged, in which one of the first antenna elements, which is selected, is connected to the first power-feeding point through a first switch apparatus and one of the second antenna elements, which is selected, is connected to the second power-feeding point through a second switch apparatus.