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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshinori Iinuma, Gifu, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/22 ;
Abstract
A first pattern generating unit forms an adaptive array pattern using every antenna in a plurality of antennas. A second and third pattern generating unit respectively form adaptive array patterns for groups of antennas in the plurality of antennas using a different frequency for each group. A control unit switches between pattern formation by the first pattern generating unit and pattern formations by the second and third pattern generating units.