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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2006
Takao Shimamori, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Minoru Hasegawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takao Shimamori, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Minoru Hasegawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a compact antenna for installment in a portable terminal and adjusting a resonant frequency. The compact antenna device includes an antenna unit including first and second elements, the first element including a first antenna terminal having at least one of meandering and curved patterns wholly or partially, and the second element including an end connected to another end of the first element and another end having a second antenna terminal, a feeding unit exciting the antenna unit through the first and second antenna terminals, a switching circuit connected between the antenna unit and the feeding unit and selectively switching one or both of the first and second elements in order to connect one or both of the first and second elements to the feeding unit. A resonant frequency of the antenna unit varies during feeding by the feeding unit depending on the switching operation of the switching circuit.