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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2006
Eiichi Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Fujita, Isikawa, JP;
Eiichi Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Fujita, Isikawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication apparatus is provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes wireless communication functions conforming to incompatible first and second communication standards. The wireless communication apparatus includes a first transceiver that performs a wireless communication operation conforming to the first communication standard and includes a first transmission/reception port, a second transceiver that performs a wireless communication operation conforming to the second communication standard and includes a second transmission/reception port, a shared antenna shared by the first and the second transceivers, an antenna connecting unit that connects the shared antenna and the first and the second transmission/reception ports, and a control unit that controls the communication operations in the first and the second transceivers.