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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Uno, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 13/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 13/005 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); H04B 1/3838 (2013.01); H04B 2001/3855 (2013.01); H04B 2001/3861 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication apparatus of the present disclosure includes: an antenna unit including a human body electrode and a spatial electrode; a communication circuit unit that performs communication using at least a human body as a communication medium via the antenna unit; and a shielding structure that has an opening into which a portion of the human body or a communication conductor electrically conducted to the human body is insertable, and contains at least a portion of the antenna unit of the communication circuit unit and the antenna unit.